Early Sunday afternoon, April 30, your correspondent took the F train to the Smith-9th Street station, the highest elevated station on the New York City rapid transit system – it crosses the Gowanus Canal and had to provide clearance for ships to go under it – to participate in the fabled Banjo Toss Contest. After […]
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Some Highlights of the Brooklyn Folk Festival: Part III, Sunday, April 30, Including the Banjo Toss!
By Claude Scales on May 11, 2017 10:58 am in 11201, Arts and Entertainment, Brooklyn Heights, Events, Music

Brooklyn Folk Festival at St. Ann’s Church April 28-30
By Claude Scales on April 21, 2017 9:08 am in 11201, Arts and Entertainment, Brooklyn Heights, Crafts, Dance, Events, Literature, movies, Music
The ninth annual Brooklyn Folk Festival will be at St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church (Clinton and Montague streets) from Friday evening, April 28 through Sunday evening, April 30. Your correspondent has attended the last two festivals–see here and here and enjoyed them enormously. This year’s promises to be even better, given the superb […]
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