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Arts and Entertainment, Brooklyn Heights

BBP’s Pier 5 Showcased in October 6 ‘open-housenewyork Weekend’

October 4, 2012

To celebrate New York’s architecture & design, the 10th-annual “openhousenewyork Weekend” will allow access to hundreds of sites talks, tours, performances and family activities in neighborhoods throughout the five boroughs. Included in the event is a tour of Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 5, on Saturday October 6, from 2-3 p.m.

Slated for (alleged) completion this fall, Pier 5 comprises three outdoor multi-purpose fields for soccer and other team sports. A “Picnic Peninsula” accessible from the main park promenade on the Pier 5 landslide will include banquet-length picnic tables for barbecues, a concession and children’s play equipment; while Pier 5′s perimeter will provide a waterfront esplanade for strollers, river viewers, sports spectators and fishing(!) Reservations for “openhousenewyork Weekend” are required. More info is here.


Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/48863

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Brooklyn Heights, Celebrity Residents

Lena Dunham Could Probably Soon Buy Mansion House, As Book Deal Reaps $3.6M

October 4, 2012

Poor, poor misguided Uley… On the “Entertainment Weekly” website, he comments, “Is Lena Dunham honestly that big of a draw? To the general public, she’s a no name. I know of her, but I’m not interested in reading a book by her. Seems like publishers might be jumping the gun on this one.” Those literary types, however, obviously recognize the Brooklyn Heights’ resident as “an influential creative voice for young women.”

And so… the heat is on. BHB reported Wednesday that our neighbor was peddling a book deal for a collection of essays titled “Not That Kind of Girl: Advice by Lena Dunham,” with an auction for publishers starting at a robust $1 million. A day later, you can strike that figure, as the Emmy-nominated actor, director, executive producer, writer and creator of HBO’s “Girls” has already fostered bids as high as $3.6 million.

According to Deadline New York, Dunham’s lit agent Kim Witherspoon from InkWell Management is working the deal, which will soon be finalized. The numbers for the book of advice & anecdotes from the 26-year-old entrepreneur will likely head even higher as

Perhaps she was playing it a little safe when she purchased a one-bedroom, 800-square-foot apartment at Mansion House back in June. (Photo: Curbed)


Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/48837

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Arts and Entertainment, Events, Kids

BBP’s Harvest Festival: Saturday, October 20

October 3, 2012

Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy in partnership with Brooklyn Bridge Park, celebrates autumn with the Harvest Festival on Pier 6, Saturday, October 20 beginning at 10:30 a.m. Join the festivities, including a free pumpkin patch, face painting, storytelling and arts & crafts for the family. Birdie from GreeNYC will also make a special appearance. Musical performances include Bilingual Birdies at 10:30 and The Pop Ups at noon.

Inventgenuity Workshops brings its Mobile Studio to Harvest Festival for kids to meet some of the “masters of invention” as they present their latest projects. Private Picassos will lead leaf rubbings and watercolor resists for budding artists of all ages. In addition, co-sponsor SUNY Downstate at LICH will offer health screenings and pediatric info, with the opportunity to meet UHB-LICH physicians. Event co-sponsor Brownstone Pediatric Dentistry will host an activity table. Other Harvest Festival partners include The Transit Museum, Half Pint Citizens, The Moxie Spot and Sweet’N Low.


Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/48809

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Arts and Entertainment, Brooklyn Heights, Music

Dutch & New York Artists Collaborate For NYFA Int’l Composers Exchange

October 3, 2012

The New York Foundation for the Arts’ (NYFA) International Composers Exchange is offering composers from different nations artist-in-residency opportunities in New York to advance their careers through seminars, creative exchanges and performances. On Saturday, October 13 at 8 p.m., five Dutch and New York acts will collaborate in concert at Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, 113 Remsen Street in Brooklyn Heights. Tickets are $15, or $12 for members and students.

The performance concludes the first International Composers Exchange, in which the five Netherlands artists worked in residence with some of NYC’s “most dynamic young ensembles and artistic institutions. The concert presents the result of this international collaborative work, with a great variety of styles and media, ranging from jazz to chamber music to video installation,” according to the organization.

The October 13 ensemble will showcase the world premiere of a new work by Michael Edward Edgerton, a leading specialist of extended vocal techniques, as well as a piece by composer and NYFA scholar Eve Beglarian, who will soon be heading to the Netherlands as part of the second round of the International Composers Exchange.

Featured artists include: Sander Breure, Witte van Hulzen, Mise-En Ensemble (dir. Moon-Young Ha), Jeremiah Runnels, Ekmeles Ensemble (dir. Jeffrey Gavett), Thanasis Deligiannis, Eve Beglarian, Michael Edward Edgerton and Yedo Gibson. See their bios here.


Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/48804

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Brooklyn Heights, Sports

Open Thread Wednesday, October 3, 2012

October 3, 2012

It was on this day in 1951 that the “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” occurred, when the New York Giants’ Bobby Thomson hit a game-winning home run in the bottom of the ninth off Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca, to win the National League pennant after being down 14 games. Mind you, four years later, the Dodgers would win the World Series against the Yankees, gathering afterward to celebrate in the lobby of Brooklyn Heights’ Hotel Bossert.

So on this BHB Open Thread Wednesday for October 4, 2012, what’s happening in your world? Comment away! (Photo: Chuck Taylor)


Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/48601

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Arts and Entertainment, Music

Middlebury College Bobolinks Perform At Our Lady of Lebanon Monday, October 15

October 2, 2012

Middlebury College’s oldest coed a cappella group Bobolinks will perform Monday October 15 at 7 p.m. at Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, 113 Remsen Street (Henry Street entrance). The concert is free, with donations appreciated. Bobolinks’ repertoire ranges “from rock to hip-hop to bizarre British neo-pop & everything in between.” The group was selected to appear on the “Voices Only” CD compilation featuring the best college a cappella music of 2011. The group is now touring to raise money to produce its own all-Bobolinks CD.

Student music director Catherine Charnov, a 2013 Middlebury graduate, is a Brooklyn Heights resident who graduated from St. Ann’s School in 2009. She also performed in the Brooklyn Youth Chorus Academy, where she trained for 11 years.


Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/48755

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Brooklyn Heights, Celebrity Residents

Heights Resident & HBO’s ‘Girls’ Guru Lena Dunham Shops Million-Bucks Book Deal

October 2, 2012

Now you can add “author” to the lofty list of accomplishments from Brooklyn Heights resident and Emmy-nominated actor, director, executive producer, writer and creator of HBO’s “Girls” Lena Dunham. The critic’s darling is shopping a book proposal, according to Slate. “Not That Kind of Girl: Advice by Lena Dunham” is currently in proposal form, with a $1 million price tag attached to the publishing auction.

Dunham has previously published “First Love” in The New Yorker and a short essay in “Rookie,” which Slate calls a candid look at love, sex and youth. She also has more than 354,000 followers on her Twitter feed, posting commentary about her life and loves. “Advice,” according to the proposal, offers a collection of essays about Dunham losing her virginity, trying to eat well (detailed diet journal included), obsessing about death, along with tips about staying focused on work, how not to ruin a potential relationship, and so on. More at Slate here.

“Girls” launches its second season on HBO in January 2013.

This afternoon Dunham Tweeted this photo:


Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/48742

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BHB, Other NYC Hyperlocal Blogs Featured in Real Deal

October 2, 2012

The Real Deal looks at some of NYC’s most prominent hyperlocal blogs including BHB. Once again Homer’s “government name” is used:

The Real Deal: Loscalzo said he was surprised by the responsibility he now feels to his readership. “When people start reading and interacting, there’s a responsibility to tell all the information,” he said. “It’s much different than writing a blog [for] your friends.”

Other bloggers, like our pal Brownstoner, talk about using blogging to grow a business:

“The flea market business is a much better business than blogging,” Butler said. Additionally, Butler has tried his hand at real estate development, converting 1000 Dean Street into an artist workspace with a beer hall and artisanal food court.
“Certainly, it’s helpful being at the nexus of a lot of information flow with Brownstoner, to be aware of potential investment and development opportunities,” he said. “And having the site to write about them periodically certainly doesn’t hurt either.”


Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/48729

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Reminder: Stephen Levin Hosts Free Screening Of ‘Gasland’ Monday At BH Cinema

October 1, 2012

Reminder: Tonight, Monday, October 1, at 6:45, Council Member Stephen Levin hosts a free screening of “Gasland”—Josh Fox’s documentary about the Halliburton-developed drilling technology known as “fracking,” or hydraulic fracturing—at the Brooklyn Heights Cinema, 70 Henry Street. The movie is also airing on HBO throughout 2012.

More info: “When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey uncovering a trail of secrets, lies and contamination. A recently drilled nearby Pennsylvania town reports that residents are able to light their drinking water on fire. This is just one of the many absurd and astonishing revelations of a new country called ‘Gasland.’ Part verite travelogue, part expose, part mystery, part bluegrass banjo meltdown, part showdown.”


Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog
http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/48714

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Downtown Brooklyn, Real Estate

Stribling & Associates Opens First Brooklyn Outpost Near Barclays Center

October 1, 2012

High-end residential brokerage Stribling & Associates is opening its first office in Brooklyn—just a few blocks from the newly opened Barclays Center. The Wall Street Journal reports that the firm is ramping up its activity in the borough with a 3,500sf office at 384 Atlantic Avenue, which will house up to 50 brokers. “Brooklyn is the hottest place to be right now,” says Elizabeth Ann Kivlan, a Stribling EVP.

Stribling has three Manhattan offices employing more than 250 agents and has been involved with such Brooklyn projects as One Hanson Place, a landmarked loft conversion at the former Williamsburgh Savings Bank building, and One Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn Heights, where Elizabeth Stribling, the company’s founder and president, lives in a multimillion dollar penthouse.


Source: Cobble Hill Blog
http://cobblehillblog.com/archives/7867

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