NY Transit Museum Hosts Concert by Kids for Kid, Thursday June 7 (Chancellor’s Day)
Looking for something to do with your kids on Thursday, June 7, when schools are closed for Chancellor’s Day?…
June 1, 2012-
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Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “I Am Forbidden” by Anouk Markovits
Hungary, a former part of the Habsburg Empire, was an Axis power during World War II, and Romania, which…
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A Local Toast To The ‘Brooklyn Brewery Beer Gardens’ At BHS
Around 200 locals turned out for the Brooklyn Brewery Beer Gardens at Brooklyn Historical Society Thursday evening. Brooklyn Brewery brewskies were sold & served on the patio of Brooklyn Historical Society’s beautiful landmark Pierrepont Street building, while folk trio Tres Amigos provided entertainment. The event will be repeated the last Thursday in June, July and […]
June 1, 2012
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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
Tomorrow evening (Friday, June 1) the Brooklyn Film Festival starts at the Brooklyn Heights Cinema with screenings of Brooklyn Castle (8:00 p.m., Cinema 2, sold out) and Rose (photo) (8:30 p.m., Cinema 1, tickets available through the Festival website linked above). The Festival continues through the weekend, the following week and weekend, finishing on Sunday, […]
June 1, 2012
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Car Fire On Brooklyn Bridge Thursday Evening
A fire could be seen on the Brooklyn Bridge from the Promenade Thursday evening around 9:15 p.m., with plumes of black smoke blowing from the mid-section of the bridge. It appears a car may have caught on fire, with sirens blazing. The majority of the smoke had dissipated within 20 minutes or so. UPDATE: NBC […]
June 1, 2012
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Karl Catches Beginning of Eagle Demolition; Return of Marty Arno
Mr. J. and his cam are on hand for the beginning of the demolition of the unloved Brooklyn Eagle Building, and for the return to the Heights of much loved former video store proprietor Marty Arno. Video after the jump.
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Heights History: 1952, Promenade Open, BQE Still Under Construction
Here is a 1952 view of the incomplete Brooklyn Queens Expressway, with people on the newly opened Brooklyn Heights Promenade over the new highway. The BQE just comes to an end at the lower right corner, with the Brooklyn Bridge far in the distance.
May 31, 2012
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Transit Museum shows Antonio Masi watercolors, hosts two family workshops
The Transit Museum’s summer show is “The Golden Age of Bridges,” and it features Antonio Masi’s dramatic paintings of…
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Film Critic Aaron Hillis Takes Over Cobble Hill’s ‘Video Free Brooklyn’
Film critic Aaron Hillis—editor of GreenCine Daily and programmer at indie cinema and gastropub reRun at reBar in DUMBO—is bringing a new spin to a retro business venture: He’s taking over a beloved video store in Cobble Hill. According to Filmmaker Magazine (and first tipped by McBrooklyn), Hillis’ operation of decade-old “Video Free Brooklyn” at […]
May 30, 2012
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BHS Beer Gardens Begin Tomorrow
The Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street (corner of Clinton), begins its series of summer beer gardens on the patio in front of the historic building tomorrow evening (Thursday, May 31) from 6:00 to 8:00, with music by “one of Brooklyn’s hottest folk bands”, The Tres Amigos. (Shouldn’t that be Los Tres Amigos? No; they […]
May 30, 2012
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