Bach in the Heights Returns
Bach in the Heights, a group of singers and instrumentalists organized by local resident Edward Houser, returns to perform…
December 3, 2012-
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Divine Dvořák; Scintillating Shostakovich
Friday evening my wife and I went to a New York Philharmonic concert featuring guest conductor Andrey Boreyko. On the program were Felix Mendlessohn’s Overture to Die Heimkehr aus der Fremde (“Son and Stranger”), a sprightly piece that got th…
November 25, 2012
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The Who at the Barclays Center: Not A Teenage Wasteland
When a friend asked me last summer if I wanted to see the Who at the Barclays Center in…
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Vampire Weekend Headlines Concert for Sandy Relief at St. Ann’s Saturday
Update: the Eventbrite website now says the concert is sold out. According to Entertainment Weekly: This Saturday, Nov. 17, Vampire Weekend, Real Estate, members of the Walkmen and Dirty Projectors, and others will perform acoustic sets at St. Ann & The Holy Trinity, an Episcopal church in Brooklyn Heights, with all proceeds going to Occupy […]
November 14, 2012
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Brooklyn Friends School Hosts Annual Winter Festival 12/01
The Brooklyn Friends School Winter Festival is coming up after Thanksgiving, Saturday, 12/1, from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. “Get a jump on holiday shopping and have a blast with your children at the Downtown Brooklyn school’s 33rd annual holiday fundraiser benefiting Horizons at Brooklyn Friends School.” Festivities include a craft fair with 45 local […]
November 13, 2012
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@thelonebellow Help Folks in Red Hook
This afternoon (10/31) at 4pm, our official troubadours of #BrooklynSandy, The Lone Bellow, led by fellow Brooklyn resident, Zach…
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Harpsichordist Lucille Gruber Serenades At Zion Lutheran Church November 4
Harpsichordist Lucille Gruber, who was deemed by The New York Times as “a musician who commands both her instrument and its repertoire” will perform works of J.S. Bach and D. Scarlatti at Zion German Evangelical Lutheran Church at 125 Henry Street (off of Clark) on Sunday, November 4, 2012 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $10 […]
October 25, 2012
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Moonalice, Fronted by Tech Investment Guru Roger McNamee, Showcase Their Awesome Stanley Mouse Original Gig Posters Sunday (10/28) at Brooklyn Bowl
The musicians and artists of San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury scene of the late 1960s were made iconic thanks to the…
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Old Time Music at BHS Oktoberfest
Brooklyn has come to be quite a scene for old time string band music of the type indigenous to Appalachia and the Piedmont, from northern Alabama and Georgia up to Nova Scotia. At Thursday’s Oktoberfest, Stephanie Jenkins of Pearly Snaps and Luke Richardson provided some fine fiddle, banjo, and guitar music in the Brooklyn Historical […]
October 21, 2012
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Tale of the Tweets: Streisand Comes Home to Brooklyn for Concerts at Barclays Center
Brooklynites of a certain age are kvelling this weekend as Barbra Streisand, Erasmus Hall’s favorite alum (with apologies to…
October 14, 2012