On Spin Class and Lemmy
Good afternoon, Monday. It was one of those fabulous summer in the city weekends- full of great friends and loads of rose and sunshine. Khan was in great spirits and feeling much be…
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Zipper: Coney Island’s Last Wild Ride to Screen at IFC
Zipper, a documentary about the fight to save Coney Island, opens at the IFC Center this Friday and runs through Thursday. The film’s roots go back to director Amy Nicholson’s love of Coney Island, as it reminded her of her childhood spent near Ocean City, MD—a shore community full of people watchers, Def Leppard blaring […]
August 8, 2013
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Pundits A-Twitter As Lena Dunham Drops F-Bomb And Talks Gentrification At Stringer Fundraiser
Brooklyn Heights resident/actress Lena Dunham appeared at a fundraiser for NYC comptroller candidate Scott Stringer at the Maritime Hotel Tuesday night. Dunham’s friend and ‘Girls’ guest star Audrey Gelman is the spokesperson for the campaign. Dunham is also supporting Christine Quinn for mayor.
Dunham’s comment about gentrification at the event set off some interesting Twitter comments between Capital New York’s Azi Paybarah, the New York Daily News’ Josh Greenman and web producer Brian Van Nieuwenhoven.
Read the NSFW banter after the jump.
August 6, 2013
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Sociale On Henry Street In Brooklyn Heights – So Far So Good!
Not long after we received a dispatch from Mrs. Fink and Toddler Fink that their experience for lunch today at Sociale was super-fantastic, we received word that our man with a cam, Karl Junkersfeld, was ready to file a report about the eatery. Manager Francesco Nuccitelli makes an appearance telling Karl about the menu and […]
August 3, 2013
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Hidden Brooklyn Heights Walking Tour This Saturday 8/3 – Get Your Tickets Now!
BHB publisher/ LICENSED NYC tour guide Homer Fink is brushing off his walking tour shoes and hosting another edition of his Hidden Brooklyn Heights Walking Tour on Saturday (8/3).
July 31, 2013
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Tell The Bartender Episode 14: Don’t Do Drug
Listen to Episode 14: Don’t Do Drug
In this Episode:
Magic Myq: Comedian Myq Kaplan tells us about this one time he did this one drug.
Chasing The Dragon: Lindsey Carter shares with us what happens when you do more than one drug.
PLUS listener shout outs, a drink recipe, Tell The Bartender is now on Facebook and some fun news about musician Ted Leo, who is the inspiration for the title of this podcast!
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5 Things Bevacco And New Executive Chef Gabriele Corcos Can Learn From Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares
Long time BHB readers may recall that we predicted here in 2007 that the North Heights was poised to become a culinary hot spot. So, with the the debut of Gabriele Corcos at Bevacco Friday night and with the opening of Sociale two blocks down Henry Street planned for Monday (7/29) it’s hard not to […]
July 29, 2013
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Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “Brothers: On His Brothers and Brothers in History” by George Howe Colt
Part memoir, part exploration of sibling (mostly fraternal) relationships through history, George Colt’s descriptions of growing up as the…
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New Restaurant Atrium Dumbo Opening
Atrium, the new restaurant at 15 Main Street in Dumbo is opening this Thursday, according to NY Times:
“ATRIUM DUMBO The space formerly housing the Governor, which succumbed to Sandy, has been turned into this airy place with a mezzanine and wa…
July 23, 2013
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Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “Winter King: Henry VII and the Dawn of Tudor England” by Thomas Penn
King Henry VII of England was a problematic king. He is so difficult to encapsulate that, as Thomas Penn…
July 19, 2013