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• Brooklyn By the Book: Mary Gaitskill

  03-08-2015 23:20
  Wednesday, November 18, 2015 7:30 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterThe Mare, the long-awaited new novel from the critics’ favorite Mary Gaitskill, is a raw, vital American story. Velveteen Vargas is an 11-year-old, Fresh Air Fund kid from Brooklyn, sent to upstate New York. What follows is the story of her ever evolving relationship with her host family--Ginger, a failed artist on the edge of alcoholism, and Paul, a jaded academic--and a stable of horses down the road.read more
  
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• WeWork Grows Its Community in Dumbo Heights

  03-08-2015 22:52
  Guest blog post by WeWork’s Lia ZneimerAs one of Brooklyn’s major art and tech hubs, Dumbo Heights called out to us early on as the next great spot for creators. We couldn’t be more excited to welcome members to our newest WeWork location at 81 Prospect Street, which opened yesterday.Becoming part of the Brooklyn community feels like a natural extension for us. Though WeWork has grown tremendously since it started in 2010—we now have 16 locations in Manhattan al
  
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• August Kicks Off Summer Movie Nights

  03-08-2015 17:22
  August Kicks Off Summer Movie NightsThere are few better summer city activities than gathering some friends, snacks, and a blanket, and watching an outdoor film screening.Good thing August is summer movie month in Downtown Brooklyn. The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership is teaming up with a variety of local community partners to bring movie magic to the masses this month:August 6: Rooftop Films wraps up their Summer@MetroTech series, a summer-long cultural and entertainment festival, with live music
  
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• Grove Alley Silent Disco Draws Biggest Crowd Yet

  03-08-2015 16:50
  The word is officially out about one of Downtown Brooklyn’s coolest outdoor venues. More than 2,000 people packed into the 250-foot-deep alleyway known as Grove Alley on Friday night for a Silent Disco headlined by Talib Kweli. It was the fifth installment in an outdoor event series started by the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership in 2013 with the Grove Alley Nite Market and Grove Alley Game Nite, followed by last summer’s Grove Alley Makers Nite and Grove Alley Paint Nite. “W
  
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• It’s All About the Homemade Tortillas at Taqueria Milear

  03-08-2015 16:07
  
  Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights seems poised to become Brooklyn’s next gentrification hotspot, with hip new places like Two Saints and... Read More… Read More
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• 2 killed, 11 wounded in NYC

  03-08-2015 12:14
  
  Two people were killed and 11 others wounded in three overnight shootings in New York City, including nine people hurt when gunfire broke out at a backyard party in Brooklyn, police said Sunday.
  
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