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• Neil Young weighs in on Trump, Standing Rock, Thanksgiving and more

  28-11-2016 23:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  "From Plymouth Rock to Standing Rock, this lie has made our Thanksgiving Day a Day of Mourning for the First Nations, all the tribes big and small, those who came before us."
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• Philogyny First: Female Artists Heat Up Winter

  28-11-2016 23:36 via bkmag.com
  
  I probably don’t need to open this post with a lengthy, serpentinely worded commentary or critique on how the generally befuddling, definitively unseemly, ethically incongruous, historically anomalous morass of tawdry affairs that characterizes the current status quo of the transfer of power at the executive level of the government of our United States of America gets increasingly awkward, mentally cumbersome and phenomenally embarrassing from one day to the next, and in accelerating mode
  
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• Searching for Jason Diamond: Talking John Hughes and Home with Debut Author and Vol. 1 Brooklyn Founder

  28-11-2016 23:30 via bkmag.com
  
  Jason Diamond is a fixture of literary Brooklyn. Founder of Vol. 1 Brooklyn, sports editor for Rolling Stone (with stints at Men’s Journal and Flavorwire before that), and owner of a spectacular beard, Diamond is instantly recognizably and widely loved—as a writer, as an editor, as a literary citizen, as a mensch. His debut book, Searching for John Hughes, comes out today, and so Diamond and I talked via email about his memoir, about New York and Chicago, and about the events he has
  
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• Google presenting multi-city GOODFest which kicks off in NYC this week with Preservation Hall Jazz Band & more

  28-11-2016 23:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  GOODFest is a new, Google-presented festival going down imminently. Not exactly a typical festival, it's essentially a collection of five shows in different cities meant to "inspire action and optimism around five causes...
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• The Moonlandingz released new single (listen); Fat White Family offshoot Insecure Men playing first NYC shows

  28-11-2016 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  "BLACK HANZ is a celebration of the Outsider, the socially inept, the so-called village weirdo and a curse on the shriveled genitals of those regressive little Englanders that won't let us move forward, to be ourselves." -- The Moonlandingz
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• Paisley Park to host 2017 celebration of Prince's life

  28-11-2016 22:55
  
  Prince's Paisley Park will host a four-day celebration of the "Purple Rain" megastar's life next year
  
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• Justice DJing NYC before the New Year

  28-11-2016 22:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Justice returned a couple weeks ago with the very solid Woman, their first album in five years. While they don't have a tour announced yet, they have a few upcoming dates...
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• The New Lines releasing third LP 'Love and Cannibalism' (stream it)

  28-11-2016 21:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Brooklyn's austere, baroque The New Lines are back with their third album, Love and Cannibalism, which is out Friday, December 2 via Feral Child. With Hewson Chen's other band, Lake Ruth, mining krautrock and Broadcast-y territory, he takes The new Lines in a more jangly pop direction a la The Byrds, or maybe The Clientele...
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• 'Nightly Show' vet Larry Wilmore signs deal with ABC Studios

  28-11-2016 21:53
  
  Three months after Comedy Central axed "The Nightly Show," its host, Larry Wilmore, has signed a multi-year overall deal with ABC Studios
  
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• Giraffe Tongue Orchestra cancels tour after Brent Hinds broke his leg

  28-11-2016 21:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Mastodon guitarist broke it while starting his motorcycle.
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• Opeth & Gojira announce Red Rocks show

  28-11-2016 21:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Opeth and Gojira, two of the biggest bands in the European metal universe, have announced that they'll be playing a big show together at Colorado's famous Red Rocks Amphitheater...
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• Beer & Activism: Bar Matchless Hosts Planned Parenthood Benefit Concert

  28-11-2016 20:41 via bkmag.com
  
  In the old days, Bar Matchless was better known for 2-for-1 happy hours, comedy nights, and “heavy metal parking lot karaoke” than Planned Parenthood benefit concerts—but a lot has changed in the past month, and now Matchless’s cute dirtbag reputation is expanding to include philanthropy.
  Tomorrow, to celebrate Giving Tuesday, Bar Matchless is hosting three bands—Holy Hive, Denitia and Sene, and The Shacks—and all the proceeds from ticket sales
  
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• DirecTV wants to be the next online substitute for cable

  28-11-2016 20:30
  
  There are already a few online services that aim to replace cable, but they haven't attracted many users yet
  
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• Book Review: 'Moonglow' by Michael Chabon

  28-11-2016 20:12
  
  Book Review: "Moonglow" by Michael Chabon carries readers to a fascinating new world
  
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• 11 Major Plot Points in The Crown that Are Not Dramatic at All

  28-11-2016 20:10 via bkmag.com
  
  This weekend I did nothing, and it was glorious. It felt almost… royal. And so in keeping thematically with my holiday of leisure, I binge watched all ten episodes of Netflix’s newest and most expensive original series of all time, The Crown.
  I am American and, as such, the concept of a Royal family, from the perspective of my gut, is absurd. To say that a human communes with the divine, to grant that his or her molecules are more rarefied than anyone else&r
  
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• “That’s what the film is about: What am I going to be when I grow up?” Lucile Hadžihalilović on Evolution

  28-11-2016 19:53 via bkmag.com
  
  French director Lucile Hadžihalilović’s two feature films, Innocence (2004) and the newly released Evolution, possess simple, almost generic titles, yet their content is about as strange, unsettling, and unique as movies offer. Set at a disciplinary and ritualistic girl’s school in the heart of the woods, Innocence is part fairy tale and part waking nightmare: indeed, Hadžihalilović fashioned a singularly memorable debut by using lush cinematography, naturalistic
  
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• Imagine a picture book inspired by a John Lennon song

  28-11-2016 19:47
  
  Imagine a new picture book based on a famous song
  
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• [FLATBUSH] Brooklyn buck: Former Erasmus Hall star lifts Ohio State to win

  28-11-2016 19:31
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyHe ran right into the history books.Former Erasmus Hall star Curtis Samuel notched the game-winning touchdown in double overtime to lift Ohio State to a 30–27 victory against Michigan on Nov. 26, a dash into the end zone that will go down as one of the biggest in the longtime gridiron rivalry.
  “Everybody trusts me with the ball in my hands and they knew I could make a play,” Samuel told reporters after the game. &l
  
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• Inn key to room where Marilyn Monroe stayed sells for $131

  28-11-2016 19:19
  
  The key to a room at the Connecticut inn where Marilyn Monroe stayed in 1956 while dating playwright Arthur Miller has sold for $131
  
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• Many Broadway shows to offer kids' tickets free on Feb. 28

  28-11-2016 18:53
  
  The annual Kids' Night on Broadway will be held Feb. 28, allowing children 18 and under to attend participating Broadway shows for free when accompanied by a full-paying adult
  
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• If Christmas gets you down, there's a sad song for you

  28-11-2016 18:52
  
  Not all Christmas music is bright and cheery
  
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• Watch Adrien Brody in New Christmas-themed Wes Anderson Short Film

  28-11-2016 18:46 via bkmag.com
  
  The latest film from Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel, came out two-and-a-half years ago, but it feels much longer ago than that since it was nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars and earned the director his first Academy Award nomination for directing, and his third for writing. Finally, thirst for more from Anderson can be at quasi-quenched, as he has graced us with a new short film.
  Titles, Come Together, this short is just under four minutes long, and was produce
  
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• Tony-winner Fritz Weaver, TV and Broadway star, dies at 90

  28-11-2016 18:18
  
  Tony-award winning character actor Fritz Weaver has died at the age of 90. Weaver's daughter, Lydia Weaver, and son-in-law, Bruce Ostler, tell The Associated Press that he died at his New York City home Saturday night
  
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• Yes, you can have dim sum for dinner at Kings County Imperial

  28-11-2016 18:04
  
  Dim sum at dinnertime, anyone? Photo: Levi Miller
  Craft cocktails and dim sum don’t usually go together. Yet there I was, drinking an Imperial Mai Tai while enjoying delicate steamed soup dumplings on a recent evening in Williamsburg.
  Yes, I was eating dim sum at night. And drinking alcohol. At the same time.
  Kings County Imperial opened in 2015 in a compact space just around the corner from Union Pool. Blink, and you’ll miss it. But that would be a real shame for anyone w
  
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• Slovenia PM: Melania Trump could inspire US-Russia detente

  28-11-2016 18:04
  
  As Melania Trump prepares to move into the White House, the future first lady's native Slovenia is offering to serve as a mediator between her husband and Russian President Vladimir Putin once Donald Trump takes office
  
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• 'The Secrets of My Life' is title for Caitlyn Jenner memoir

  28-11-2016 18:01
  
  Caitlyn Jenner has picked a name for her upcoming memoir: "The Secrets of My Life."
  
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• James Taylor announces summer 2017 tour of 4 baseball parks

  28-11-2016 17:58
  
  Singer-songwriter James Taylor has announced a summer tour of four baseball parks, culminating in a date at Fenway Park, home of his beloved Boston Red Sox. Taylor and his All-Star Band open the tour July 14 at Nationals Park in Washington
  
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• [HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS] They’re back: Dutchmen book third-straight title appearance

  28-11-2016 17:44
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyDefense wins championships and — in Erasmus Hall’s case, championship berths.The No. 2 Dutchmen football team forced a game-saving fumble and recovered the ball in the end zone with just seconds on the clock to wrap up a 27–26 victory over fifth-seeded Lincoln in the Public Schools Athletic League city semifinal on Nov. 26.It’s the third-straight championship appearance for Erasmus Hall, and this year’s
  
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• The Queer Prophet: How Reading About Samuel Delany’s Sex Life Helped Me Accept My Queerness

  28-11-2016 17:39 via bkmag.com
  
  First Comes Desire
  “Situations of desire (as Freud noted in Leonardo Da Vinci and a Memory of His Childhood) are the first objects and impellers of intellectual inquiry.”—Times Square Red, Times Square Blue
  When I was five years old, I was enamored with my neighbor. She had brown braids that hung down the sides of her face from the part in the middle of her head. She had beige skin like mine, with a slightly redder undertone. In the afternoons after Headstart, under the dining
  
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• You’ve Gotta Have Hart’s, a Coastal Mediterranean Eatery in the Former Willow Space

  28-11-2016 16:46 via bkmag.com
  
  Willow may have barely lasted a year inside of its queerly-angled Franklin Avenue headquarters, but that hasn’t kept a new eatery, Hart’s, from taking a chance on the pint-sized former tax office, crouched below the elevated apex of Bed Stuy’s C and S trains.
  And it could well prove the ideal starter home for Brooklyn wunderkind Nick Perkins, who—after years spent steadily climbing the ranks at Diner, Roman’s, Reynard and Marlow & Sons—has undertaken a nex
  
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• Hans Zimmer channels his inner rock star for upcoming tour

  28-11-2016 16:01
  
  Hans Zimmer channels his inner rock star for upcoming "Revealed" tour, announces first US concert dates
  
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• Morocco TV show apologizes for advising makeup to hide abuse

  28-11-2016 15:58
  
  A makeup tutorial on a Moroccan TV show that offered tips on using cosmetics to disguise signs of domestic abuse has drawn sharp criticism, a petition from indignant women and, finally, a televised apology
  
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• Tony Martell, music exec, leukemia foundation founder, dies

  28-11-2016 15:01
  
  Tony Martell, a music executive who founded the industry's largest foundation for leukemia, cancer and AIDS research has died at his home in Madison, New Jersey, at 90
  
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• Brandy, Dru Hill bring back 1990s at Soul Train Awards

  28-11-2016 14:42
  
  The Soul Train Awards has served up a night of nostalgia with performances by Brandy and Dru Hill, two artists who dominated the R&B scene in the 1990s
  
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• Tonight: Town hall will address school workers who told immigrant kids to ‘pack their bags’

  28-11-2016 14:34
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyOfficials will host a town hall meeting at IS 136 in Sunset Park on tonight to address reports that school workers have been telling immigrant kids to “start packing their bags” in the wake of Donald Trump’s election.Shortly after Trump’s Nov. 8 victory, Department of Education staff began harassing students in school districts 15 and 20, which together stretch from Cobble Hill and Park Slope to Bay Ridg
  
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• Muslim woman wears hijab, burkini in Minnesota pageant

  28-11-2016 12:11
  
  A Muslim woman has become the first to compete in the Miss Minnesota USA pageant while fully clothed
  
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• Controversy in Russia over Holocaust ice dance

  28-11-2016 09:30
  
  Tatiana Navka, a former Olympic ice dancer and the wife of Russia's presidential spokesman, and her on-ice partner have caused controversy by dressing up in concentration camp uniforms for a dance routine on a popular television show
  
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• Young Philadelphia drummer's cover recognized by Metallica

  28-11-2016 09:06
  
  A 10-year-old Philadelphia drummer is receiving high praise for his cover of a Metallica song that was featured on the heavy metal band's Instagram page over the weekend
  
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• Woman accused of stealing from 'Hamilton' theatergoers

  28-11-2016 07:58
  
  Police in New York City are searching for a woman who they say stole items from several people who were waiting for performers from the Broadway hit "Hamilton" outside the theater
  
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• [THEATER] Arcade’s fire: Penny Arcade brings incendiary show to Dumbo

  28-11-2016 06:00
  
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• [SUNSET PARK] Tonight: Pols will push back at school workers who told immigrants to ‘pack your bags’ during town hall

  28-11-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperOfficials will host a town hall meeting at IS 136 in Sunset Park on Nov. 28 to address reports that school workers have been telling immigrant kids to “start packing their bags” in the wake of Donald Trump’s election.Shortly after Trump’s Nov. 8 victory, Department of Education staff began harassing students in school districts 15 and 20, which together stretch from Cobble Hill and Park Slope to Bay Ridg
  
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• [SUNSET PARK] Child molester living in homeless shelter next to three schools

  28-11-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperA convicted child molester is living in a Sunset Park homeless shelter right next to three public schools — in defiance of a court order to stay more than 1,000 feet away. Now parents are worried for their children’s safety and wondering why the city and state have failed to protect them.“This is absolutely ridiculous,” said Sunset Parker Silvia Velasquez, whose daug
  
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• [MEAN STREETS] Exit strategy: City adds signal, crosswalk to Manhttan Bridge off-ramp

  28-11-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperNow you can cross that bridge when you come to it!The Department of Transportation installed a traffic signal and crosswalk at the foot of the Manhattan Bridge off-ramp at Jay and Nassau streets on Nov. 22, which fans of car-free travel say will make reaching and traversing the hairy span safer for everyone.“We’re happy to see that the DOT is doing this work to improve access to the bridge and make crossing safer for ped
  
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• [DUMBO] Arcade’s fire: Penny Arcade brings incendiary show to Dumbo

  28-11-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyShe’s putting in her two cents!Legendary political performance artist Penny Arcade will stop in Dumbo next month for the American premiere of her incendiary one-woman show, after a year-long world tour. In “Longing Lasts Longer,” opening at St. Ann’s Warehouse on Dec. 1, Arcade takes on gentrification and the city’s changing neighborhoods — something Brooklyn residents are very familiar with, sh
  
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• [BOERUM HILL] ‘Temple’ of doomed! Developer abandons attempt to expand Boerum Hill’s Temple Square after ‘brouhaha’

  28-11-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperThey curbed their enthusiasm.Honchos from luxury housing builder Alloy Development have given up trying to close a block of Schermerhorn Street outside a planned high-rise in Boerum Hill after their scheme enraged residents and pols, according to a local leader.“I heard that after whole big brouhaha, Alloy has backed away from it,” said Community Board 2 district manager Rob Perris.Alloy in August applied to the turn the
  
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• 28-year-old becomes 17 again in Zhang Mo's directorial debut

  28-11-2016 05:09
  
  Zhang Mo, the daughter of Chinese cinematic great Zhang Yimou, is about to release her directorial debut
  
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• China plans $2 billion film studio as part of culture drive

  28-11-2016 04:14
  
  China has announced plans to build a $2 billion film studio in the latest example of a national push to expand its cultural influence
  
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• Michigan-Ohio State most-watched college game of season

  28-11-2016 02:34
  
  ESPN says the Michigan-Ohio State double-overtime thriller drew more than 16.6 million viewers, making it the most-watched college football game this season
  
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• In Cuba, tourists find historic moment and limited options

  28-11-2016 00:40
  As Cuba prepares a massive commemoration for the late Fidel Castro, tens of thousands of high-season travelers have found themselves accidental witnesses to history _ and in the middle of a somber city that's little like its usual exuberant self
  
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• Julia Roberts watches Man United's latest box-office flop

  28-11-2016 00:14
  
  Julia Roberts has swapped movie theaters for Manchester United's Theater of Dreams
  
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