It’s fall, and time for the Harvest Festival at Pier 6 (near the foot of Atlantic Avenue) in Brooklyn Bridge Park. The Festival will take place this Saturday, October 19, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Come in costume to enjoy a pumpkin patch, face painting, volleyball, mask making, storytelling and more! Musical guests including […]
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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
The BHA Social events presented by the Brooklyn Heights Association, which began with the BHA Dog Show, continue this Sunday, October 13, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. at the world’s first Haagen-Dazs store, on Montague near the corner of Henry. Just print out this coupon (or show it on your phone) to get a scoop […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This Saturday, October 5, United Way NYC and Skanska will co-sponsor Read NYC, an event that features activities for parents and kids, including appearances by Sesame Street’s Elmo and his new neighbor Mando; a chance to meet the Brooklynettes, the Brooklyn Nets’ elite dance team; music by Brown Rice Family and Son de Brooklyn; and […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Vicinity
This Saturday, September 14, promises to be a good deal cooler (high 71), and such a change in weather promises some breezes, so it should be a good day for the Kite Festival, to be held from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park. For those interested in more down to […]
The Heights Players Take on Horton Foote’s Dividing the Estate
Horton Foote’s Dividing the Estate has its Brooklyn Premiere with The Heights Players tonight; the run lasts through September 22nd. As with many of Foote’s plays, Dividing the Estate is set in the fictional town of Harrison, Texas in 1987. This prize-winning play focuses on the Gordon clan, led by octogenarian Stella Gordon. In the […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
Start the weekend this evening (Thursday, September 5) with your last chance this season for stargazing on Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 1 esplanade with members of the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York and their telescopes. The forecast is for clear skies, and the observing goes from 8:30 to 10:30. Also this evening, starting at […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
If you’re in town for the long weekend, there’s some stuff going on. On Friday evening at 8:00 Bargemusic will present composer, pianist, and thereminist Rob Schwimmer (photo) in a concert in the Bargemix Series, “The Wild World of Piano, Theremin, Continuum.” On Saturday evening at 8:00 and Sunday afternoon at 2:00 there will be […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This coming weekend is a big one for events at Brooklyn Bridge Park. On Sunday, the Park will celebrate the 130th anniversary of the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge with a marathon reading of Hart Crane’s epic poem The Bridge at the Granite Prospect on Pier 1 starting at 3:00 p.m. More details here. The […]
A Chorus Line Opens at Heights Players This Weekend
Everything was beautiful at the ballet—or so the song goes in A Chorus Line, the perennial favorite musical which debuted off-Broadway in 1975 and has been in-demand ever since. And now, the Heights Players brings the A Chorus Line to Brooklyn Heights starting tonight, May 10th. From the ribald “Dance 10, Looks 3″ to the […]
Last Minute Weekend Ideas: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
This weekend is your last chance to see the Heights Players’ production of Steel Magnolias, which will be playing Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:00 and Sunday afternoon at 2:00, at 26 Willow Place. On Saturday at noon, at the same location, Heights Players Theater for Children will present The Wizard of Oz, a “participation […]
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