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• Time Capsules from a Crazy World: Manfred Kirchheimer at MoMA

  01-02-2017 23:31 via bkmag.com
  
  What are Manfred Kirchheimer’s movies about? In one sense, these documentaries screening in a retrospective at MoMA February 3-11 are portraits of artists at work. Art Is…The Permanent Revolution (2012), for instance, consists primarily of interviews with three printmakers and a master printer about their work, which is placed in a historical line of politically disquieting activist art going back to Goya. Spraymakers (2007) features interviews with four former graffiti artists who
  
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• Trump's Supreme Court unveiling draws 32 million viewers

  01-02-2017 23:30
  
  More than 32 million viewers watched President Donald Trump reveal his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court
  
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• TV's Oxygen network to focus on crime stories

  01-02-2017 23:19
  
  TV's Oxygen network, once a general interest destination for women, now says it will concentrate on crime stories
  
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• watch Elephant Stone, Duchess Says, Heat and more in 'Qualite Reduite' video series

  01-02-2017 22:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The series celebrates the VHS format in all its lossy glory.
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• Millions of Charter cable customers lose Univision channels

  01-02-2017 22:36
  
  Spanish-language broadcast network Univision and the company's cable channels have gone dark for millions of Charter customers because of a payment dispute
  
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• Actor Frank Pellegrino of 'The Sopranos' dies at 72

  01-02-2017 22:26
  
  Actor Frank Pellegrino has died at 72. He was known for his role as FBI Chief Frank Cubitoso on HBO's "The Sopranos," and was also co-owner of Rao's, legendary as one of Manhattan's most exclusive restaurants
  
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• [►VIDEO, DOWNTOWN] City Point concierges strike for right to unionize

  01-02-2017 22:24
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperThey shall not be moved — to another union!The contractors in charge of concierges in the below-market-rate apartment tower at Downtown’s City Point megacomplex are trying to force their workers into joining a union they don’t like, claim the employees, who went on strike on Tuesday to demand their bosses let them join the labor guild of their choosing.“They’re threatening us if we don’t take thei
  
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• [CARROLL GARDENS] Cat burglar swipes tax forms

  01-02-2017 22:23
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Julianne Cubafor Brooklyn Paper76th PrecinctCarroll Gardens-Cobble Hill–Red HookTaxedA burglar crept into a Union Street commercial building on Jan. 27 and stole tax forms and other items, police said.The crook entered the location through the backdoor between Hoyt and Bond streets at about noon and took $40, a guy’s backpack, Amazon Kindle Fire, tax forms, a social security card, and 17 assorted keys, according to authorities.
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• Journalist says he was wrongly detained under Trump order

  01-02-2017 22:22
  
  A CNN editor and producer from Iraq says he was improperly detained under the president's ban on entry for citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries
  
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• Tamron Hall exits NBC after learning she was losing 'Today'

  01-02-2017 22:19
  
  NBC announces that anchor Tamron Hall is leaving the network, the first fallout from its decision to sign Megyn Kelly from Fox News last month
  
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• Art in Brooklyn: What to See This Week

  01-02-2017 21:56 via bkmag.com
  
  106 GREEN—TOO MANY MORNINGS: SHAWN POWELLShawn Powell wrote a screenplay to accompany the paintings in his solo show. (I wonder about painters and movies; are painters jealous, sometimes?) It begins: “Black screen (soothing sound of waves advancing and retreating from the shore)” then this text appears in black and white: “She found herself alone by the sea.” The woman Powell writes about, and paints, lives on a surreal island. Worms and mannequ
  
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• Tunde of TVOTR, Bilal, Robert Glasper & more playing Afropunk Harlem Takeover

  01-02-2017 21:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Also watch TV on the Radio cover "Nothing Compares 2 U" at a Prince & Bowie celebration at Yale.
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• Even Cam Newton can appreciate memes about his fashion style

  01-02-2017 20:53
  
  Even Cam Newton can laugh about those online jokes about his fashion style too
  
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• Beyonce announces she's pregnant with twins on Instagram

  01-02-2017 20:43
  
  Beyonce announces that she and Jay Z are expecting twins in an Instagram post
  
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• Beyonce & Jay Z are having twins

  01-02-2017 20:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
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• Russell Simmons' RushCard fined $13 million for 2015 outage

  01-02-2017 19:55
  
  RushCard, the debit card company founded by hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, is being fined and forced to pay millions in restitution to customers that were affected by a 2015 outage that cut users off from their money
  
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• Marta Becket, lone Amargosa Opera House dancer, dies at 92

  01-02-2017 19:34
  
  The dancer and artist who spent decades performing one-woman shows at a remote Mojave Desert community hall she made famous as the Amargosa Opera House has died
  
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• Bleached releasing new EP & zine 'Can You Deal' (listen), opening for The Damned ++ other dates

  01-02-2017 19:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Bleached's 'Can You Deal?' zine features contributions from Julien Baker, Tegan Quin (Tegan and Sara), Jane Wiedlin (The Go Go’s), Liz Phair, EMA, Alice Glass, Hayley Williams (Paramore), Sadie Dupuis (Speedy Ortiz), Patty Schemel (Hole) and more.Continue reading…
  
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• From required to desired: Sales keep soaring for '1984'

  01-02-2017 19:24
  
  George Orwell's "1984" has gone from required reading to desired reading
  
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• The Damned reissuing debut LP, announce North American tour openers

  01-02-2017 19:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  "It’s fairly manic, but also tuneful and, listened to now, still sounds pretty fresh to my ears…. The guitars don’t sound nice – they’re a raw, fuzzed-out thrash – that’s punk rock. " - Captain Sensible.
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• Woods playing ACLU benefit in Brooklyn this weekend ++ other dates

  01-02-2017 19:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Woods are playing Brooklyn's Sunnyvale on Friday, February 3 with DJ Cochon de Lait. It's a benefit for the ACLU and tickets are on sale now. Woods will also be collaborating with Dungen at the 2017 Marfa Myths festval in March and then touring Europe...
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• Beach Slang cover The Jesus & Mary Chain and Hope Sandoval (listen)

  01-02-2017 19:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Hope Sandoval's part is sung by Beach Slang's tour manager Charlie Lowe.
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• Journalist says he was wrongly detained under travel ban

  01-02-2017 19:19
  
  A CNN editor and producer from Iraq says he was improperly detained under the president's ban on entry for citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries
  
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• Heart Attack Man releasing 'The Manson Family,' touring (dates, new video)

  01-02-2017 18:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The album's due out in March on a new Triple Crown Records imprint called You Did This, and it was recorded with Modern Baseball's Ian Farmer.
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• At Greenpoint Reformed Church, Authenticity and All Sexual Orientations Are Embraced

  01-02-2017 18:51 via bkmag.com
  
  On a wealthy Greenpoint street with two grand, looming churches, the Greenpoint Reformed Church looks a bit out of place. A humble two-story red brick Federal house built by architect Thomas C. Smith shortly after the end of the Civil War, 138 Milton Street was once used as the set of a turn-of-the-century black hospital in The Knick, and its only outer distinguishing markers are a queer pride flag, a “Doubting Thomases Welcome” sign and a “Black Lives Matter” banner.
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• Review: 'The Men in My life' by Patricia Bosworth

  01-02-2017 18:37
  
  Review: "The Men in My life" recalls Patricia Bosworth's family and friends in the 1950s
  
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• 38 Studios final defendant agrees to $16 million settlement

  01-02-2017 18:18
  
  Rhode Island is settling with the final defendant in its lawsuit over the failure of 38 Studios, the video game company started by former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling
  
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• Ezra Furman playing NYC between Savannah Stopover and Coachella

  01-02-2017 18:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Ezra Furman has a few select live dates lined up for 2017, mostly festivals at this point...
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• Fans bail as Lauryn Hill is 3 hours late for Pittsburgh show

  01-02-2017 18:08
  
  Only a fraction of the audience had stuck around when singer-rapper Lauryn Hill took the stage more than three hours late at a Pittsburgh show
  
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• BrooklynVegan Blog Radio on SiriusXMU: Playlist for February 1, 2017

  01-02-2017 18:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  This week's show featured tracks by Future Islands, Mac DeMarco, Pixies, The xx, Cloud Nothings, Bleached, Ty Segall, Sampha, Austra, New Order, Thursday, Pinegrove and more.Continue reading…
  
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• In Protest: A Reading List for the Resistance

  01-02-2017 17:52 via bkmag.com
  
  On Saturday, January 21, 2017, a reported 2.5 million people around the world marched in solidarity with women and the feminist community. Yet while the Women’s March certainly received its fair share of criticism and critique, the most divisive blowback didn’t spout from the shriveled mouth of Piers Morgan, but from the feminist community itself.Many were discouraged by the initial failure of the Women’s March to place women of color in leadership roles. Others were dispirited
  
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• Your February Kids Calendar: 10 ways to feel the love this month

  01-02-2017 17:46
  
  February is historically the month of love. So, even if there are government acts to stand against, executive orders to roar about, racists to take down, and protests to march your weary legs in, make time this month for self care. Hug your little ones close and remember to find time for art and humanity. Look for the heroes. Join a community of activists. Reach for tolerance. And if you have to, escape for a while into a museum or film to recharge your heart. Remember, love will always trump h
  
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• Jon Stewart dresses as Trump, criticizes 'vindictive chaos'

  01-02-2017 17:11
  
  Jon Stewart has stopped by former Comedy Central colleague Steven Colbert's show to needle one of his favorite targets, President Donald Trump
  
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• Gospel songs helped Reba McEntire after divorce

  01-02-2017 17:02
  
  Country star Reba McEntire's first-ever gospel record helped her get through a rough patch in her personal life
  
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• Laurence Fishburne calls Nelson Mandela role 'life-changing'

  01-02-2017 16:44
  
  Laurence Fishburne stars as Nelson Mandela in "Madiba," a six-hour film of the South African legend to be broadcast over three nights on BET starting Wednesday
  
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• We’re giving away Ketamine! (Actually, just tickets to the musical by the same name)

  01-02-2017 16:35
  
  The immersive spectacle “Ketamine: The Musical” stars “everyone” at The House of Yes–including clowns, aerialists, dancing tongues and leaping eyeballs. Photo by Kat Mareck
  If your last encounter with Ketamine was watching Party Monster (or being a card carrying member of the New York Club Kid scene), you may have assumed that the dissociative drug had fallen out of use. But it’s made a comeback, both within dance music culture and at the House of Yes, in a s
  
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• Brooklyn Bazaar Hosts ACLU Benefit with Musical and Comedy Guests

  01-02-2017 16:20 via bkmag.com
  
  With all that’s been happening in the world since January 20th, so many people have been wondering what can be done to fight back. One option for New York City residents—and Brooklynites in particular—will be this Saturday night, at the ‘No Enemies to the Left’ benefit for the ACLU.
  The ACLU—of course standing for the American Civil Liberties Union—you may recall, helped to get a temporary stay against Donald Trump’s executive order on im
  
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• AP NewsBreak: Clinton will reflect on 2016 race in new book

  01-02-2017 16:16
  
  Hillary Clinton has a lot of plans for 2017, including some reflections on her stunning loss to Donald Trump
  
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• Police: Allman Brothers drummer Trucks killed himself

  01-02-2017 15:42
  
  Police reports show that Allman Brothers drummer Butch Trucks killed himself in front of his wife
  
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• [PARK SLOPE] Yooge loser runs off with woman’s Donald Trump poster

  01-02-2017 13:53
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn Daily78th PrecinctPark Slope
  SadCops have called off the hunt for the embittered liberal who swiped a Donald Trump poster off the front door of a woman’s Prospect Park West apartment sometime between Jan. 15 and 16.The 50-year-old victim told police she left her home between 13th and 14th streets at noon, and returned just after midnight the following day to find the poster, along with other decorations valued at $2, had vanished
  
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• [NOT FOR NUTHIN’] President Trump is locking the doors at night

  01-02-2017 13:53
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyEach evening before my household settles down for the night, I check my front and back doors. I make sure all is locked and secure and my family is safe. Millions upon millions of Americans, no matter where they come from preform the same ritual each and every night from sea to shining sea— they lock up and go to bed.
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• [MARINE PARK] Car break-ins sweep the 63rd Precinct

  01-02-2017 13:53
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Alexandra SimonBrooklyn Daily63rd PrecinctMarine Park—Mill Basin—Flatlands—Bergen BeachCarload of robberiesThere were a slew of car break-ins reported in the 63rd Precinct last week. Here’s the rundown:
  • Some marauder broke into woman’s car parked near an E. 32nd Street park on Jan. 28.
  The woman told police that she parked her vehicle in a parking lot near Avenue R around 9 am to walk her dog. When she returned 30 minute
  
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• [HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS] Not satisfied: Eagle Academy still looking to improve after lopsided win

  01-02-2017 13:53
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Gregory AlcalaBrooklyn DailyThere’s still room for improvement.
  The Eagle Academy II boys basketball team cruised to a 95–61 victory over Transit Tech on Jan. 27, but head coach Leon Pursoo is still anxious to see more from his squad.
  “As ironic as it may sound, we were a little disappointed,” Pursoo said. “We think we should be a little better right now, and the boys know that, and expect us to be better.”The team appear
  
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• [EXCLUSIVE, BAY RIDGE] Dangerous levels of lead found in Bay Ridge Middle School’s drinking water

  01-02-2017 13:53
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyIt’s time to get the lead out.Drinking water at McKinley Junior High School in Bay Ridge contained dangerously high levels of lead — in some cases higher than those found in Flint, Michigan last year — the city discovered in January.Students who drank from hallway fountains, classroom sinks, or used a kitchen ice maker in recent months could have ingested enough lead to cause permanent cardiovascular or neurol
  
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• [CRIME] Armed fiends force their way into teen’s home and rob and tie up victims

  01-02-2017 13:53
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn Daily61st PrecinctSheepshead Bay—Homecrest—
  Manhattan Beach—GravesendWild night
  Two malefactors pushed their way into a teen’s home on E. 15th Street on Jan. 28, tied up another victim in the back of his car, and stole $40,000 plus a phone and bank cards, according to authorities.
  The 19-year-old victim told police he heard a knock at the door of his home near Avenue T at about 3 am and when he went to open it,
  
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• [BOROBEAT] Celebrating 103 years with Miriam!

  01-02-2017 13:53
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyShe’s more than 100 years old — but just a couple of years into retirement!A Sheepshead Bay super senior who blew out the candles on a cake celebrating her 103rd birthday on Jan. 30 quit work just two years earlier before settling in to Sunrise Senior home on Emmons Avenue.Miriam Benson didn’t take a break from work until she completed her first centennial on the planet, according to her son who was there to cele
  
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• [BENSONHURST] Brute chokes and threatens pregnant woman

  01-02-2017 13:53
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn Daily62nd PrecinctBensonhurst—Bath BeachPregnant woman chokedA bruiser choked a pregnant woman and threatened her with a nail gun on 73rd Street on Jan. 21, police said.The woman told authorities that she was trying to leave the apartment building between 17th and 18th avenues at 1:30 am when the man grabbed her by the neck, choked her, and punched her in the face. The man proceeded to threaten the woman with a nail gun before
  
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• [BAY RIDGE] Vox pop: Bay Ridgites on Trump’s travel ban

  01-02-2017 13:53
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyBrooklynites took to the streets this weekend over President Trump’s ban on citizens of Yemen and six other Muslim-majority countries entering the U.S. So we took to the streets of Bay Ridge — home to the borough’s largest Yemeni community — to find out what people there think.
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• [BAY RIDGE] Ad lib-rary! Ft. Hamilton branch offering improv for seniors

  01-02-2017 13:53
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyThese snow birds are winging it!
  Silver-haired thespians will get a chance to show off their acting chops this spring with improv workshops at the Fort Hamilton Library in Bay Ridge, which are aimed at giving local oldsters an outlet to share tales about their lives and the neighborhood.
  People tend to disappear from the spotlight as they age, but seniors have a lot to say if they’re just given the stage, said the actor w
  
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• Iranian-born Swedish actress Pars vows to travel to Oscars

  01-02-2017 13:47
  
  Iranian-born Swedish actress Bahar Pars, who hopes to share an Oscar for best foreign film, says she will travel to the Academy Awards ceremony despite the confusion around U.S. President Donald Trump's travel ban
  
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