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McBrooklyn reports on a commercial shoot yesterday on Clinton Street:
Cresent Moon Films took over Clinton Street near Verandah Place all day Wednesday to film an ad for Nonnis Biscotti. They set up a table in the street and characters walked down the steps of nearby brownstones as well.
This dispatch from the Cobble Hill Association:
Come join the Cobble Hill Association and Brooklyn Greenway Initiative for the first ever…
COBBLE HILL BIKE RIDE
When: September 14, 2008 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: Cobble Hill Park
Cost: FREE, simply rsvp to cobblehillbikeride@gmail.com.The Cobble Hill Association and Brooklyn Greenway Initiative are hosting a 12-mile casual bike ride that will start at Cobble Hill Park and pass through the Columbia Waterfront District, Red Hook, Park Slope, Prospect Park, and Gowanus, and loop back to Cobble Hill.
There will be several scenic rest stops as we ride along mostly calm streets with some light vehicular traffic. Several Bike Marshals will travel alongside as well as a mechanic for any urgent bike repairs needed. Light snacks and water will be provided, but riders should be prepared with sunblock, plenty of water, and ready for a light pace that will include some cobblestone streets in Red Hook and the 9th Street hill in Park Slope, with an option to also ride hill within Prospect Park’s car-free loop.
A couple of weeks ago, one of the Joshes or “Josh and Josh” seemed to be having a day a being “stalked” by Cobble Hillbilly/Reality TV star Alex McCord and her hubby Simon Van Kempen: Continue Reading →
Saturday Night Live regulars Jason Sudeikis and Bill Hader’s film The Line has begun rolling out online via YouTube and other outlets. Shot last month in front of the Cobble Hill Cinemas on Court Street, the piece follows fans lining up for the opening of a new sci-fi flick 11 days before it opens:
Journalnow.com: Hader and Rich, wrote the script during the strike (Internet work wasn’t forbidden under the strike rules) and shared it with Michaels’ production company. They were assembling a cast and crew when the strike ended and SNL resumed taping, putting the project on hold. But after the season ended, Broadway Video revived the idea. The series signed a sponsor, Sony Pictures, and integrated the posters for three new Sony films into the backdrop of the episodes.
The staging was rather simple: All the action occurs along a red concrete-block wall outside the Cobble Hill Cinemas in Brooklyn.
The series unfolds not unlike an SNL digital short. Sudeikis stands out as a manager who treats moviegoers as a menace. He often calls them “you people,” as in “You people need to start washing your bodies, or I’m going to call the police.”
From Brooklyn Heights Blog, TK Small writes about the current situation at LICH:
Recent trends in government and politics suggests that more decisions are being rendered on a local basis as a result of grassroots involvement. Last week Brooklyn Heights began digesting the announcement that LICH will be closing the OB/GYN department and selling a number of their buildings. As a disability rights attorney and activist, perhaps I am more familiar with the squeaky wheel phenomena. In a recent BHB comment I encouraged people to demand accountability. It is time for the residents of Brooklyn Heights and the surrounding areas to squeak up!
The Brooklyn Eagle brings us word that Alex at Fish Tales is putting together a charity softball game:
Alex Ortiz, one of the friendly fish purveyors at Fish Tales (191A Court Street), is a man with a plan. He is busy organizing a softball game at the Red Hook ball fields between the merchants of Court Street and the merchants of Smith Street to benefit Heights and Hill Community Council, which provides services for Brooklyn’s elderly. Players donate cash and/or goods for sale at the game — there is no minimum, Ortiz explained — and customers are invited to the field to cheer their favorite players on. “The winning team gets a trophy for bragging rights,” Ortiz said. To join the fun, Smith and Court Street merchants are invited to call Alex Ortiz at 347 538-2428.
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From the Cobble Hill Association Blog… mark you calendar! CANCELLED Continue Reading →
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Are you as excited about the whole change in PARKING REGULATIONS as we are? Thought so: Continue Reading →
LICH may be going through a rough patch right now, but the show as it were must go on. The Brooklyn Eagle reports that a man with possible the coolest doc name ever – Dr. Tucker Woods – has been named chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the hospital. And ladies, click through to the Eagle for his photo because this MD is dreamy!:
Brooklyn Eagle: LICH Appoints…: Dr. Woods, who has been at LICH since 1999, has served as the department’s vice chair since 2006. In addition to emergency medicine, his areas of expertise and interest include nuclear/biological/chemical emergencies, emergency preparedness, toxicology, trauma, hospital ethics and organ donation.
This item from Lindsayism (via Curbed) has us wondering if this is a Spinal Tap revival trend:
Last night I was walking on Court Street near Union Street with Stephanie (“Stiff”) and there were two ladies walking in front of us wearing long, flowing, huge robes with hoods (though the hoods weren’t up), not unlike the robes of a monk, wizard, or witch. They were carrying flashlights, and had an air of authority about them. Okay, what is that? Did Halloween come early? Does this have something to do with that Twilight book? Is there some sort of neighborhood watch I should know about? Until more information comes in, I’m going to call them the Cobble Hill Werewolf Patrol.
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