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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions; Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

By on May 8, 2014 1:44 am in Architecture, Arts and Entertainment, brooklyn bridge park, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn History, DUMBO, Events, Food, Fun, Kids, movies, Music, Nature, Parents

The highlight of the weekend is the Brooklyn Heights Association’s annual Landmark House and Garden Tour, to be held this Saturday, May 10 from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.. Houses on display this year range from an 1820s vintage Federal style frame house (photo; by Judith Angel) to a condo in a recently converted parking garage. […]

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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

By on May 1, 2014 7:36 pm in Arts and Entertainment, brooklyn bridge park, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn History, Events, Food, Fun, movies, Music

Grace & Spiritus Chorale of Brooklyn will present two performances of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, a cantata composed in 1935-36, based on medieval poems, that has become one of the world’s most recognized pieces of “classical” music, and has been covered by, among many others, the Swedish metal group Therion and by Nas and Puff […]

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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby

By on April 24, 2014 11:48 am in Arts and Entertainment, brooklyn bridge park, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn History, Comedy, Events, Food, Fun, Kids, Landmark Preservation, Literature, movies, Music, Other Brooklyn, Parents

The annual Grace Church School Carnival will be held this Saturday, April 26, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Grace Church, 254 Hicks Street (between Grace Court and Joralemon). The carnival features food, including BBQ from Hill Country, pony rides, a photo booth, a tumbling zone, bouncy rides, and other activities. There will be […]

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