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• AoBFF Screening Schedule - Thursday, May 14 

  14-05-2015 20:31
  
  TONIGHT AT AOBFF:We start our screenings with a Brooklyn bang at St. Francis College Brooklyn. Founders Hall and Maroney Theaters will both be showing films!Use code 15AOBFF20 to save 20% online when you reserve your seat. Tickets will be available at the door for $10 if screenings don't sell out early.There will be pre-screening receptions an hour before each screening where you can hang out, buy merch and concessions and take photos in front of our festival backdrop featuring our spo
  
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• Clarissa Dalloday

  14-05-2015 17:27
  Saturday, June 20, 2015 12:00 pmCentral Library, PlazaCelebrate Virginia Woolf's masterpiece with a marathon reading of Mrs. Dalloway. June 16 is commonly known as Bloomsday, a day in which people around the world commemorate the work of James Joyce. As a company devoted to promoting the words of women writers on its stage, Obie-winning theatre company Ripe Time is marking June 20 as a new landmark date for a celebration of Woolf, CLARISSA DALLODAY.
  
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• Brooklyn Small Press Flea

  14-05-2015 16:48
  Saturday, August 1, 2015 11:00 amCentral Library, PlazaThis pop-up book fair features Brooklyn's finest indie presses, including A Public Space, Archipelago Books, BELLADONNA*, Electric Literature, Futurepoem, Guillotine, Melville House, One Story, Ugly Duckling Presse and many more.
  Copresented with BOMB magazine.
  
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• Brooklyn Summer Shakespeare-ience: The Taming of the Shrew

  14-05-2015 16:35
  Saturday, August 8, 2015 3:00 pmCentral Library, PlazaThe Shakespeare-ience is a summer intensive designed to make Shakespeare accessible to inner city youth. They will perform the romantic comedy Taming of the Shrew, which follows the rocky courtship of Petruchio and Katarina.
  
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• Get Ready to Get Down–Celebrate Brooklyn! 2015 Dance Parties Start Tonight

  14-05-2015 16:30
  
    Once BRIC announces its Celebrate Brooklyn lineup, you know we’re just a few weeks out from a summer of... Read More… Read More
  The post Get Ready to Get Down–Celebrate Brooklyn! 2015 Dance Parties Start Tonight appeared first on Brooklyn Based.
  
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• Hopping the L to the Circus, Where the Big Top is a Warehouse

  14-05-2015 15:31
  
  The idea of hopping the next freight train headed out of town to join the circus may seem like a... Read More… Read More
  The post Hopping the L to the Circus, Where the Big Top is a Warehouse appeared first on Brooklyn Based.
  
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• Mass appeal: Doc to talk Italian-American devotional art in Bay Ridge

  14-05-2015 06:00
  
  A Bay Ridge wine bar that also slings oysters is serving up some “Mary on the half-shell.” Read more.
  
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• Touring NYC graffiti

  14-05-2015 05:20
  
  We pass graffiti all the time, but there's a lot more to it than you may realize. We're decoding it all right now. Gabriel Schoenberg started Graff Tours, offering visitors and New Yorkers alike an overview of the graffiti and street art dotting the City. With so many different types of graffiti, Schoenberg offers a clear overview.
  
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• ZUMBATOMIC with Elaine Gil

  14-05-2015 01:07
  Thursday, June 4, 2015 2:30 pmCentral Library, PlazaCelebrate the start of Summer Reading!
  Zumba is a perfect combination of fun & fitness! Participants will groove to international rhythms and learn different dance moves.
  In case of rain, this event will be held indoors.
  
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• Parallel Exit

  14-05-2015 00:42
  Thursday, June 4, 2015 1:30 pmCentral Library, PlazaCelebrate the start of Summer Reading!
  With music, magic, juggling, and comedy, Parallel Exit packs more entertainment in a single show than a three-ring circus. Three fun-loving physical comedians present a wide range of old-fashioned family entertainment, and you get to join in the fun!
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• Carnegie Kids: Shine and the Moonbeams

  14-05-2015 00:09
  Thursday, June 4, 2015 10:30 amCentral Library, PlazaCelebrate the start of Summer Reading!
  Singer-songwriter Shawana Kemp and guitarist John Heagle combine their unique perspectives to create a soulful musical extravaganza that captures the sweetness, uncertainty and simplicity of youth.
  In case of rain, this event will be held indoors.
   
   
   
  
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