This is your last weekend to see the Heights Players’ production of Joseph Kesselring’s Arsenic and Old Lace, described as “the world’s first horror comedy”. featuring BHB contributor Marc “Weegee” Hermann in the role of Officer O’Hara. Performances are Friday evening, January 22 and Saturday evening, January 23 at 8:00 and Sunday afternoon, January 24 […]
Tag Archives | marc hermann
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
On Friday evening, January 15, starting at 8:00, Bargemusic will present an evening of American song, with soprano Jamie Jordan (photo: Berio’s Circles by Glenn Cornett) and pianist/composer Bobby Mitchell, doing songs by Mr. Mitchell and by Frederic Rzewski, Michael Finnissy, Stephen Sondheim, and George Gershwin. On Saturday evening, January 16 at 8:00 and on […]
Heights Players Premiere Arsenic and Old Lace This Weekend
The Heights Players continue their Diamond Jubilee season with Joseph Kesselring’s Arsenic and Old Lace, described as “the world’s first horror comedy”. It was a hit on Broadway, then a movie directed by Frank Capra. The Heights Players production features BHB contributor Marc “Weegee” Hermann in the role of Officer O’Hara. Performances are Friday evening, […]
Details on Shooting at 101 Clark Street in Brooklyn Heights
Shots rang out in front of 101 Clark St. just before 7:00 p.m., leaving a man wounded on the sidewalk. The victim, a resident of the building, was hit twice in the back, and is recovering at Bellevue Hospital.
Our Heather Quinlan Featured in Daily News
Benjamin Peim in today’s Daily News: Do we really tawk like dat? A Bronx-born filmmaker is returning to her home borough to shoot a documentary exploring the New York accent. Heather Quinlan, 35, has been working on the documentary, called “If These Knishes Could Talk,” for a year and half, making the rounds of the […]
BHB Contributor Marc Hermann Wins Photo Award for Montague Fire Shot
Frequent BHB contributor and ace photojournalist Marc Hermann, aka “Weegee”, has been awarded second place in the spot news category of the annual “Year in Pictures” contest held by the New York Press Photographers Association. Marc won the award for a photo, “The Devil Comes Out to Play”, taken during a fire at 132 Montague […]
BHB Contributor Marc Hermann Profiled in NY Observer
Brooklyn Heights’ own Marc Hermann, NY Daily News photographer and BHB contributor is profiled in the NY Observer: NY Observer: Mr. Hermann, 27, has been covering the city’s seamy side for over a decade. His job is one for which he is—quite literally—well-suited. In a double-breasted suit, polished wingtips, and a fedora festooned with his […]
New York Times Magazine Gives Kudos to BHB and Weegee
Brooklyn Heights Blog’s Weegee and the coverage of the recent suicide on Hicks Street are the focus of an article in the Sunday’s New York Times Magazine. The piece, written by nabe journo Virginia Heffernan, documents her quest to find out what all the police activity was about around 166 Hicks Street on August 5. […]
Last Week On The Homer Fink Radio Show…
Just in case anyone missed it: Brooklyn Heights resident, news photographer, BHB contributor, and all around good egg, Marc “weegee” Hermann was on last Friday’s Homer Fink Radio Show, chatting about crime scenes, news photography, and, naturally, Weegee. There’s also a brief interview with the Fruit Dude on Henry Street: Tune in to the Homer […]
The Homer Fink Show 8/8/08
BHB Publisher Homer Fink talks to BHB contributor/news photograher Marc Hermann. They’ll be discussing this week’s Brooklyn Heights news and looking back on some memorable events in our neighborhood’s past. Also: The first on-air interview with the Henry Street Fruit Dude! Listen after the jump.
Nabe Chatter