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• Exonerated! John O’Hara’s illegal voting conviction finally overturned

  12-01-2017 23:44
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperFree at last!A judge finally overturned attorney and former perennial candidate John O’Hara’s controversial 1999 conviction for voting in the wrong election district on Jan. 12, after an investigation by the district attorney’s office discovered that a witness provided false testimony during the original case.
  The exoneration is both a relief and vindication for the Sunset Par
  
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• [BAY RIDGE] R train victim was a suicide, cops say

  12-01-2017 22:28
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyThe Dyker Heights man who was hit by an R train on Wednesday jumped in front of it in a bid to end his life, investigators announced today.Witnesses in the 86th Street station saw the man leap in front of a Manhattan-bound train at approximately 1 pm, said a police spokesman. Emergency responders arrived shortly after and rushed the man to Lutheran Medical Center in critical condition at 1:40 pm.
  He suffered “traumatic wo
  
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• Directors Guild announces nominees for film achievement

  12-01-2017 21:49
  
  "La La Land" director Damien Chazelle, "Moonlight" helmer Barry Jenkins and Kenneth Lonergan of "Manchester by the Sea" all scored their first nomination for a Directors Guild Award and further enhanced their chances of an Oscar nod
  
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• [GEORGETOWN] Fairway opens in Georgetown

  12-01-2017 21:34
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Alexandra SimonBrooklyn DailyBrooklyn’s second Fairway opened in Georgetown on Jan. 11, to dozens of shoppers chomping at the bit for a taste of the chain’s eclectic provisions. Gourmands have struggled to find specialty foods in the area since the Waldbaum’s there closed in late 2015, but the new market has a world of ethnic foods, said one cook searching for Caribbean spices.“There are so many
  
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• Judge: Appeals holding up Prince estate determination

  12-01-2017 21:02
  
  The Minnesota judge overseeing Prince's estate says he will wait for appeals to be exhausted before making a final determination on who will inherit the estimated $200 million
  
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• Action Trumps Hate seven: This week is a mess

  12-01-2017 20:55
  
  When I started #actiontrumpshate, it was in reaction to the tsunami of information and calls to action I was seeing on social media. I felt overwhelmed and I wanted to help readers winnow down mass outrage into real action. My strategy has always been to pick one topic, event or group for the week, and present in-depth analysis of why focusing on that one item is important, along with an action or a set of actions, as well as background information and a reading list.
  I have to admit, this week
  
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• The Best Art to See in Brooklyn This Weekend

  12-01-2017 20:54 via bkmag.com
  
   (Clive Murphy)
  KNOCKDOWN CENTER — NASTY WOMEN EXHIBIT + TALKS
  It’s a full weekend of nasty programming and a massive exhibit featuring work from over 700 artists (most of them nasty women). Proceeds from sale of the work—everything is priced at $100 or under—will benefit Planned Parenthood, and concerts over the weekend benefit various others, from the New York Immigration Coalition to SisterSong. Saturday, Tom Tom Magazine will host face-cracking ten-minu
  
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• Country singer Tanya Tucker hospitalized after a fall

  12-01-2017 20:38
  Tanya Tucker is postponing tour dates after fracturing a vertebrae and injuring a rib during a fall while on tour
  
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• Wordless Nativity: Ma

  12-01-2017 19:18 via bkmag.com
  
  MaDirected by Celia Rowlson-HallOpens January 13 at IFC Center
  Drawing on the story of the Virgin Mary’s pilgrimage to Bethlehem as a narrative point of departure, Celia Rowlson-Hall’s distinctive debut feature, Ma, takes place in roughly contemporary times but contains no verbal communication whatsoever—movement is its dominant form of expression. The gifted Rowlson-Hall—who wrote, directed, and choreographed—also stars as a woman who wanders out of the desert and
  
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• New Pharmakon Album Will Be the Primal Scream We Need Now

  12-01-2017 19:16 via bkmag.com
  
  Yesterday, I walked around at half-mast, sick on dark foreshadowing. The juxtaposition of Barack Obama’s eloquent and tearful farewell to the nation, next to Donald Trump’s nauseating press conference, felt like a baptism of fire for the next four years. If there was ever a day for the announcement of a new Pharmakon album, it was today.
  Fast forward to this morning.
  Pharmakon, the noise project of Margaret Chardiet, will release Contact on March 31 through Brooklyn’s Sacr
  
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• Visit Until Tomorrow, Clinton Hill’s New Pickleback and Pretzel Bite Bar, Today

  12-01-2017 19:15 via bkmag.com
  
  Until Tomorrow occupies an exceedingly skinny Myrtle Ave. space, with the option to eventually expand next door, should there prove great enough demand. And there seems little reason locals wouldn’t embrace the unaffected Clinton Hill bar, where gratis Chex Mix is replaced by Snyder’s-inspired honey mustard pretzel bites, and “Donkey Kong” cocktails feature rum infused with Jamaican currant bread pudding.
  It might appear incongruous that chef/partner Dave Ralston’s
  
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• The 2017 Tony Awards show goes back to Radio City Music Hall

  12-01-2017 19:13
  The American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League say the Tony Awards telecast on June 11 will originate from the 6,000-seat Radio City Music Hall, the show's long preferred home because of its size and proximity to Broadway
  
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• Robert De Niro says Meryl Streep's Globe speech was 'great'

  12-01-2017 18:48
  Oscar-winner Robert De Niro wrote a letter of support to his "The Deer Hunter" co-star Meryl Streep following fallout after her speech at the Golden Globes that criticized President-elect Donald Trump
  
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• Legend, Grande to record 'Beauty and the Beast' theme

  12-01-2017 17:22
  
  John Legend and Ariana Grande will record the theme to Disney's live-action "Beauty and the Beast" remake
  
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• Apple Pie Corn Dogs Are Not as Gross as They Sound

  12-01-2017 17:10 via bkmag.com
  
  Hybrids, generally speaking, are exciting. Take the best of one thing, add it to the best of another, voilà. You’ve got yourself a Double Best-Situation on your hands.
  But there is a second matter to consider regarding hybrids, and it is the following: Certain things do not go together. Oil and water. The colors orange and green. Shorts and winter. Elevator jazz and human ears.
  The latest creation from expert hybrid baker Dominique Ansel, from Dominique Ansel Kitchen, sounds&nb
  
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• The Match Of The Century – Win Broad City Season 3 on DVD!

  12-01-2017 16:30 via bkmag.com
  
  Broad City Season 4 isn’t coming until August 2017, but never fear – right now you could win your own binge-worthy copy of Broad City Season 3 on DVD! YAAAAAAAAS QUEEN!One lucky winner will receive:
  One copy of BROAD CITY Season 3 on DVD
  One copy of the Official Soundtrack on yellow vinylThe critically acclaimed Comedy Central series from executive producer Amy Poehler, Broad City Season 3 brings back TV’s baddest BFFs for a who
  
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• Don’t miss: Pretty/Dirty, Marilyn Minter’s retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum

  12-01-2017 15:39
  
  Pop Rocks, 2009, Marilyn Minter, from the collection of Danielle and David Ganek, courtesy Brooklyn Museum
  Pretty/Dirty, the first major retrospective of artist Marilyn Minter’s work, opened at the Brooklyn Museum on Nov. 4, and with all that has transpired since then, it’s understandable that it may not have shown up on your radar. Make no mistake though, this is one show that is not to be missed.
  On view until April 2, Pretty/Dirty spans more than four decades of the fem
  
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• Old Testament, Modern Family: The Son of Joseph

  12-01-2017 14:34 via bkmag.com
  
  The Son of JosephDirected by Eugene GreenOpens January 13 at the Film Society of Lincoln Center
  On paper, Eugene Green’s films shouldn’t work: his style is hand-me-down-Bresson, his milieux is traditionalist France to the point of sterility, and his characters say things like “It seems to me the world is one big hospital, with doctors and nurses looking after patients.” Yet there’s a lightness to Green’s touch, and a gentle beauty to many of his images, that
  
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• 360-degree replays at Super Bowl a taste of what's next

  12-01-2017 08:58
  
  This year's Super Bowl broadcast will include for the first time the ability to show "Be the Player" replays that can put a virtual camera at any perspective on the field
  
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• [REZONING] Red Hook city-planning guru will answer all your stupid zoning questions — free!

  12-01-2017 08:21
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperCall it a comfort zone.A Red Hook city-planning guru is teaching regular citizens how to decode New York’s byzantine land-use laws and baffling zoning jargon, opening the doors to his home office for two hours a week so residents can ask questions about their properties or learn how to shape the future of their rapidly changing neighborhood in a friendly environment.“People have the chance to tell stories about what they
  
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• [►VIDEO] Rays of hope: Where to forget it is winter in Brooklyn

  12-01-2017 08:20
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn PaperBreak out the coconut oil and give winter the middle finger! Here are five ways to pretend it’s not winter in Brooklyn:Catch a buzzThere’s only one place in Brooklyn where you can feel the sand between your toes as you sip a Rumrunner in the middle of a February Nor’Easter, and that’s Williamsburg’s Surf Bar — the seafood shack’s floor is literally covere
  
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• [RED HOOK] Rail-splitter! Red Hook Houses leaders divided on streetcar

  12-01-2017 08:04
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperIt is East versus West.The tenant leaders of the Red Hook Houses are divided over whether Mayor DeBlasio’s planned $2.5-billion streetcar will actually help residents of the massive public housing complex as the city is promising. One recently joined the board of the project’s advocacy group, but the other says she is skeptical the route will end up being designed with New York City
  
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• Don Draper and 'Mad Men' archive land at University of Texas

  12-01-2017 07:43
  
  Props, scripts, costumes and other items from the television show "Mad Men" are heading to Texas
  
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• [►VIDEO, MIDWOOD] Turn for the worse: Drivers ignoring Ocean Parkway ‘safety’ changes

  12-01-2017 07:31
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn PaperGov. Cuomo’s “safety improvements” to Ocean Parkway are causing more harm than good, residents and pols say.The state, which controls the parkway, has banned turns onto Avenues J, Avenue P, and Kings Highway — as well as making left-hand turns onto Avenues I and U — as part of $8.5-million safety overhaul, but drivers are simply ignoring the changes, said local photographer Simon Gifter.“People
  
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• Minnesota judge holds hearing on fate of Prince's estate

  12-01-2017 07:17
  The Minnesota judge overseeing Prince's estate holds a hearing Thursday on whether to declare his siblings as his heirs, and who should manage the rock superstar's estate going forward
  
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• [FEARLESS PARENTING] Fearlessly seeking out peace and harmony

  12-01-2017 06:09
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Stephanie Thompsonfor Brooklyn PaperIt seems almost silly to say, in your mind or out loud, but there is a simple fact of my life: “I want peace and harmony.”
  But if you don’t put it out there as a goal, it will be impossible to achieve.Living with teenagers can put the harmony ideal to the test, of course. By their very nature, adolescents are looking to buck up against their creators. I can almost hear the words behind their defiant look
  
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• [►VIDEO, 24/7] Rays of hope: How to forget it is winter in Brooklyn

  12-01-2017 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailyBreak out the coconut oil and give winter the middle finger! Here are five ways to pretend it’s not winter in Brooklyn:Catch a buzzThere’s only one place in Brooklyn where you can feel the sand between your toes as you sip a Rumrunner in the middle of a February Nor’Easter, and that’s Williamsburg’s Surf Bar — the seafood shack’s floor is literally covere
  
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• [STANDING O] Standing O shares the news

  12-01-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyBrooklyn HeightsPassing the torchJohn Tully, chairman of the St. Francis College Board of Trustees, announced the passing of President Brendan Dugan on Dec. 18 and the appointment of Dr. Timothy J. Houlihan as interim president.
  “Dr. Houlihan has served St. Francis College for almost 20 years and has proven himself to be a strong academic leader with a clear vision and a belief in the college’s mission to provide a h
  
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• [STANDING O] Standing O ApPaws!

  12-01-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyBay RidgePaws up for Bailey the cat, who is the winner of the Bay Ridge Pets’ 2016 Holiday Pet Photo Contest.
  Baily lit up the house to the ap-paws of the Bay Ridge Pets group, founded by June Marcus and co-administered by Patty Hutton. Judges this year included Camille Orrichio Loccisano, Christine Freglette, James McCormack, John Quaglione, Justin Brannan, Leigh Holliday Brannan, Mary Jo Tobin, Marylou Velandria, Robert
  
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• [STANDING O] A citation, laptop & and Standing O!

  12-01-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyMidwoodFive stars to Midwood High School student Ahmed Khalifa for his heroism and exemplary leadership.Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D–Borough Park) presented the teen with a citation and laptop for the heroism he displayed when he came to the aid of a Jewish woman on a Coney Island-bound Q train on Dec. 28.Khalifa, who is Muslim, chased down Rayvon Jones, 31, after he allegedly smacked the woman and fled the train near Newkirk
  
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• [PARTY LINE] Abbate lied about ‘union-made’ mailers

  12-01-2017 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyAssemblyman Peter Abbate (D–Bensonhurst), who sits on the legislature’s Labor Committee and who is strongly contemplating a run for Council, sent out holiday mailers that falsely suggested they were printed by union workers — then lied about it to the media, the president of the printer’s union revealed.Back in December, Abbate told this paper that the Christmas cards t
  
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• [PARK SLOPE] Dance with Uste: Learn traditional steps at Balkan music fest

  12-01-2017 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyGet dancing to the Balkan beat!
  The vivacious rhythms of Balkan brass bands will blow the roof off Park Slope’s Grand Prospect Hall this weekend. The annual Zlatne Uste Golden Festival — now in its 32nd year — is known for its many rollicking bands, but the dancing among the audience is just as important as the action happening on the fest’s four stages. So a 75-minu
  
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• [MUSIC] Dance with Uste: Learn traditional steps at Balkan music fest

  12-01-2017 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperGet dancing to the Balkan beat!
  The vivacious rhythms of Balkan brass bands will blow the roof off Park Slope’s Grand Prospect Hall this weekend. The annual Zlatne Uste Golden Festival — now in its 32nd year — is known for its many rollicking bands, but the dancing among the audience is just as important as the action happening on the fest’s four stages. So a 75-minu
  
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• [GOWANUS] Hammer-jackers: Foursome steals jackhammers from hardware store

  12-01-2017 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperStop. Hammer time.Police are looking for four tools who stole $7,000 worth of jackhammers from the Home Depot in Gowanus on Jan. 4.The bandits entered the store at 9:28 pm — well before its midnight closing time — walked out with as many high-powered home-wreckers as they could carry, stuffed them into a green Honda, and sped off, police said.Officials do not know how many they
  
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• Demers, Luongo lead Panthers to 2-1 win over Islanders

  12-01-2017 05:23
  Jason Demers scored the tiebreaking goal early in the second period, Roberto Luongo stopped 29 shots and the Florida Panthers held on for a 2-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Wednesday night
  
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• Jane Fonda says people should not be fooled by Trudeau

  12-01-2017 03:37
  
  Actress Jane Fonda says people shouldn't be fooled by "good-looking liberals" like Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who she says "disappointed" her by approving pipelines from the Alberta oil sands
  
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• Ben Affleck braces for 'entertaining' Trump presidency

  12-01-2017 02:58
  Ben Affleck is an optimist _ the Hollywood star thinks the next four years will at least be interesting after watching President-elect Donald Trump's first press conference
  
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