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• Willie Nelson to return to stage after fighting cold

  16-02-2017 23:38
  
  Willie Nelson is set to return to the stage after missing several shows because of a cold
  
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• CNN: Donald Trump attacks hasn't hurt the cable news network

  16-02-2017 23:05
  
  CNN's top executive says attacks by President Trump haven't hurt the network's journalism or business
  
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• Review: Monsters intrude on a culture clash in 'Great Wall'

  16-02-2017 22:56
  
  Film Review: Zhang Yimou's "The Great Wall" is the first English language feature shot entirely in China
  
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• Philbin says he hasn't been in touch with Ripa lately

  16-02-2017 22:44
  
  TV host Regis Philbin says he hasn't kept in touch with his former co-host Kelly Ripa since he decided to leave the show they headlined together
  
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• Lawyer: Client subpoenaed in Fox federal securities inquiry

  16-02-2017 22:27
  
  A lawyer representing former Fox News employees says one of his clients recently received a grand jury subpoena in a federal securities probe of how 21st Century Fox Inc. handled a sexual harassment scandal
  
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• Cold War 2.0: A New Cold War Comes to the Baltics?

  16-02-2017 22:17
  Thursday, March 2, 2017 7:30 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterRussian aggression against Ukraine put its northern neighbors on high alert. Will Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia become the next targets of Russian political and military aggression? Is NATO membership a guarantee of safety and security? Do local Russian ethnic minorities play a role in a seemingly heightened state of anxiety in the region?
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• Campfire Conversations

  16-02-2017 22:17
  Saturday, March 4, 2017 5:00 pmProspect Park, Lefferts HouseProspect Park Alliance and Brooklyn Public Library present Campfire Conversations, a series of themed community conversations around an outdoor camp fire at the Lefferts Historic House.
  
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• Review: 'Fist Fight' an indulgence in pre-teen male fantasy

  16-02-2017 22:02
  
  If you like Ice Cube surly and sneering, find penis drawings hilarious and believe real men solve problems by throwing punches, "Fist Fight" is for you
  
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• Clinton praises Oscar de la Renta as proud immigrant

  16-02-2017 21:15
  
  Hillary Clinton has praised Oscar de la Renta as an immigrant success story at an event honoring the late fashion designer with a series of commemorative postage stamps
  
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• CNN: Donald Trump attacks hasn't hurt network

  16-02-2017 21:14
  
  CNN's top executive says attacks by President Trump haven't hurt the network's journalism or business
  
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• 'Fist Fight' stars on the need for comedy in uncertain times

  16-02-2017 20:52
  
  No one could have predicted when they were making the breezy, irreverent, 91-minute Charlie Day and Ice Cube comedy "Fist Fight" that it would be coming out in the midst of such uncertain and divisive times
  
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• The Roots to perform NBA-themed musical at All-Star Game

  16-02-2017 20:25
  
  The Roots will perform an original NBA-themed musical featuring "Hamilton" actor Daveed Diggs, DJ Jazzy Jeff, actor Michael B. Jordan, musician Jidenna and rapper Darryl "DMC" McDaniels at the NBA All-Star Game on Sunday
  
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• NY high court to hear Lindsay Lohan 'Grand Theft Auto' case

  16-02-2017 19:58
  
  New York's highest court has agreed to hear Lindsay Lohan's lawsuit against the makers of the videogame "Grand Theft Auto."
  
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• For Gore Verbinski, a fresh start after 'Lone Ranger'

  16-02-2017 19:41
  
  Four years after the box-office flop 'The Lone Ranger,' Gore Verbinski, the director of the lucrative 'Pirates of the Caribbean' films and the Oscar-winning animated tale 'Rango,' has returned with 'A Cure for Wellness.'
  
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• Vision & Justice: Picturing Citizenship: From Japanese Internment to a Muslim Ban

  16-02-2017 19:37
  Friday, April 21, 2017 6:30 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterThis 3 part course will focus on the crucial interplay of art, justice, and the contestation for citizenship in a radicalized America, from Civil War to the Black Lives Matter Movement, from WWI to the Muslim Ban.    Inspired by Frederick Douglass’s ideas about the role of images for American progress, topics will include: the role of aesthetics for the invention of race, the abolition of transatlantic slavery,
  
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• Vision & Justice: Photography, Race, and Power

  16-02-2017 19:37
  Friday, March 24, 2017 6:30 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterThis 3 part course will focus on the crucial interplay of art, justice, and the contestation for citizenship in a radicalized America, from Civil War to the Black Lives Matter Movement, from WWI to the Muslim Ban.    Inspired by Frederick Douglass’s ideas about the role of images for American progress, topics will include: the role of aesthetics for the invention of race, the abolition of transatlantic slavery,
  
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• Vision & Justice: Art and Activism in a Contested Democracy

  16-02-2017 19:37
  Friday, April 7, 2017 6:30 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterThis 3 part course will focus on the crucial interplay of art, justice, and the contestation for citizenship in a radicalized America, from Civil War to the Black Lives Matter Movement, from WWI to the Muslim Ban.    Inspired by Frederick Douglass’s ideas about the role of images for American progress, topics will include: the role of aesthetics for the invention of race, the abolition of transatlantic slavery, t
  
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• Producers can't keep politics from edging into Oscar show

  16-02-2017 19:34
  
  As much as first-time Oscar telecast producers Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd may want their show to focus on the magic of the movies, they say they support any message spoken from the heart
  
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• China goes Hollywood in 'The Great Wall'

  16-02-2017 19:03
  
  There's a lot riding on Zhang Yimou's "The Great Wall," which opens Friday
  
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• Hillary Clinton: Designer de La Renta inspired immigrants

  16-02-2017 19:01
  
  Hillary Clinton has praised Oscar de la Renta as an inspiration to striving immigrants like himself at an event honoring the late fashion designer with a series of commemorative stamps
  
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• Al Gore hosts climate and health conference in Atlanta

  16-02-2017 18:43
  
  Former Vice President Al Gore says too little attention has been paid to the health consequences of climate change
  
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• Confessions of an American Opium Eater

  16-02-2017 18:24 via bkmag.com
  
  Blame me for the rocks
  And baby bones and broken lock
  On the garden
  (Sam Beam, Lilith’s Song)
  I.In the 19th century, Thomas De Quincey wrote a memoir that some consider to be the first “addiction memoir,” although De Quincey never wrote of being addicted. He used one of the most common drugs of his day: laudanum. The ruby tincture—comprising the juice of the opium poppy (papaver somniferum) dissolved in alcohol—to which such flavors as nutmeg were added in order to
  
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• Proposed DNC resolution mocks FBI Director James Comey

  16-02-2017 18:03
  
  The Democratic National Committee will have a chance to officially slam FBI Director James Comey for his election-year probe of Hillary Clinton in a resolution that's a riff on ABC's "Designated Survivor."
  
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• [STANDING O] What an inspiration!

  16-02-2017 17:12
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyCypress HillsWhat an inspirationBorough daughter Joanne Sylvestre never imagined where she would be today. As a high-school student, her teachers encouraged her to take a nursing course. At age 17 she passed her board exams and started a promising career in the healthcare field.But as a freshman in college, life changed, and she become a parent at the age of 19, putting her career goals on a temporary hold.Despite being a single
  
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• [STANDING O] Ready for its close-up

  16-02-2017 17:12
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailySheepsheadBayThe Kings Bay Y unveiled its newly expanded and upgraded auditorium — which included a total stage replacement, new flooring, curtains, additional storage and performance space, and a new television and sound system — on Jan. 14. This upgrade marks the first major makeover to the auditorium in at least 20 years.
  The facelift was made possible through the generosity of the Jewish Communal Fund.“Many
  
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• [STANDING O] Happy trails to you!

  16-02-2017 17:12
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyBrooklyn HeightsThe family at St. Francis College said so-long to June McGrisken. She is the experienced certified public accountant with an amazing ability to see the big picture and solve the small problems at the college for the past 15 years.
  June decided to kick back and enjoy her home in Belle Harbor, in that borough just to the east of us, to spend more time with hubby Ron, her children, and grand kids.
  The powers that be
  
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• Daddy-daughter ballet class produces classic results

  16-02-2017 16:59
  
  A Philadelphia dance school hosted a "Daddy-Daughter" ballet class on Valentine's Day and posted videos of the results that are definitely on pointe
  
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• The Talde Team’s Atlantic Social Is An Indie Applebee’s

  16-02-2017 16:36 via bkmag.com
  
  Insert just about any indie restaurant group inside a hangar-sized space plastered with HD TV’s, in a corporation-only complex occupied by McDonald’s, Chuck E. Cheese and Applebee’s, and they’d likely be pegged as sell-outs. Yet when it comes to the Talde team—whose previous projects possess trademark design elements, and whose culinary aesthetic favors cans of Porkslap, pints of Bud, loaded nachos and mayo’d fish sandwiches—being the Atlantic Mall Termi
  
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• Thom Browne creates a winter wonderland in tweed and flannel

  16-02-2017 16:22
  
  Thom Browne lived up to his reputation as fashion master craftsman _ and showman _ with a winter wonderland of tweeds and flannels, paying tribute to the art of tailoring and riffing enjoyably on penguins, ice skates, and his dog Hector
  
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• Sara Bareilles to soon star in her Broadway show 'Waitress'

  16-02-2017 16:04
  
  Sara Bareilles, the singer-songwriter of "Brave" and "Love Song," will make her Broadway acting debut on March 31 in the lead role of Jenna Hunterson
  
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• 'Rogue One' stars among Academy Awards presenters

  16-02-2017 16:02
  
  Stars of "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" are heading to the Academy Awards
  
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• The Birth of a Superhero: Legion‘s Jeremie Harris

  16-02-2017 16:00 via bkmag.com
  
  When Jeremie Harris walks into the lobby of the hotel, people’s heads turn. They probably don’t quite know from where they recognize the young man with a spiffy wardrobe, a perfectly trimmed beard, and a room-brightening smile—but chances are, if they’re someone who’s binged on a show like Westworld, Lost, Game of Thrones, or Fargo, that this face is about to become even more familiar.
  After about a half-hour shooting photos in various locations scattered throughout
  
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• Listen to this: Mozart’s Sister calls the shots on her infectious new dance pop record

  16-02-2017 16:00
  
  Mozart’s Sister | Photo: Rebecca Storm
  If Mozart’s Sister, Canadian indie pop musician Caila Thompson-Hannant’s current project, has got you wondering whether Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart actually had a sibling, then let’s start with a quick musical history lesson. Yes, the famed composer had an older sister named Maria Anna (1751-1829). Like her brother, Maria was also a musical child prodigy who toured with Wolfgang and performed for audiences throughout Europe. Some have e
  
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• Keith Urban leads Academy of Country Music nominations

  16-02-2017 15:13
  
  Keith Urban leads nominations for the Academy of Country Music Awards with seven nominations as both artist and producer for his record "Ripcord."
  
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• NJ teen admits making threats amid Texas school shooting

  16-02-2017 15:07
  
  A New Jersey teenager has admitted he contacted authorities in Texas and made a series of threats to kill others, including calls that added to the chaos as law enforcement personnel rushed to a school shooting
  
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• Epic 'Planet Earth II' offers creatures'-eye view of nature

  16-02-2017 14:06
  
  From jungles to deserts to mountains, the BBC's epic nature series "Planet Earth II" takes viewers around the world _ and around many genres of television
  
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• Philbin, Ripa haven't kept in touch since he left show

  16-02-2017 11:53
  
  TV host Regis Philbin says he hasn't kept in touch with his former co-host Kelly Ripa since he decided to leave the show they headlined together
  
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• Post-9/11 Muslim identity explored in Michigan performance

  16-02-2017 11:32
  
  A National Medal of Arts recipient is presenting a performance at the University of Michigan exploring the post-9/11 lives of young Muslim New Yorkers
  
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• Johnson goes after elusive win at Riviera

  16-02-2017 08:51
  
  THE WEEK AHEAD: Dustin Johnson tries to get elusive victory at Riviera, American women try to hold form Down Under and Europe offers a mix of stroke play and match play in Australia
  
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• Spotify music company to expand in New York City, add jobs

  16-02-2017 06:29
  
  The digital music company Spotify is expanding its operations in New York City and plans to add jobs
  
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• [PROSPECT HEIGHTS] ’Cast away! Podcasting pro offers advice for comedy shows

  16-02-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyShe talks funny.One of the producers of popular local podcast “Two Dope Queens” — a show that sells out its every live appearance at the Bell House — will reveal her secrets for making sure an audio-only show gets people laughing at a “Comedy in Podcasting” panel at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Branch on Feb. 18. “Two Dope Queens” features two black female hosts, Brook
  
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• [MIDWOOD] Midwood school celebrates diversity trough song

  16-02-2017 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyTalk about a variety show!A colorful bunch of students from PS 238 celebrated what makes them all unique during the Midwood school’s “Celebration of Diversity” on Feb. 13 during “Respect for All Week,” which lasts until Feb. 17. The festivities fell right in the middle of Black History Month, making the students’ various songs and dances in honor of the Civi
  
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• [MIDWOOD] Midwood school celebrates diversity through song

  16-02-2017 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyTalk about a variety show!A colorful bunch of students from PS 238 celebrated what makes them all unique during the Midwood school’s “Celebration of Diversity” on Feb. 13 during “Respect for All Week,” which lasts until Feb. 17. The festivities fell right in the middle of Black History Month, making the students’ various songs and dances in honor of the Civi
  
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• [MARINE PARK] City’s snow pile blocks park entrance

  16-02-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyThe complaints are piling up!Marine Parkers are demanding the city stop stacking snow on handicap-accessible parking spaces and walkways in the neighborhood’s namesake park. The Department of Sanitation dropped mounds of mush left behind by Winter Storm Niko in the Marine Park Oval’s parking lots — in one case, blocking parking spots for disabled people and the only path into the park itself. It seems crazy that
  
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• [HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS] Taking off: Law & Tech grabs win over Robeson in boro quarters

  16-02-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyHe’s always liked that spot on the court.Larry Moreno is a pure shooter, an offensive spark plug for Brooklyn Law & Tech’s boys basketball team and, on Feb. 14, the junior guard was a three-point machine. Moreno settled into a rhythm when his team needed him the most, draining shot after shot from the same spot on the court as the third-seeded Jets grabbed a 73–70 victory over No. 6 Robeson in the Brooklyn Boro
  
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• [GEORGETOWN] Two charged in correx officer’s murder

  16-02-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyProsecutors charged a 35-year-old Kensington man with the murder of Corrections Officer Alastasia Bryan, his ex-girlfriend, on Feb. 15.
  The suspect allegedly shot 25-year-old Bryan of East New York five times while she was sitting in her car near Avenue L and E. 73rd Street in Georgetown before heading to Rikers Island for work on Dec. 4, according to an indictment released by acting District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. Emergency resp
  
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• [EVENT] ’Cast away! Podcasting pro offers advice for comedy shows

  16-02-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn PaperShe talks funny.One of the producers of popular local podcast “Two Dope Queens” — a show that sells out its every live appearance at the Bell House — will reveal her secrets for making sure an audio-only show gets people laughing at a “Comedy in Podcasting” panel at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Branch on Feb. 18. “Two Dope Queens” features two black female hosts, Brook
  
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• [DOWNTOWN] Laying down the law: New housing court will be up and running by 2020, city says

  16-02-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperOrder in the court!The city has put a timeline and price-tag on the relocation of its widely hated housing court on Livingston Street to Downtown’s more stately Municipal Building — but tenant advocates say they want to see more details before declaring it an “upgrade” on the current crowded 18-story office building.“Our expectations aren’t super-high yet — we haven’t heard a final dat
  
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• [CONEY ISLAND] Woody Allen’s new movie named ‘Wonder Wheel’

  16-02-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyJust don’t expect this star to make any red-carpet appearances.Coney Island’s Wonder Wheel will not only make a cameo in Woody Allen’s forthcoming film — it will also lend its name to the title. The celebrated and controversial director, who spent time shooting in The People’s Playground last summer, has named his upcoming 2017 offering “Wonder Wheel” after the amusement-district gem. T
  
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• [CINEMA] Woody Allen’s new movie named ‘Wonder Wheel’

  16-02-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperJust don’t expect this star to make any red-carpet appearances.Coney Island’s Wonder Wheel will not only make a cameo in Woody Allen’s forthcoming film — it will also lend its name to the title. The celebrated and controversial director, who spent time shooting in The People’s Playground last summer, has named his upcoming 2017 offering “Wonder Wheel” after the amusement-district gem. T
  
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