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• Artists: The Brooklyn Side of the Williamsburg Bridge Is Missing a Provocative ‘Hello’

  11-11-2015 23:14 via bkmag.com
  
  That which remains to be done: Williamsburg greets the LES
  First, there was news of a massive index finger—is it meant to unite? or provoke?—from Brooklyn artist Hank Willis Thomas, which will greet cars and pedestrians and cyclists entering Kings County from over the Brooklyn Bridge. Now, another ambiguously messaged and gigantic sculpture from self-described “provincial New Yorker,” artist Deborah Kass, has been installed in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Depending on your
  
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• O'Reilly, Will in vitriolic dispute over Reagan

  11-11-2015 22:50
  
  Bill O'Reilly, George Will brawl over Ronald Reagan's legacy
  
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• High-tech means higher sales for many small retailers

  11-11-2015 22:34
  
  High-tech brings higher sales _ small retailers use apps, software to get shoppers to buy
  
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• Debate day-after: What rivalries? GOP candidates play nice

  11-11-2015 22:32
  
  Debate day-after: What rivalries? What insults? GOP presidential candidates play nice
  
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• Romanian fire: 2 teens, bassist die; death toll hits 51

  11-11-2015 22:17
  2 more teens, bassist die after Romanian nightclub fire, bringing death toll to 51
  
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• Public Soul Searching: Talking with Comedian Brooke Van Poppelen about Being a Female Comedian and Other Life Hacks

  11-11-2015 21:20 via bkmag.com
  
  Photographed by Seth Olenick
  The quickest way to aggravate a comedian: Ask them to tell you a joke. No matter how pure the intention, it’s like saying “prove it” to win an argument, but it’s also a hard impulse to resist. And yet, when I talked with Brooke Van Poppelen—comedian, writer, and producer, who co-hosts Hack My Life and appeared on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore among other shows—there was never a moment where I doubted her ability not
  
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• San Francisco considers $290,000 payout for Journey wedding

  11-11-2015 20:45
  
  San Francisco considers $290,000 payout to settle lawsuit over Journey guitarist wedding
  
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• Jazz great Wynton Marsalis honored for humanitarian work

  11-11-2015 20:42
  
  Jazz great Wynton Marsalis honored for humanitarian work with award named for opera singer
  
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• Mick Jagger, Robbie Robertson pay tribute to Toussaint

  11-11-2015 20:28
  
  Mick Jagger, Robbie Robertson pay tribute to the late Allen Toussaint
  
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• Thai It You’ll Like It: Thai Food At Baby’s All Right

  11-11-2015 20:15 via bkmag.com
  
  Photos by Jane Bruce
  Music journalists in New York inevitably find themselves at Baby’s All Right. Whether it’s the prime Williamsburg location or Baby’s tendency to book the best upcoming talent, the two-year-old venue is something of a home base during city-wide festivals like CMJ or just particularly packed live music weeks. A rock-bottom happy hour price of only $3 for their alluring Pink Baby cocktail doesn’t hurt either—neither does the fact that happy ho
  
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• Dreamy Jersey Trio Long Beard Share “Turkeys” Video

  11-11-2015 20:07 via bkmag.com
  
  Long Beard’s debut album Sleepwalker will most likely be swept under the rug in the wake of 2015’s numerous big name releases. But it’s an intimate, dreamy record that deserves some shine, anyway. On one of the record’s best tracks, “Turkeys” frontwoman Leslie Bear muses over moments like watching a car you love drive by, or what it feels like to dance slow and silly at home with the only person who you trust enough to do that with. Bear lets her voice go gauz
  
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• Authors of 'Blue Ocean Strategy' working on new book

  11-11-2015 19:50
  
  Authors of million-selling business book 'Blue Ocean Strategy' working on new work
  
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• Fox Business Network reached 13.5 million for GOP debate

  11-11-2015 19:30
  
  Nielsen says 13.5 million watched fourth GOP debate on Fox Business Network
  
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• Hollywood Reporter ends its power rankings for women

  11-11-2015 19:13
  
  Hollywood Reporter ends its power rankings for women in Hollywood
  
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• CBS gives post-Super Bowl slot to Stephen Colbert

  11-11-2015 19:04
  
  Late-night host Stephen Colbert to make special post-Super Bowl episode for CBS
  
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• Music Review: New Chris Young album likable, not memorable

  11-11-2015 19:03
  
  Music Review: Chris Young's 5th album, 'I'm Comin' Over,' likable but not memorable
  
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• Houston Producer Rabit Tells Us About His Tough, Terrifying Debut Record

  11-11-2015 18:45 via bkmag.com
  
  “Pandemic,” the first single from Texas producer Eric Burton’s debut album, breaks down into a hail of bullets. Burton’s first couple of EPs under the name Rabit had been tonally unnerving and rhythmically aggressive. But this is something else. The cathartic fun of a big beat drop sours into a super stressful, under-siege feeling. There’s a deep emotional unease that builds with every explosive beat, especially in a country racked by constant, seemingly intra
  
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• Coldplay, Gwen Stefani to perform at American Music Awards

  11-11-2015 18:02
  
  Coldplay, Gwen Stefani, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis to perform at Nov. 22 American Music Awards
  
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• J.J. Abrams, 'Infinity Blade' maker join forces for new game

  11-11-2015 17:33
  'Star Wars' filmmaker J.J. Abrams, 'Infinity Blade' developer join forces for new spy game
  
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• Music Review: Jeff Lynne shines on 'Alone In the Universe'

  11-11-2015 17:30
  
  Music Review: Jeff Lynne makes ELO all his own on reassuring 'Alone In the Universe'
  
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• Archestratus: Literature and Food Collide in Greenpoint

  11-11-2015 17:04 via bkmag.com
  
  photo via the Archestratus Instagram
  While not virtually extinct like, say, travel agencies and video rentals, independent bookstores have become a rare breed, thanks to competition with Barnes & Noble (not doing so well itself) and Amazon. Which is why, even though Brooklyn’s indie bookstore scene is relatively healthy, when something like Archestratus come along, we feel duty-bound to support them, especially when they’re laser-focused on food—our own parti
  
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• Your Ideal Week: November 11- November 18

  11-11-2015 16:32
  
  The New York Comedy Festival brings an amazing lineup of comedians to town this week, and there’s plenty of shows with tickets still available. Photo: James Adomian
  Hello, Brooklyn! Well, here we are again–another Wednesday, another awesome lineup of events going on around here over the course of the next week for you to choose from.As luck would have it, we are smack dab in the middle of the 2015 New York Comedy Festival, which means that there are some pretty big names performing
  
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• Justin Bieber announces 58-city 'Purpose World Tour'

  11-11-2015 16:23
  
  With album release Friday, Justin Bieber announces 58-city 'Purpose World Tour'
  
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• Future’s Comeback Season Continues On Rocky-Sampling “Last Breath”

  11-11-2015 16:19 via bkmag.com
  
  Future’s comeback season might stretch on forever. After his sophomore album Honest and the collapse of his very-public relationship with Ciara toward the end of 2014, the Atlanta rapper put out a mediocre, somewhat ill-received tape called Monster, and followed it up with two more in quick succession, the Zaytoven collaboration Beast Mode and 56 Nights. It was on that last tape that the tide began to turn for Future, who released another studio album Dirty Sprite 2 a few months later, and
  
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• The Rachel Connection: Why Rachel Fershleiser Is a Wizard of New York’s Literary Community

  11-11-2015 16:06 via bkmag.com
  
  photos by Jane BruceIt’s easy to find Rachel Fershleiser at a book party: cobalt blue glasses and curly black hair (either hanging down or in a braid) and A-line dresses of some bright print (horses mid-gallop, birds against a tangle of leaves and flowers, black-and-white dogs on a blue background). It’s just as easy to speak with her: Rachel is always talking to someone, and usually (at least) three people at once. Tumblr’s Director of Literary Outreach—as well as a
  
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• Maurice Hines to bring his dance and singing musical to NY

  11-11-2015 16:01
  
  Maurice Hines to bring his dance and singing musical 'Tappin' Thru Life' to New York
  
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• Review: Preston & Child return with 'Crimson Shore'

  11-11-2015 15:51
  
  Review: Preston & Child's 'Crimson Shore' will please fans old and new
  
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• Review: Bill Nye tackles climate change in new book

  11-11-2015 15:40
  
  Review: 'Science Guy' Bill Nye tackles climate change, human ingenuity in new book
  
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• The Best Old Movies on a Big Screen This Week: NYC Repertory Cinema Picks, November 11-17

  11-11-2015 15:03 via bkmag.com
  
  Joan Crawford in Nicholas Ray’s JOHNNY GUITAR (1954). Courtesy Film Forum. Playing November 13-19.
  Johnny Guitar (1954)Directed by Nicholas Ray
  Johnny Guitar may not have the pedigree of The Searchers or the easy lovability of Rio Bravo, but it’s arguably twice as compelling as any classic western because it’s internally calibrated to a completely unique rhythm. Ray turned every genre into dance, sometimes a sensual ballet, sometimes a furious tango. Johnny Guitar is his parano
  
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• Food, Life and Music Come Together in “Red Velvet Underground”

  11-11-2015 15:00
  
  One of my biggest regrets is never really learning how to cook from my parents when I was growing up. I was always making an excuse to get away from the kitchen, whether it was to watch TV or go outside–because nothing seemed more boring to me than to see my parents tenderize meat, peel carrots, or make sauce. (Although I do remember the time my mom, who generally only cooks traditional Chinese dishes, baked a cake from a Duncan Hines box, and the time my dad prepared Americ
  
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• Rowlands celebrates 6 decades in film with honorary Oscar

  11-11-2015 14:55
  
  Gena Rowlands reflects on her 6 decades in film before claiming honorary Academy Award
  
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• 'Science Guy' Bill Nye gets heated up over climate change

  11-11-2015 14:30
  
  'Science Guy' Bill Nye tackles climate change, solutions in new book 'Unstoppable'
  
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• AP PHOTOS: Light on their feet: the World Salsa Masters 2015

  11-11-2015 12:05
  
  AP PHOTOS: Passion and purpose: Behind the scenes at the World Salsa Masters 2015 competition
  
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• 'Concussion' movie delivers hard hit to NFL

  11-11-2015 11:48
  
  Will Smith film 'Concussion' delivers hard hit to NFL
  
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• A New Orleans musical legend, Allen Toussaint, is remembered

  11-11-2015 11:05
  
  Singer, songwriter, producer performer _ Allen Toussaint did it all in his storied career
  
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• NOT FOR NUTHIN’: Jo’s miffed at the grinch who stole ‘merry Christmas’

  11-11-2015 07:44
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyHere’s a flash — I am offended. Yes offended, tired, and disgusted. What is the fear of wishing someone a merry Christmas? Will the sky tumble down on all those that believe differently? No it won’t. But the political correctness police out there are just hell-bent on not offending anyone with merry Christmas — unless we’re talking about people that do celebrate a merry Christmas.I don’t have
  
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• BAY RIDGE: Piece by piece: New Ridge gallery builds on area’s artistic history

  11-11-2015 07:44
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn DailyThese Ridge artists are going back to their roots.New gallery Bay Ridge Arts Space opened its doors on Nov. 6 with “New Ovington Village,” an exhibition of 30 Ridge artists that pays tribute to the neighborhood’s history as an artist’s haven and the contemporary creatives who are building up another. The Senator Street gallery is crucial to building that community, said
  
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• CRIME: Pistol-packing punks poach man’s jewelry

  11-11-2015 07:43
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn Daily60th PrecinctConey Island—Brighton Beach—SeagateJewel heistA delinquent duo robbed a state corrections officer of his jewelry at gunpoint on W. 20th Street on Nov. 3.The victim told police he was between Surf and Mermaid avenues at 8:10 pm when the crooks spilled out of a black Suburban and started waving a pistol.
  The thieves then stripped the man of all his jewelry, including a chain, medallion, and watch, before pili
  
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• CRIME: Foul-mouthed scoundrel steals man’s cash

  11-11-2015 07:43
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn Daily61st PrecinctSheepshead Bay—Homecrest—
  Manhattan Beach—GravesendFlash for cashA foul-mouthed lout stole a wad of cash from a man on Ocean Avenue on Nov. 5.The victim told police he was standing on the street near Neck Road at 7:30 pm when the goon approached him from behind and hissed “M-----------, give me your money.”
  He then flashed a metal blade and attemped to slash the victim by swinging it at him
  
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• DINING: Not-so-average Joe: Coffee shops that are other things

  11-11-2015 07:40
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Allegra HobbsThe Brooklyn PaperBrooklyn takes its coffee with a dash of unrelated commercial activity!Bushwick’s First Live may be the borough’s first coffee shop to live-stream a YouTube show about the music industry, but it is hardly the only to sling espresso alongside another service.
  Jane Motorcycles
  Rev up with this Williamsburg custom motorcycle store and cafe, where bike purchases come with a free cup of Joe.[396 Wythe Ave. between S. Fi
  
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• CHANGING BROOKLYN: Brooklyn height! Two giant towers planned Downtown

  11-11-2015 07:22
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillThe Brooklyn PaperDowntown is going up!Developers are planning to build two skyscrapers in Brooklyn’s beating commercial heart that will dwarf other towers in the borough.
  JEMB Realty announced Monday that it will construct a 600-foot office building — roughly 60 standard floors — at Albee Square West between Fulton and Willoughby streets.
  But even that will look Lilliputian in comparison to
  
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• Springsteen, Jon Stewart among guests at benefit concert

  11-11-2015 07:14
  
  Sprinsgteen, Jon Stewart among performers at benefit concert for military service members
  
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• Rhythm on the rails: Music train draws fans from all over

  11-11-2015 06:38
  
  Rhythm on the rails: Vermont man's music trains draw fans from all over US
  
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• BAY RIDGE: A double take: ‘Pablo Matisse’ riffs off two great painters

  11-11-2015 06:11
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Bill RoundyBrooklyn DailyGet two great artists for the price of one!A Bay Ridge art school will have you seeing double with an exhibit that combines the work of Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. The artist behind the “Pablo Matisse” painter, whose show will open at the Art Room on Nov. 13, says that blending the King of Cubism with the Master Impressionist makes for something entirely new.
  “My intention
  
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• ART: A double take: ‘Pablo Matisse’ riffs off two great painters

  11-11-2015 06:11
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Bill RoundyThe Brooklyn PaperGet two great artists for the price of one!A Bay Ridge art school will have you seeing double with an exhibit that combines the work of Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. The artist behind the “Pablo Matisse” painter, whose show will open at the Art Room on Nov. 13, says that blending the King of Cubism with the Master Impressionist makes for something entirely new.
  “My inten
  
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• A double take: ‘Pablo Matisse’ riffs off two great painters

  11-11-2015 06:11
  
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