At 12:30 yesterday afternoon there was a gathering on the Promenade to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Cnter, the Pentagon, and the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania. Above, The Rev. Al Bunis, of Plymouth Church, reads a portion of the Beatitudes, from the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 5, verses […]
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Reminders: Stop the Chop Rally and E-Waste Recycling
There will be a rally to demand an end to tourist helicopter flights from the Downtown Heliport today at 1:00 p.m. at Pier 6, foot of Atlantic Avenue, rain or shine. Local elected officials will be there. E-waste recycling continues today at First Unitarian Church, 121 Pierrepont Street (corner of Monroe Place), from noon to […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
The Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street (corner of Clinton) is sponsoring two activities this weekend. Tomorrow, Saturday, April 9, the Society joins forces with Levy’s Unique New York to present “The Bike Brooklyn Beer Blitz,” a “… 4 hour bicycle tour of Williamsburgh, East Williamsburgh and Bushwick and the former brewery buildings of the […]
Janis Ian at First Unitarian Saturday
Janis Ian, veteran singer-songwriter and five time Grammy nominee who broke onto the pop charts in 1965 with “Society’s Child,” a widely-banned song on the then incendiary topic of interracial romance, and later had her biggest hit with “At Seventeen,” a chronicle of teen angst, will perform as part of the First Acoustics concert series […]
Unifair! This Saturday
Nothing un-fair about it at all. The First Unitarian Church, at Pierrepont Street and Monroe Place, which among other things nurtured the career of Alfred T. White, will have its annual Unifair! this Saturday, December 4, from 10:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m. Items on sale include gently used clothing, housewares, furniture, artwork, games and toys. […]
BHA Sponsors “E-Trash” Recycling Event
Do you have old electronic devices, such as laptop or desktop computers, printers, CD, DVD or VHS players, telephones (land line or cell), answering machines, air conditioners, or even dead batteries, which you would like to dispose of in an environmentally safe manner? The Brooklyn Heights Association is sponsoring an e-wast recycling event, to take […]
BHA Seeks Volunteers and Bakers for House Tour Next Saturday; Will Hold E-Waste Recycling Event on Weekend of June 5-6
The Brooklyn Heights Association needs volunteers to be house-watchers at the annual House Tour next Saturday, May 8, and also wants bakers to make cookies for the House Tour reception. Dear BHA Friends: Our House Tour is this Saturday, May 8 and we still need volunteers to stand in the houses, and bakers to make […]
Hate Crime Suspected at First Unitarian
Courier Life confirms a tip BHB received earlier this week about a possible hate crime at the First Unitarian Church on Monroe Place: Yournabe.com : A possible hate crime stained an otherwise calm weekend in Brooklyn Heights, as a swastika and other scrawl was discovered inside a Monroe Place church. “Very inappropriate statements, and a […]
First Unitarian Presents Folk Hero Lavin
NYC folk legend Christine Lavin will be performing this Saturday night (1/10) at the First Unitarian Congregational Society [50 Monroe Place]. The show is part of the Church’s First Acoustics Series. Tickets are $25 and available at the First Acoustics website. Upcoming shows include Holly Near (3/7) and Leon Redbone (5/9). Call the box office […]
Cool Yule at First Unitarian Church
From the BHB Inbox comes this event announcement: SIRENS of BROOKLYN will perform a Christmas Choir Benefit Concert in First Unitarian Church’s Revival Gothic Sanctuary in Brooklyn Heights (50 Monroe Place, Brooklyn, NY) on December 19 at 8pm. The proceeds go to the Vibe Song Makers Program, providing under-served teenage girls training to write, record […]
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