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• Russian Literary Series: Veronika Dolina

  08-09-2015 19:29
  Saturday, October 31, 2015 4:00 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterPoet and singer-songwriter, Veronika Dolina, returns to the library to perform songs from her new album On a Cold Street, and poetry from her latest book,  A Green Dress. In Russian
  
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• I Braved the New Thunderbolt Rollercoaster at Luna Park in Coney Island

  08-09-2015 19:17
  
  Sponsored By Luna Park.Luna Park, in iconic Coney Island is the best place in NYC for mild, moderate, and extreme thrills!Created By BlankSlateStill working on your summer bucket list? Forget about everything else and go to Coney Island. The seaside resort overlooking the Atlantic Ocean has been New York City’s playground since the 1880s. Its iconic wooden boardwalk, built in 1923, affords some of the best people-watching in Brooklyn and is home to the original Nathan’s Fam
  
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• HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Poly’s Wilson goes from heavyset to heavyweight football recruit

  08-09-2015 16:34
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyIsaiah Wilson began playing football at 10-years-old as a way to drop a few pounds. Instead, he found a way to pick up a college scholarship and a better future.That heavyset kid is now a 6-foot-6, 325-pound offensive lineman at Poly Prep and the No. 2-ranked player nationally in the 2017 class by ESPN. Wilson holds 18 offers from Auburn, Alabama, Michigan, Ohio State, South Carolina, Rutgers, Nebraska, Miami, Florida State, a
  
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• The Great Danish Upgrade to the Dirty Water Dog

  08-09-2015 16:27
  
  This is how the Danes do hot dogs. Yes, they’re bright pink. Photo: Kenneth Rosen
  They’re a trap, dirty water dogs. Walking home from work I’m always tempted by them, in a low cost, immediate gratification kind of way. But it seems like they’ve gotten smaller, less robust, more expensive lately, and that putrid water that they sit in is difficult to accept as edible. Maybe it’s time that New Yorkers demand more out of a tube steak and 
  
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• Welcome Back, Students!

  08-09-2015 15:44
  The Labor Day weekend marks the unofficial end of summer, which means back to school for academic institutions across the city. The ten colleges and law school that call Downtown Brooklyn home have a few events planned to welcome back students from the summer break. Here are a few of them:Today, St. Francis College will host Terrier Tuesday, a carnival block party that welcomes new students to the St. Francis College family. New SFC students can pick up ID cards and student planners; meet more t
  
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• Macy’s Backstage discount franchise opens on Emmons

  08-09-2015 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailySheepshead Bay now has Backstage access.Macy’s Backstage celebrated its grand opening at the Loehmann’s Seaport Plaza on Emmons Avenue on Sept. 2, and the retailer couldn’t have found a better spot for the new franchise, according to Macy’s spokesperson Elina Kazan.“We were looking at going into very unique and diverse neighborhoods,” she said. “Sheepshead Bay certainly fits the bill.&rdquo
  
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• HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Health major key to Xaverian’s success

  08-09-2015 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyXaverian is doing its best to keep injuries from derailing its quest for an elusive championship season.The Clippers reached consecutive Catholic High School Football League Class-A title games in the past two years, but failed to win the crown each time. Last season Xaverian made it that far with 16 active players late in the season and at one point had 10 starters out. Coach Mike Jioia lost a number of players to concussions
  
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• Former Nets star uses journey from NBA to burger king to inspire kids

  08-09-2015 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Nicholas DiunteBrooklyn DailyFormer Net Albert King stood on the bleachers at the famed Rucker Park in late August looking to make a connection with a group of kids who knew nothing of his legendary basketball career that had its roots on the playgrounds of Fort Greene.
  As he engaged the eager players who had hoop dreams of their own, he realized that he could quickly build a bond with them through sharing the success he had off the court after he retired f
  
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• BENSONHURST: Repairs will shut seven N-train stations for nearly two years

  08-09-2015 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailyBensonhursters and Dyker Heights residents better start planning their 2016 commutes now.The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will close seven of nine subway stations along the N-train line between the Coney Island terminus and Eighth Avenue on the Manhattan-bound side for 14 months starting in January, and then for another 14 months on the Coney Island-bound side in 2017.
  The imminent closures are a necessary evil to repair the
  
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