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• Box office top 20: 'Doctor Strange,' 'Trolls' stay on top

  14-11-2016 23:43
  
  Marvel's mystical superhero adventure "Doctor Strange" and the musical animated release "Trolls" remained No. 1 and No. 2 at the box office for the second straight weekend, while new releases "Arrival" and "Almost Christmas" opened strongly
  
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• Review: Steinfeld's angst shines in 'The Edge of Seventeen'

  14-11-2016 23:36
  
  Hailee Steinfeld gives a marvelous performance as an angst-ridden teenage outcast in 'The Edge of Seventeen,' a biting comedy from first time director Kelly Fremon Craig
  
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• Family: 'Deadliest Catch' star injured in assault

  14-11-2016 23:09
  
  Authorities are investigating after a family member says 1 of the stars of the hit reality TV series "Deadliest Catch" was assaulted over the weekend
  
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• NFL ratings soar on 1st Sunday after voting

  14-11-2016 23:08
  
  The first Sunday night after the election produced the highest NFL ratings since Week 2, with an average of 22.51 million viewers tuning in for Seattle's 31-24 victory over New England
  
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• UNICEF teams up with writers for children's rights

  14-11-2016 22:34
  
  Uhe United Nations Children's Fund has teamed up with over 200 prominent writers from around the globe to commemorate Universal Children's Day
  
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• [HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS] Clipped: Xaverian’s championship hopes dashed in semis

  14-11-2016 22:29
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Benjamin LeibowitzBrooklyn DailyThird time wasn’t the charm.The second-seeded Xaverian football team fell 28–20 to Cardinal Spellman in the semifinals of the Catholic High School Football League A playoffs at Aviator Sports Complex on Nov. 11 — even though it took down the Pilots twice during the regular season. It was a bitter loss for the Clippers squad — which also defeated Spellman in last year’s championship game — a
  
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• [DOWNTOWN] Bittsweet victory for Blackbirds in season-opening blowout

  14-11-2016 22:29
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Johnny KunenBrooklyn DailyThe blowout-victory was expected. The disappointment afterwards was not.The Long Island University men’s basketball team cruised to a 78–40 win over John Jay in the squad’s season-opener on Nov. 11, but there weren’t many smiles on the Balckbirds’ bench after the final buzzer. Senior guard Joel Hernanzdez — the team’s unquestioned leader this season — suffered a dislocated thumb in th
  
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• For Kenneth Lonergan, an ambivalent moment in the sun

  14-11-2016 21:55
  
  A sensitive eye has made Kenneth Lonergan one of the most celebrated playwrights of his generation, and a figure of cultish ardor for his first two films: "You Can Count on Me" and "Margaret."
  
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• [BOERUM HILL] Man punches woman in the face after argument about Trump at Boerum Hill bistro

  14-11-2016 21:15
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperAn apparent Donald Trump fan punched a lady in the face after the pair got into an argument about the outcome of the election at Boerum Hill French bistro Bar Tabac on Saturday evening then made a hasty getaway as staff tried to chase him down, according to witnesses who were shocked to see the whole thing play out in front of families during dinner-time.“It’s the worst thing ever — a guy in front of kids punching
  
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• TV-lover gifts abound: 'Mad Men' opus to Roku to Slanket

  14-11-2016 20:59
  
  The TV lovers in your life deserve holiday gifts that recognize their passion
  
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• New book explores supersized philanthropy of Joan Kroc

  14-11-2016 20:42
  
  Review: New book "Ray & Joan" profiles man who made McDonald's fortune and woman who gave it away
  
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• Classical Interludes: The Cassatt Quartet

  14-11-2016 20:37
  Sunday, January 22, 2017 4:00 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterThe quartet performs Mendelssohn’s Capriccio for String Quartet, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s Voyage, Daniel Visconti’s Black Bend and Tchaikovsky’s Quartet No. 1 in D Major.
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• PBS journalist Gwen Ifill dies of cancer

  14-11-2016 20:25
  
  Gwen Ifill, PBS anchor and veteran journalist, dies of cancer at age of 61. PBS called her a standard bearer for courage, fairness and integrity
  
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• PBS journalist Gwen Ifill dead of cancer at age 61, PBS says

  14-11-2016 20:18
  
  PBS journalist Gwen Ifill dead of cancer at age 61, PBS says
  
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• Goodman's family sold 'Go Cubs Go' just before song took off

  14-11-2016 19:46
  
  Folk singer Steve Goodman's "Go Cubs Go" about his beloved Cubbies is a hit decades after he died _ and months after his relatives sold the rights to his song collection
  
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• Major Stars return with massive set of guitar excursions

  14-11-2016 19:06
  
  "Motion Set," Major Stars' ninth LP and first since 2012, is an absolute blast
  
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• Plunging The Depths Of Grief: Manchester by the Sea

  14-11-2016 19:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Manchester by the SeaDirected by Kenneth LonerganOpens November 18
  Sullen or kid-like or both, Casey Affleck has rarely seemed like a robust figure to build a movie around, more often puppyishly indicating a person who’s not filling out his shoes rather than fitting the bill. But filmmaker-playwright Kenneth Lonergan, in only three strange films, has been attracted to actors able to thrive in an awkward phase, whether it’s Mark Ruffalo and his permanently protesting drawl as the you
  
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• British farce 'The Play That Goes Wrong' heading to Broadway

  14-11-2016 19:00
  
  The British farce "The Play That Goes Wrong" will begin performances in March at The Lyceum Theatre in New York City
  
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• Sing-Along with Cilla Owens and Voices of Vision

  14-11-2016 18:54
  Saturday, December 10, 2016 4:00 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterJoin vocalist Cilla Owens, the library's 2015 Katowitz-Radin Artist-in-Residence, in a celebration of the Central Branch's 75th Anniversary. Featuring the Voices of Vision in a special holiday music sing-along for friends and family.RSVP here.
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• Music Review: Martha Wainwright's alto commands attention

  14-11-2016 18:38
  
  Martha Wainwright tests musical boundaries on "Goodnight City," and not just when she pushes her voice to the top of her range and beyond
  
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• Music Review: Sting rocks out again with a familiar sound

  14-11-2016 18:22
  
  Sting's new album, his first in more than a decade, sounds a lot like the old stuff, but that's not a bad thing
  
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• Beware of Poachers

  14-11-2016 18:18 via bkmag.com
  
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• Man convicted of killing policeman, dissolving body in acid

  14-11-2016 18:11
  
  A British jury has convicted an Italian man of murdering a policeman he met online and trying to dissolve his body in acid, a technique inspired by the TV show "Breaking Bad."
  
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• [HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS] Tigers caged in first-round loss to Kennedy

  14-11-2016 18:09
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyIt’s impossible to score without the ball, and Fort Hamilton’s football team didn’t have the ball much in the squad’s 40–20 loss to John F. Kennedy on Nov. 12.
  The ninth-seeded Tigers notched less than five minutes of possession in the fourth quarter of the Public Schools Athletic League first-round postseason tilt as Kennedy continued to pull away down the stretch.“The fourth quarter was kind of
  
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• Mexican film actress Lupita Tovar of 'Dracula' dies at 106

  14-11-2016 18:00
  
  Mexican film actress Lupita Tovar, who starred in the 1931 Spanish-language version of "Dracula," has died at age 106
  
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• A Thanksgiving Guide to Baked-in-Brooklyn Pies

  14-11-2016 17:54 via bkmag.com
  
  Officially burned out on a post-Halloween excess of Tootsie Pops, Milk Duds and bite-sized Baby Ruth’s? Time to turn your attention to autumn’s other prominent holiday sweet: pie. Granted, it’s become a bit of a year-round indulgence, thanks to the infamous Four and Twenty Blackbirds, but consider this your opportunity to give Brooklyn’s other quality pie purveyors a whirl—from Prospect Heights newcomer Daly Pie, to Russia’s Stolle Bakery, with outposts in Car
  
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• A Poem in the Wild: The Poetry of and on TV

  14-11-2016 17:47 via bkmag.com
  
  “Poetry,” according to Paul Valéry, “is a separate language, or more specifically, a language within a language.” As with a matryoshka doll, a poem is a deceptive structure with endless possibilities for combination and recombination. While television can lean on visual and musical cues for an audience—flashbacks that flesh out backstory, songs that recur at key moments to reiterate narrative through lines—there are certain depths that only poetry can p
  
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• Gifts for the 'Hamilton' obsessed? Choices are plentiful

  14-11-2016 17:10
  
  Gifts for Hamilton obsessives range from books and CDs to clothing and show packages
  
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• Verdict: Michael Weatherly pleased with legal drama 'Bull'

  14-11-2016 16:52
  
  Michael Weatherly left "NCIS" after 13 hit seasons
  
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• NY music festival founded by Pete Seeger is returning

  14-11-2016 16:50
  
  Organizers say a New York music festival founded by the late folk legend Pete Seeger will resume next year
  
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• New show 'Circus 1903' brings back live elephants, sort of

  14-11-2016 16:13
  
  The new touring show "Circus 1903" that makes its American debut next year features two life size elephants created by the puppeteers and model makers who made the life-like horse featured in the hit play "War Horse."
  
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• [MY COLUMN VINNY] An ode to Shavana Abruzzo

  14-11-2016 16:10
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Vince DiMiceliBrooklyn DailyWe’ve had lots of changes at the Courier during the last year or so, as columnists including Carmine Santa Maria and Stan Gershbein have moved on and, as always, reporters come and go, but no change is going to have a bigger effect than the retirement of columnist, writer, and all-around go-to person Shavana Abruzzo after nearly 30 years.
  Along with the column she wrote every week, Shavana has knocked out every intro for ou
  
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• The Good Fork at 10

  14-11-2016 16:07
  
  Green eggs and ham risotto is one of The Good Fork’s signature, playful dishes. Photo: ABRAMS
  Sometimes, a restaurant and its location are so intertwined that one seemingly can’t exist without the other. This is the case with The Good Fork in Red Hook.
  When The Good Fork opened 10 years ago, Red Hook was home to more stray dogs than people, joked (or perhaps, not?) St. John Frizell, the owner of Fort Defiance, a neighboring restaurant and cocktail bar. The area was a world away from
  
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• Kendall Jenner disappears from Instagram

  14-11-2016 16:03
  
  The Kardashian clan may be getting serious about taking a step back from social media
  
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• Review: 'No Man's Land' by David Baldacci is action-packed

  14-11-2016 15:53
  
  Book Review: "No Man's Land" by David Baldacci is action-packed and thought-provoking
  
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• For a Less Bad Present: Poetry from Brooklyn Magazine in Print

  14-11-2016 15:51 via bkmag.com
  
  What is the role of poetry in the world that was forged this past Tuesday? What is the function of art in a country that has turned against, cannibal-like, its other half?
  On November 8, as I cooked my way through the day—having voting, waiting for the votes to come in—I listened to a full recording of Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself,” and a special episode of Nate DiMeo’s Memory Palace; I stumbled upon it without thinking. (It was next in my podcast queue
  
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• And What Good Will Your Vanity Be When The Rapture Comes

  14-11-2016 15:45 via bkmag.com
  
  The post And What Good Will Your Vanity Be When The Rapture Comes appeared first on Brooklyn Magazine.
  
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• A Poem for Better Times: We Arrived as Witness

  14-11-2016 15:39 via bkmag.com
   
  We arrived again. An indeterminablenumber of arrivals. We arrived as witness assalvation as storm. We arrived as storm as thunder
  as the closed sky before rainfall. We arrived as hunter
  as loaded rifle as the body that sharpens and strokes.
  What Leader took from us we scorched from our minds. Every
  syllable of love every uttered phrase of hope. Our
  pasts a city under siege a neighborhood torched. We
  flame throwers we bomb builders we cloaked soldiers light
  the night. Who were we in this w
  
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• Review: Jack Reacher returns in 'Night School'

  14-11-2016 15:38
  
  Book Review: Jack Reacher returns in Lee Child's "Night School"
  
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• Poem for Fathers for Frank Lima

  14-11-2016 15:35 via bkmag.com
  
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• Poem for Fathers

  14-11-2016 15:35 via bkmag.com
  
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• A Poem for Better Times: summer love

  14-11-2016 15:27 via bkmag.com
  
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• '90210' cast pays tribute to ailing Shannen Doherty

  14-11-2016 15:23
  
  "Beverly Hills, 90210" cast members are paying tribute to ailing co-star Shannen Doherty
  
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• A Poem from I’m So Fine: A List of Famous Men & What I Had On

  14-11-2016 15:20 via bkmag.com
  
  The post A Poem from I’m So Fine: A List of Famous Men & What I Had On appeared first on Brooklyn Magazine.
  
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• A Poem for Better Times: materia III

  14-11-2016 15:10 via bkmag.com
  
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• Ten Minutes with Zoe Kazan

  14-11-2016 15:00 via bkmag.com
  
  In The Monster, the new film from writer/director Bryan Bertino (The Strangers) that’s now in theaters an on VOD, Zoe Kazan brings both poignancy and ferocity to the role of a single mother who must protect herself and her daughter as a mysterious evil creature approaches. While The Monster is, as its name suggests, a horror film, many of the scares exist within a complex psychological profile. Kazan finds subtlety in a genre known for going over the top—her character addresses her
  
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• A Poem for Better Times: Millie McKoy & Christine Mckoy recall meeting Blind Tom, 1877*

  14-11-2016 14:59 via bkmag.com
  
  The post A Poem for Better Times: Millie McKoy & Christine Mckoy recall meeting Blind Tom, 1877* appeared first on Brooklyn Magazine.
  
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• Brad Pitt back in China after reported ban over Tibet film

  14-11-2016 14:07
  
  Brad Pitt has made his first promotional appearance for a movie in China since reportedly being banned over a film about Tibet almost 20 years ago
  
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• Death of a Ladies’ Man: Leonard Cohen, 1934-2016

  14-11-2016 13:31 via bkmag.com
  
  When I texted a friend last week about the passing of Leonard Cohen he responded with perfect succinctness: “Poetic timing, Leonard.”
  I’ll return to the “timing” aspect of that remark at the end of this piece; for now I want to focus on the “poetic.” Because that was Cohen’s defining characteristic: with a singular poetry the Canadian musician fashioned a deep and at times disturbing portrait of the universe in which the wild extremes of existence
  
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• John Oliver slams Trump, calls presidency 'not normal'

  14-11-2016 12:38
  
  John Oliver has used nearly the entire season finale of his HBO show to criticize President-elect Donald Trump
  
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