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• CROWN HEIGHTS: Eastern Parkway library reopens after renovations

  07-04-2016 18:05
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Anna Ruth Ramosfor Brooklyn PaperThey raised the roof!The historic Eastern Parkway Library in Crown Heights re-opened on April 4 after seven months of renovations that resulted in a new roof and a more welcoming interior.Tots from PS 532 were on hand for the occasion, enjoying a special story time with Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo (D–Crown Heights) and the branch’s new shelves, furniture, computers, lighting, and paint job.
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• Little Cinema remixes the movie-going experience

  07-04-2016 16:58
  
  The Fifth Element, remixed at House of Yes. Photo: Kamila Harris
  If the idea of going to a midnight showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show appeals to you, but you’re squeamish about all the stage directions and traditions, like throwing rice at the screen, or having to fake an orgasm in front of the whole theater if it’s your first time, then Little Cinema might be the immersive movie experience for you. The creative team behind Little Cinema pairs a film with
  
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• STANDING O: Standing O welcomes the new coach

  07-04-2016 16:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyClinton HillWelcome aboardStanding O is acing and spiking for Louis Sepulveda, the new head coach of the women’s volleyball team at Pratt Institute.
  The talented, former high-school coach will lead the Cannoneers — much to the delight of his new colleagues.“We are thrilled to add Louis to our coaching staff,” said athletics director Walter Rickard. “Louis is an accomplished, experienced coach on the
  
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• STANDING O: Standing O is sharing hte challenge

  07-04-2016 16:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyDowntown
  Borough President Adams put out the challenge and hit the mic for the launch of BK Sings, his first-of-its-kind, borough-wide karaoke competition to find out who has the best amateur singing pipes in the borough.
  Bars and restaurants in the burg will offer budding song birds an opportunity to perform their favorite songs, and compete to represent their neighborhood, leading into a final musical showdown crowning Brookly
  
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• PARK SLOPE: Nickel and dimed! Councilman: Lander renews push for plastic-bag fee, drops price from 10 cents to 5

  07-04-2016 10:10
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Madeline AnthonyBrooklyn PaperThis pol is slashing prices to sell his bill!Councilman Brad Lander (D–Park Slope) is reviving his long-stalled legislation to put a fee on plastic and paper bags at stores, but has now reportedly cut the previously planned charge from 10 cents per sack to 5 cents — and the new low, low price has won over enough of his colleagues to pass, according to one councilman.“They
  
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• The Latest: Panama to create panel to boost transparency

  07-04-2016 08:38
  
  Panama*s government is creating an international committee of experts to recommend ways to boost transparency in the Central American country's offshore financial industry
  
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• What a wine! The Brooklyn history of Manischewitz

  07-04-2016 08:34
  
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• EVENT: What a wine! The Brooklyn history of Manischewitz

  07-04-2016 08:34
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn PaperThese grapes Concord Brooklyn!Those who sip Manischewitz wine — the sweet kosher wine that is a staple of the Seder table — are partaking in a local tradition. A food historian will reveal the Brooklyn origins of the Jewish vino at “Man-O-Manischewitz” at the Brooklyn Historical Society on April 12, and his personal history with the beverage.“As a boy, I encounter
  
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• WILLIAMSBURG: Canned laughter: Williamsburg’s Trump-mocking Experiment Comedy Gallery closes

  07-04-2016 08:30
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Madeline AnthonyBrooklyn PaperHe hasn’t had the last laugh!Williamsburg comedy club the Experiment Comedy Gallery has closed its doors after the what the owner says was a falling out with the tenants upstairs — but the proprietor promises it will return in a new location soon.“It’s super unfortunate that we had to close,” said Mo Fathelbab. “But it’s only temporary, we will be back!”The venue was only in the s
  
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• FLATBUSH: More than bookworms! Students: Bed bugs and other creepy crawlies are taking over Brooklyn College

  07-04-2016 08:30
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn PaperBrooklyn college students are buggin’ out!The Flatbush campus is infested with bedbugs and other creepy crawlers, and students are demanding the school take action or cough up some tuition money.“Either give us free tuition or take care of the school,” wrote Marsha Kayy in the “Brooklyn College in the Know” Facebook page.The school confirmed that the tough-to-eradicate blood suckers had indeed sunken
  
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• FEARLESS PARENTING: The making of Eli, the sportswriter

  07-04-2016 08:29
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Stephanie Thompsonfor Brooklyn PaperI talk a good game about leaving my kids alone to be who they are, but then, sometimes I realize I want them to be who I want them to be: I want them to be like me.
  Take for example, my recent Facebook post, an article my older son wrote for his school paper.I remember the moment it occurred to me, that maybe he’d really want to be a writer, like Dear Ol’ Mom.
  I was at the parent orientation at his high school
  
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• New Zealand school musical ends with 2 boys in hospital

  07-04-2016 08:26
  
  A high school musical in New Zealand got a little too real when a prop razor used in a throat-slitting scene ended up cutting two boy's necks and sending them to a local hospital overnight
  
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• Vice president, Lady Gaga again team up against sex assault

  07-04-2016 08:24
  
  Expect plenty of applause for Vice President Joe Biden and superstar singer Lady Gaga when they take the stage at an event in Las Vegas to raise awareness about sexual assault on college campuses
  
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• Spike Lee premieres University of Missouri film near campus

  07-04-2016 06:45
  
  A Spike Lee documentary about the University of Missouri protests and its football team's threatened boycott last fall has premiered at a theater near the campus
  
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• tix on sale: Kvelertak, Andrew Bird, Torche, Jason Isbell, David Cross, Acid Dad, Songhoy Blues, more

  07-04-2016 06:36
  
  Win tickets to see David Cross at Beacon Theatre, or buy them.
  Win tickets to see Andrew Bird at Terminal 5 or Kings Theatre, or buy them.Kvelertak, Torche & Wild Throne are coming to Irving Plaza...
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• Novelist's life a 'whirlwind' since essay about gang rape

  07-04-2016 06:32
  
  Novelist who said gang rape her character endured was based on her experience in high school says past few days have been 'whirlwind'
  
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• VETERANS AFFAIRS: Justice should not be blind to our veterans

  07-04-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Dan McSweeneyBrooklyn DailyRecently, I was asked why veterans should receive special consideration and benefits from local and state government. Shouldn’t they be they looked after exclusively by the feds, in light of their contracts and service at that level?The short answer is no. Members of the military are drawn from our local communities. They make a conscious decision to leave home and serve, often overseas, often in harm’s way. The massiv
  
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• Tourney runs end short of title for Butler, Syracuse

  07-04-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyEverything Syracuse did to power its historic season couldn’t be replicated against the UConn juggernaut.The Orange reached its first-ever national title game with superior shooting, offensive rebounding, and the ability to create turnovers. But the team didn’t do enough of those things in an 82–51 loss to the top-seeded Huskies in the National Collegiate Athletic Association women’s basketball tourname
  
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• PARTY LINE: Bob Capano eyeing Ridge Council seat

  07-04-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyRepublican Bob Capano is salivating over Vinny Gentile’s Bay Ridge Council seat.Democrat Gentile is term-limited and the election to fill his shoes isn’t until November 2017, but law professor and former congressional staffer Capano is already hard at work hammering Brooklyn Dems — particularly potential Council candidate and Arab American Association director Linda Sarsour — as blind acolytes to Council Sp
  
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• MARINE PARK: Sweet anniversary! Marine Park chocolate store celebrates 70 years

  07-04-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyThat’s a lotta chocolate!New York’s oldest continuously run chocolate manufacturer — which churns out treats in Marine Park — is celebrating its 70th anniversary on April 15. Joseph Michaels and Martin Rogak opened up JoMart Chocolates in Crown Heights in 1946 before moving to Avenue R in 1959. Rogak’s son Michael got the enviable job of helping out in the shop at
  
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• JOE KNOWS: Tele’s Ed D’Alessio leaves on a high note

  07-04-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyEd D’Alessio left when the time was right.The High School of Telecommunications Arts and Technology baseball coach decided to call it quits after 15 seasons, because the sport — which has long been a part of his life — was starting to become a job in recent years.
  “I like coaching, but it is a long haul over that,” D’Alessio said.
  Tele has long been the “program without a field,” an
  
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• BROOKLYN HEIGHTS: What a wine! The Brooklyn history of Manischewitz

  07-04-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyThese grapes Concord Brooklyn!Those who sip Manischewitz wine — the sweet kosher wine that is a staple of the Seder table — are partaking in a local tradition. A food historian will reveal the Brooklyn origins of the Jewish vino at “Man-O-Manischewitz” at the Brooklyn Historical Society on April 12, and his personal history with the beverage.“As a boy, I encounter
  
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• BAY RIDGE: Bridging the divide: Checkin’ in with Rock-to-Ridge Rep. Dan Donovan

  07-04-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn DailyHe’s Bay Ridge’s bridge to Washington.Brooklyn’s lone Republican congressman Rep. Dan Donovan, who has been in office for just under a year, took some time to talk Bay Ridge’s hometown paper about issues facing the 11209 and beyond. Insiders charged last year that the freshman legislator would have trouble staying independent from the Republican machine that helped finance his campaign. But Donovan used his
  
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• R&B singer-songwriter Leon Haywood dies at 74

  07-04-2016 05:09
  
  Leon Haywood, the R&B singer-songwriter whose 1975 single "I Want'a Do Something Freaky to You" was famously sampled by Dr. Dre and others, has died
  
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• Sentencing trial begins in case that inspired film 'Bernie'

  07-04-2016 04:25
  
  Jurors have heard opening statements in the sentencing trial of an East Texas mortician whose murder case inspired the dark movie comedy "Bernie."
  
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• Working man's poet, Merle Haggard lived his life in song

  07-04-2016 04:21
  
  Merle Haggard didn't just write great country songs, he lived them
  
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• Atlanta Hawks player sues New York City over arrest

  07-04-2016 02:53
  
  An Atlanta Hawks player has filed a lawsuit against New York City after he was acquitted of criminal charges stemming from a police fracas outside a trendy Manhattan nightclub
  
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• Scottish cult band BMX Bandits playing two NYC shows this week

  07-04-2016 02:40
  
  Perhaps better known for having members who'd end up in better known bands (Teenage Fanclub, Soup Dragons, Vaselines), Glasgow's BMX Bandits -- not unlike The Pooh Sticks -- have played an important part in Scotland's indie pop scene and have earned them cult status...
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• cult '80s series 'Night Flight' is back as a streaming channel

  07-04-2016 01:13
  
  While some people, including me, hold MTV's 120 Minutes in fond regard, a far more subversive and formative show to this writer (who grew up in West Virginia) was USA network's Night Flight which aired Friday and Saturday nights, midnight to 6 AM, from 1981 to 1988...
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• Judge nixes singer Kesha's sexual abuse claims vs. producer

  07-04-2016 01:10
  
  A judge has thrown out pop star Kesha's hate-crime and human-rights claims that producer Dr. Luke drugged, sexually abused and emotionally tormented her
  
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• Group behind 2010 Arizona boycott considers new effort

  07-04-2016 00:54
  
  Latino and civil rights groups behind a 2010 boycott of Arizona designed to pressure the state into stopping anti-immigrant legislation are considering renewing their effort
  
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• The Latest: Dr. Luke declines comment on Kesha case ruling

  07-04-2016 00:49
  
  Lawyers for record producer Dr. Luke are declining to comment after a New York judge dismissed pop star Kesha's human-rights and hate-crime claims that the hitmaker drugged, sexually abused and emotionally tormented her
  
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• Anna Wise shares video off new EP; Terrace Martin playing NYC; Pharoah Sanders residency underway

  07-04-2016 00:44
  
  Anna Wise -- who sings on several Kendrick Lamar songs -- released a new video for "Precious Posession" off her upcoming EP. Fellow Kendrick collaborator Terrace Martin announced a show. And in semi-related news, free-jazz legend Pharoah Sanders is currently in residence at NYC club Birdland.
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• Anchorwoman's ouster exposes risks for whites talking race

  07-04-2016 00:42
  
  The ouster of a white Pittsburgh TV anchor over a Facebook post has started a conversation about the consequences of saying the wrong thing when attempting to weigh in on matters of race
  
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• Review: Innovative storytelling lifts 'Louder Than Bombs'

  07-04-2016 00:23
  
  Film review: Norwegian director Joachim Trier explores the messy ties that bind a family in the wake of a tragedy
  
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• win tix to see Andrew Bird this week at Kings Theatre or Terminal 5

  07-04-2016 00:14
  
  Andrew Bird is currently on tour in support of his first album in four years, Are You Serious, and he's in NYC this week for two shows: Kings Theatre on Thursday, April 7 and Terminal 5 on Friday, April 8...
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