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• Silent Film Series: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

  06-02-2017 23:58
  Sunday, March 26, 2017 12:30 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterHypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders in this 1920 German silent film directed by Robert Wiene.  The film is regarded as one of the first horror films.   (1920)  77 minutes  GermanyHosted & Curated by Ken Gordon.  Children under the age of six will not be admitted to these programs.
  
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• Silent Film Series: Lonesome

  06-02-2017 23:58
  Sunday, May 21, 2017 12:30 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterA buried treasure from Hollywood’s golden age, Lonesome is the creation of a little-known but audacious and one-of-a-kind filmmaker, Paul Fejos (also an explorer, anthropologist, and doctor!). While under contract at Universal, Fejos pulled out all the stops for this lovely, largely silent New York City symphony set in antic Coney Island during the Fourth of July weekend.  (1928)  69 Minutes  USAHosted & Curated b
  
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• Silent Film Series: 7th Heaven

  06-02-2017 23:58
  Sunday, April 9, 2017 12:30 pmCentral Library, Dweck Center7th Heaven is a 1927 American silent romantic drama concerning the triumphs and travails of Parisian sewer worker (Charles Farrell) and the woman ( Janet Gaynor) he falls in love with in the chaotic midst of the First World War, directed by Frank Borzage. (1927)  118 Minutes  USA  Hosted & Curated by Ken Gordon.  Children under the age of six will not be admitted to these programs.
  
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• Dev Hynes performed his score for 'Easternsports' at The Whitney (pics)

  06-02-2017 23:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  On Friday (2/3), Blood Orange's Dev Hynes performed his score for Easternsports, "the multisensory installation" at NYC's The Whitney by artists Alex Da Corte and Jayson Musson.In front of panels that shifted in color...
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• Watch Chance The Rapper Duet With a Puppet in Awesome Video for “Same Drugs”

  06-02-2017 23:02 via bkmag.com
  
  The Super Bowl was won by a host of evil villains last night, crushing the hearts of anyone outside of New England in the process. So, what better time for something to bring us all up? Just a few minutes ago, Chance The Rapper—maybe the most joyous performer of the moment—dropped the music video for “Same Drugs,” off last year’s Coloring Book.
  The video, which sees Chance duetting from behind a piano with a googly-eyed pink puppet with a VHS-esque filter is just wh
  
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• Box office top 20: Shyamalan's 'Split' stays no. 1 again

  06-02-2017 22:55
  
  M. Night Shyamalan's psychological thriller "Split" led the box office for the third straight weekend thanks to a pair of underperforming debuts
  
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• Hinds touring with Twin Peaks around Coachella

  06-02-2017 22:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  No East Coast shows unfortunately.
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• East Village record store Turntable Lab closed its E. 7th St location, moving to E. 10th St. soon

  06-02-2017 22:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Turntable Lab had been on E. 7th since 2001.
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• Protagonist in Vatican leaks scandal leaks more in new book

  06-02-2017 21:45
  
  The most colorful protagonist in the Vatican's leaks scandal has emerged from a bruising Vatican trial with a baby, a business and a book describing the behind-the-scenes drama of Pope Francis' reform efforts
  
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• Omar Souleyman playing shows, including NYC in May (hopefully not affected by travel ban)

  06-02-2017 21:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  There is some concern that the Syrian artist will be affected by the travel ban, but "we're not giving up," says show presenter Par Neiburger of the World Music Institute.
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• Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Turns into Forum for Travel Ban Protesters

  06-02-2017 21:43 via bkmag.com
  
  Typically, Chamber of Commerce breakfasts are uneventful affairs, attended by local entrepreneurs who exchange business cards and chat amiably over coffee and mini-muffins, but Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce’s Monday morning coffee klatch broke that mold when protesters interrupted a panel conversation composed of New York City’s only GOP Congressman Dan Donovan, along with representatives Yvette Clarke, Hakeem Jeffries, Carolyn Maloney, and Nydia Velazquez. By the meeting’s end
  
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• Fox draws audience of 111.3 million for Super Bowl

  06-02-2017 21:24
  
  Viewership tops 111 million for the Super Bowl, one of the most-watched TV shows ever but not up to the level of the record-setting 2015 game
  
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• Chicago's Double Door evicted from its Wicker Park location of 23 years

  06-02-2017 21:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Long-running Chicago venue Double Door has been evicted from the 1572 N. Milwaukee Ave in Wicker Park location which it’s had for over two decades. DNA Info reports that at around 11:30 Monday morning (2/6), Cook County sheriff's police put a "No Trespassing" ...
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• PnB Rock playing shows, including NYC on Valentine's Day (dates + mixtape stream)

  06-02-2017 20:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Philly rapper PnB Rock released the GTTM: Goin Thru the Motion mixtape last month with guest spots from Wiz Khalifa, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Quavo, YFN Lucci and Ty Dolla $ign...
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• previously unreleased J Dilla track out now ++ Donuts Are Forever 11 announced

  06-02-2017 20:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Archivist John Kovar and director Gus Sutherland have assembled a new documentary of '90s VHS footage called The Unseen: A Detroit Beat Tape covering a number of beatmakers from the era. This includes the late J Dilla...
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• Jimmy Eat World touring with Beach Slang and Incubus (separately)

  06-02-2017 20:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The run with Incubus includes Jones Beach and PNC Bank Arts Pavilion.
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• The Feelies playing Philly and Vintage Vinyl in-store before Brooklyn shows

  06-02-2017 20:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Feelies' new album, 'In Between,' is out February 27 via Bar-None.
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• Review: Robert B. Parker's 'Revelation'

  06-02-2017 20:12
  
  Book Review: Robert B. Parker's Old West series crafts a path for an interesting villain with "Revelation."
  
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• Book Review: 'Work Pause Thrive' by Lisen Stromberg

  06-02-2017 19:41
  
  Book Review: Central theme of "Work Pause Thrive" by Lisen Stromberg: It's OK to pause for parenting
  
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• [►AUDIO, PODCAST] Tomorrow on BPR: The definitive Jonathan Safran Foer interview

  06-02-2017 19:40
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.Brooklyn PaperHere he is!Jonathan Safran Foer, whom The Brooklyn Paper once dubbed “the greatest writer of his generation,” will join Brooklyn Paper Radio hosts Gersh Kuntzman and Vince DiMiceli on Tuesday’s broadcast, live at 10 am.Foer will be on hand to discuss his latest novel “Here I Am,” which centers on the dissolution of a Brooklyn marriage while it touches on key borough topics as parenting, Israel, and stunted masculinit
  
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• Empire of the Sun touring around Coachella, playing Terminal 5 in May

  06-02-2017 19:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Empire of the Sun also have a couple shows will fellow Aussies, The Avalanches (but not in NYC).
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• Cherry Glazerr, No Joy, Har Mar Superstar & more added to Burger Hangover Fest lineup

  06-02-2017 19:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Hangover Fest takes place in San Antonio, TX right after SXSW.
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• Super Bowl ads normally avoid politics, but not this year

  06-02-2017 19:21
  
  Messages about America, inclusiveness _ and, yes, even "four years of awful hair" _ kept bubbling up in Super Bowl 51 ads
  
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• They’re back! Two Brooklynites return after judge blocks Trump’s travel ban

  06-02-2017 19:14
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Sharif Hassanfor Brooklyn PaperTwo Brooklynites who had been stranded abroad by President Trump’s travel ban are now back safe and sound in Kings County.Iranian Prospect-Lefferts Gardens student Saira Rafiee and Sudanese Crown Heights doctor Dr. Kamal Fadlalla were able to board flights back to the U.S. this week, where they were greeted at the airport by delighted friends and co-workers who had been rallying for
  
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• Book Review: 'Under the Knife' by Kelly Parsons

  06-02-2017 19:08
  
  Book Review: Kelly Parsons delivers an engrossing story in new medical thriller, "Under the Knife."
  
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• [BRIGHTON BEACH] Grocery store to replace shuttered Met Foods in Brighton Beach

  06-02-2017 18:03
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailySupermarket Big Bazaar will soon open at the corner of Brighton Beach Avenue and Ocean Parkway, giving Brighton Beachers who don’t like or can’t afford the area’s pricey Russian specialty stores their first low-cost alternative since the Met Foods there closed five years ago, according to a local business booster.“The Russian crowd feels very comfortable going to Russian stores, but non-Russians in the area
  
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• Not guilty plea from man who shot ex-NFL player McKnight

  06-02-2017 17:55
  
  The man who fatally shot former NFL player Joe McKnight has formally entered a not guilty plea to a charge of second-degree murder
  
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• [GRAVESEND] Chicken dance! Boody students welcome Year of the Rooster with movement

  06-02-2017 17:42
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyTweens said “ni hao” to the Chinese New Year during middle school David A. Boody’s celebration welcoming the Year of the Rooster on Feb. 2.There was some delicious Chinese food to be had, but the best way to honor the holiday — officially on Jan. 28 — was when students wowed an 500-strong auditorium crowd with traditional Chinese folk dances, according to the prin
  
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• Bette Midler, Glenn Close lead Broadway's spring offerings

  06-02-2017 17:36
  
  Two Broadway titans in Bette Midler and Glenn Close return to the Great White Way this spring, part of a revival-heavy slate of offerings
  
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• Oscar nominees feted at annual film academy luncheon

  06-02-2017 17:34
  
  Viola Davis, Denzel Washington, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Natalie Portman, Octavia Spencer, Casey Affleck and Mahershala Ali have a lunch date with the film academy
  
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• A heatwave on your plate–the seven hottest dishes in Brooklyn right now

  06-02-2017 17:08
  
  I know it’s supposed to be 60 degrees on Wednesday, practically outdoor movie weather, but it’s only the beginning of February folks, we’ve got lots more winter to make it through. How do we get the chill out of our bones (and hearts)? Eat. And do it with friends and loved ones.
  Here are seven of the the hottest dishes in Brooklyn–served piping hot, swimming in spice or just imbued with that magic so-hot-right-now-sauce. They’ll lift your spirits, stop your nose fro
  
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• Three Ways to Do a Digital Detox

  06-02-2017 17:00 via bkmag.com
  
  I don’t know about you, but sometime around November 9, I realized my tech addiction was worse than ever. Every morning during the months leading up to the election, the first thing I did upon waking up was pick up my iPhone and scroll through my Facebook feed, click on the New York Times and New Yorker articles lambasting the latest insane thing Donald Trump had done, and find myself spiraling down further and further into the abyss. I was getting distracted during the day, too, compulsiv
  
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• Eat Cute This Valentine’s Day At Brooklyn’s Couple-Run Restaurants

  06-02-2017 16:56 via bkmag.com
  
  Most couples advocate a strict separation of church and state approach—believing that keeping the fires burning at home requires a working days respite from one’s partner. Yet, not only are the following pairs engaged in loving, longstanding relationships, they’ve successfully managed to navigate forging professional alliances as well.
  So pick up a few tips (and get a great meal while you’re at it) by visiting a twosome-run restaurant this Valentine’s Day.
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• “When People Ask for Advice”: My Brother, My Brother, and Me Brings Their Good-Guy Podcast to TV

  06-02-2017 16:09 via bkmag.com
  
  Every episode of My Brother, My Brother, and Me begins with the same disclaimer: “The McElroy brothers are not experts, and their advice should never be followed.” The podcast’s hundreds of thousands of fans listen to everything the McElroy brothers say—except that.
  A few months ago, a member of the “My Brother, My Brother and Me Appreciation Group” on Facebook asked, “I have a question for my fellow MBMBaMbinos. What piece or pieces of McElroy advice ha
  
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• Lady A would like Taylor Swift to write a song for them, too

  06-02-2017 15:51
  
  Taylor Swift has written hit songs for herself for years, but she recently lent her talent to others, from former boyfriend Calvin Harris to country act Little Big Town
  
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• Woman captive for decade hopes new TV role helps the missing

  06-02-2017 15:31
  
  A woman who escaped a home where she and two others were held captive for a decade is joining a Cleveland television station to bring attention to other missing-persons cases in a daily segment
  
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• Lady Gaga follows up Super Bowl show with tour announcement

  06-02-2017 14:36
  
  Fresh off a high-wire, crowd-pleasing halftime performance at the Super Bowl, Lady Gaga has announced plans for a world tour kicking off this summer
  
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• Reel Brooklyn: The Warriors, Coney Island

  06-02-2017 14:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Reel Brooklyn is a monthly column chronicling the definitive history of Brooklyn on-screen, one film—and neighborhood—at a time.
  A pulp legend onto itself, Walter Hill’s 1979 The Warriors begins and ends under the Coney Island Wonder Wheel, but this isn’t the Coney of Morris Engel’s Little Fugitive (1953), when the resort town itself and its sky-high distractions epitomized the postwar leisure life America had earned with its worry and suffering and loss, as w
  
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• 'Stranger Things' season 2 set to hit Netflix on Halloween

  06-02-2017 12:53
  
  Netflix has used the Super Bowl to announce the return of 'Stranger Things'
  
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• Super Bowl ads get political or go escapist, sometimes both

  06-02-2017 09:01
  
  Messages about America, inclusiveness _ and, yes, even "four years of awful hair" _ kept bubbling up in Super Bowl 51 ads
  
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• Bennett doesn't fear backlash for skipping White House trip

  06-02-2017 07:51
  
  Patriots tight end Martellus Bennett says he is not worried about upsetting team owner Robert Kraft by not attending New England's trip to the White House as Super Bowl champions
  
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• Super Bowl ads go political in a big way

  06-02-2017 06:56
  
  Messages about America, inclusiveness _ and, yes, even "four years of awful hair" _ kept bubbling up in Super Bowl 51 ads
  
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• St. Agatha School to close after 100 years, citing financial woes

  06-02-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyThey’re praying for a miracle.Parents and students are scrambling to find a modestly priced Catholic school since the Diocese of Brooklyn announced it would shutter Sunset Park’s St. Agatha School after nearly 100 years due to dwindling enrollment and a lack of money. The academy’s modest tuition is a boon to low-income families in the nabe seeking a faith-based education, and it would be a real sin if it clos
  
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• [EVENT] Great Danes! Get ready for Danish Mardi Gras!

  06-02-2017 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperIt’s finally Fastelavn!Brooklyn’s favorite Danish holiday is back! Next weekend, Scandinavian Brooklynites will dress up, dance, sing, and indulge in sweet treats at the annual Fastelavn festival — the Danish Mardi Gras that comes before the Lenten season of fasting — at the Danish Athletic Club in Bay Ridge. The Viking-style carnival celebration, hosted by the Scand
  
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• [CLASS ACTION] St. Agatha School to close after 100 years, citing financial woes

  06-02-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperThey’re praying for a miracle.Parents and students are scrambling to find a modestly priced Catholic school since the Diocese of Brooklyn announced it would shutter Sunset Park’s St. Agatha School after nearly 100 years due to dwindling enrollment and a lack of money. The academy’s modest tuition is a boon to low-income families in the nabe seeking a faith-based education, and it would be a real sin if it clos
  
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• [CLASS ACTION] Parents: Hearing on Success Academy Fort Greene was a shambles — try again

  06-02-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperA public hearing last week on the future of a controversial Fort Greene charter school was a poorly publicized shambles that parents say only left them confused and frustrated — and now they’re demanding the city hold a do-over.Locals were only told of the hearing on scandal-plagued Success Academy Fort Greene’s charter-renewal application on the morning of the Feb. 2 meeting, and the handful that did make it say n
  
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• [ART] Heads up! Art video of fancy hijabs screening at Barclays Center

  06-02-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperThey’ll be queens of the screen!Giant women wearing high-fashion hijabs decked out like elaborate Easter bonnets will soon look down on those walking past Barclays Center. The fashionable females will appear on the giant circular video screen in front of the sports arena as part of the Public Art Fund’s “Commercial Break” exhibition, running from Feb. 6 to March 5. The 30-second fake ad promoting holiday hija
  
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• Super Bowl go political in a big way

  06-02-2017 05:05
  
  Messages about America, inclusiveness _ and, yes, even "four years of awful hair" _ kept bubbling up in Super Bowl 51 ads from Airbnb, the NFL and line of personal care products
  
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• The Latest: After game, Hyundai airs ad filmed during game

  06-02-2017 04:57
  
  After the New England Patriots beat the Atlanta Falcons in the first Super Bowl overtime, Hyundai airs an ad that was recorded during the game
  
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• The Latest: Pats pull of biggest Super Bowl comeback

  06-02-2017 04:29
  
  Tom Brady has a record fifth Super Bowl win after the biggest comeback in the game's history, and one of the greatest catches
  
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