Adam Yauch To Be Honored At 2013 Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival

Following May 3rd’s ceremony in Brooklyn Heights dedicating the newly named Adam Yauch Park in honor of the late Beastie Boy, the childhood Heights’ resident will now be acknowledged with a special tribute at the 2013 Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival. Yauch, a.k.a. MCA, lost his battle with cancer in May 2012, at age 47. Wes Jackson, [...]
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Open Thread: Brooklyn’s Front Page May 2013

Check out the headlines on Brooklyn’s Front Page and discuss them here. Have a link or news tip? Comment below or tweet us – @brooklynbugle .

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Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “Seward: Lincoln’s Indispensable Man” by Walter Stahr

William Henry Seward is one of those people we think we know about – wasn’t he the cabinet member who closed Lincoln’s eyes saying “Now he belongs to the ages?” Nope, that was Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War. Seward had been in a carriage accident a week earlier; he was home in bed with a [...]

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Brooklyn Bridge Park’s “Sunset Ohana” is Thursday Evening, June 6

The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy is having “Sunset Ohana,” its 14th annual (which seems to go back to when the Park was still a gleam in some local citizens’ eyes) sunset party at Pier 1 on Thursday, June 6 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. This year the theme is Hawaiian. Our little slice of Hawaii [...]
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Tell The Bartender Episode 9: Last Days and the Preponderant Shaft Project

Listen to Episode 9: Last Days and the Preponderant Shaft Project Download From iTunes Here In This Episode: Last Days: Stephanie D’Abruzzo has an interesting history with last days on the job. She shares with us two short stories about her last day at the Broadway show Avenue Q, and her last day working at […]
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Brooklyn Heights Resident Paul Giamatti Filming ‘Amazing Spider-Man 2′ In DUMBO

“The Amazing Spider-Man 2″ is filming in DUMBO this week, as the neighborhood was taken over by police cars, the “Midtown bus,” crowds of extras and all sorts of whacko action. McBrooklyn offers pics, including lead Andrew Garfield—and Brooklyn Heights’ own Paul Giamatti, who plays villain “The Rhino.” In the film, his alter ego is [...]
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The Amazing Spiderman Films In DUMBO [Photos and VIDEO]

Brooklyn Bugle pal/ King of All MashStudio NYC Darryl Ohrt (@darrylohrt) has posted some nifty video and pics of this weekend’s Spiderman film shoot in DUMBO.

The next Amazing Spiderman will be in theaters next year, but DUMBO got a sneak peek of star Andrew Garfield (or is that a stuntman?) in full Spidey regalia.

Photos and video after the jump.

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NYT Times Covers Heather Quinlan’s NY Accent Movie

The juggernaut that is BHB contributor Heather Quinlan’s If These Knishes Could Talk gains more steam with coverage in the New York Times. Last year BHB and its readers along with the Brooklyn Heights Cinema gave audiences a sneak peek of an early version of the film as well as providing donations for its completion.
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