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Does Brooklyn Heights Have a Record for Sidewalk Shed Duration?

If you count the time a sidewalk shed has been in place at a particular location, not considering that the shed at that location has been replaced several times, I think St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, at Montague and Clinton (photo) may hold the record hands down. I could swear that when I […]

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Blood Drive (and More) at Sunday’s Open Streets Montague

This Sunday’s (June 9) Open Streets Montague will feature a blood drive to benefit the New York Blood Center, sponsored by the Montague Street BID, St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, and the Brooklyn Heights Association. Donations will be taken from 11:00 AM until 5:00 PM in front of St. Ann’s Church at 157 […]

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Happy Pride Month! Events to Commemorate and Celebrate Pride in and Around Brooklyn Heights

Pride Month honors the Stonewall Uprising of 1969 — the birth of the modern Queer Rights movement. In the 1950’s, Brooklyn Heights became the center of the City’s gay culture, with the first gay bar in Brooklyn, Tony Bonner’s Supper Club, opening at 80 Montague St. Read more about the Supper Club and see photos of the […]

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“The Moth” Storytelling Session at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Wednesday Evening

As reported by the Eagle, this Wednesday evening, March 20, the “acclaimed storytelling nonprofit The Moth” will be at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, corner of Clinton and Montague streets, for an event in which “[f]ive storytellers will take the stage to tell tales of finding real beauty in moments when our lives […]

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Women’s History Month Film Screening: “The Philadelphia 11″ at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, Sunday, March 17th at 1:00 pm

From St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church: Film Screening: The Philadelphia 11 Join us in-person on Sunday, March 17 at 1:00pm at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church (157 Montague St.) for a screening of the powerful new documentary film, The Philadelphia 11. The Philadephia 11 tells the story of the first eleven women ordained as Episcopal priests at […]

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Highlights of the Brooklyn Folk Festival 2023

The 2023 Brooklyn Folk Festival began on Friday evening, November 17 with a performance on the Main Stage in the Sanctuary of St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church by the Down Hill Strugglers (photo above) consisting of (left to right): Eli Smith, organizer and host of the Folk Festival; Jackson Lynch; and Walker Shepard, […]

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Another Last Minute Suggestion: Grace Chorale’s “We Will Rise” at St. Ann’s Church Sunday Afternoon

This Sunday, March 26, starting at 3:00 PM, at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, 157 Montague Street, the Grace Chorale of Brooklyn will present “We Will Rise — Music of Resilience Justice and Hope.” The concert features choral music by Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847); and by contemporary composers Margaret Bonds, with words by former […]

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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions

Beannachtaí Lá Fhéile Pádraig (Blessings of St. Patrick’s Day). You can be sure of a lively time this evening at The Custom House, 139 Montague Stret (between Clinton and Henry) or at O’Keefe’s Bar & Grill, 62 Court Stret (between Joralemon and Livingston). If you missed Theater 2020’s free reading of David Fuller’s The B’ard […]

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St. Ann’s Church Celebrates Women’s History Month with Talk About History of the Brooklyn Women’s Exchange

This coming Sunday, March 19 from 1:00 to 2:30 PM (preceded by a light luncheon at 12:30; the event is free and open to all) St.Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, corner of Clinton and Montague streets (enter at Clinton) will present, in recognition of Women’s History Month, a lecture, followed by discussion, about the […]

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Choral Concert Featuring Mozart’s “Requiem” at St. Ann’s Church Friday, February 10

On Friday, February 10, starting at 7:30 p.m., at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, the Brooklyn Conservatory Chorale, under the direction of Dr. Nicholas Nicassio, will present a concert featuring Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s (image) “Requiem” and also including “songs of grief and hope, with diverse selections ranging from Billy Joel’s ‘Lullaby’ to the […]

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