Taylor Thatcher, protagonist and point-of-view character of Peter M. Wheelwright’s first novel, set at the end of the last millennium, tries to make sense of how the world works, and so seeks unifying concepts. His brother, Bingham, or “Bin,” delight…
(via Self-Absorbed Boomer)
Patti Smith and Neil Young played Barclay’s Center Monday night and, naturally, folks tweeted about it.
One fan wrote, “patti smith just likened the barclays center to a cockroach… while playing barclays center.”
December 4, 2012Though Williamsburg-based photographer Matt Lambros is a cinephile who appreciates everything from indie films to popcorn flicks, these days…
December 3, 2012Gothamist reports today that employees of some Brooklyn Starbucks stores, including the Montague Street branch, are being asked to wear Brooklyn Nets hats to promote the team who are now playing at the controversial Barclays Center: Gothamist: One employee at the Montague Street outpost told us the Nets advertising “started a couple of months ago […]
(via Brooklyn Heights Blog)
Bach in the Heights, a group of singers and instrumentalists organized by local resident Edward Houser, returns to perform…
December 3, 2012As much as Christmas trees are a seasonal tradition, so is the presence of Patti Romp and her son Tim in front of Key Food at 102 Montague Street. The Middlebury, Vermont-based pair has been selling trees in Brooklyn Heights for years, and have become such a part of the neighborhood that BHB’s Karl Junkersfeld […]
(via Brooklyn Heights Blog)
Sad news: One of the stalwarts of Montague Street has closed its doors after a robust 24 years. On November 30, St. Mark’s Comics at 148 Montague, which opened the satellite outlet in 1988, called it quits. A staffer told BHB today that it’s a familiar story along Brooklyn Heights’ primary retail corridor: a marked […]
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Readers of my vintage who did not major in history will likely remember Hugh Trevor-Roper as the English historian…
November 30, 2012Nets forward/the ex-Mr. Kim Kardashian Kris Humphries got into a shoving match with two Celtics during tonight’s game in…
November 29, 2012On Wednesday, December 5th Ben Kabak will speak with James Ferrara, MTA Bridges and Tunnels President, and Thomas Abdallah,…
November 28, 2012