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• Burberry draws on sculptor Henry Moore in fashion highlight

  20-02-2017 23:16
  
  All eyes were on Burberry and creative director Christopher Bailey Monday night as London Fashion Week reached its starry climax
  
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• [KENSINGTON] Pony up: Bankrupt Kensington Stables up for sale

  20-02-2017 23:01
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperHold your horses!Kensington Stables — the only place where Brooklynites can rent a stallion to gallop through Prospect Park — is being flogged off in a bankruptcy sale, and the local councilman is getting on his high horse by vowing to block any residential development on the site unless local jockeys can stay the saddle.“I’m chomping at the bit to preserve horses in the park,” said Councilman Brad Lan
  
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• PWR BTTM packed and beglittered Knitting Factory with Mal Blum & Naked Giants (pics)

  20-02-2017 22:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Check out pics from PWR BTTM's sold out Knitting Factory show with Mal Blum & The Blums and Naked Giants.
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• Sufjan Stevens, Kid Millions & more played first 'DISRUPT' @ National Sawdust (pics)

  20-02-2017 22:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  National Sawdust debuted its collaborative, improvisational DISRUPT seres on Saturday (2/18), and this first edition featured Sufjan Stevens, Jan St. Werner (Mouse On Mars), Kid Millions (Oneida, Man Forever) and Ben Lanz (Beirut, The National, LNZNDRF)...
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• Divine Council collaborated with Andre 3000, touring before SXSW

  20-02-2017 22:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Erykah Badu is a fan too.
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• 'Not My Presidents Day' & 'I Am A Muslim Too' protesters take Manhattan

  20-02-2017 21:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Today is Presidents Day and in NYC, Chicago, DC, LA , and other cities, many, many people are using it to protest the current administration at the "Not My Presidents Day" rallies...
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• Hot sauce and hope for Conan O'Brien in Mexico

  20-02-2017 21:26
  
  Conan O'Brien continues to draw stares after 5 days in Mexico
  
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• Action Trumps Hate: Happy Not My President Day

  20-02-2017 20:59
  
  In thinking about Action Trumps Hate for this week I bookmarked dozens of stories on my phone and laptop, because there is such a blinding whirlwind of bad ideas being put into action every single day. Just now, while writing that sentence I remembered all over again that Scott Pruitt is heading up the EPA now. Say goodbye to breathing “air” and drinking “water,” folks.
  The theme that emerged from the chaos of stories about non-existent terror attacks in Sweden, whatever
  
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• Phoebe Bridgers opening Joy Formidable acoustic shows, touring with Ryan Adams

  20-02-2017 20:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  LA folk singer Phoebe Bridgers released the very good "Smoke Signals" 7" last month and then toured Europe with Conor Oberst. Now she's got US dates coming up...
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• The Paperhead released new LP 'Chew' (listen), playing SXSW & other dates

  20-02-2017 20:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The band have always channeled retro psych pop, but here move things into the '70s, finding influence from twangy Kinks records, AM pop and early Eno.
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• Optimism in high gear at Daytona for NASCAR's top teams

  20-02-2017 20:32
  
  Optimism in high gear after opening weekend at Daytona, especially for NASCAR's top teams
  
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• listen to Webster Hall sing along with Rick Astley (pics, video)

  20-02-2017 19:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  As he usually does, Rick saved you-know-what for the last song of the encore. Listen to the loud joy it elicited...
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• Jolie hopes family will come out 'stronger' after breakup

  20-02-2017 19:12
  
  Angelina Jolie says that she and her family have been going through a "difficult time" since the breakup of her marriage to Brad Pitt, but added that hopefully they would come out "stronger for it."
  
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• Frank Turner played Beacon Theatre (pics, setlist)

  20-02-2017 19:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  He opened the show with his politically-charged ode to the Trump administration, wherein he compels his audience to rise up and be active in resistance. He paused briefly to remind the crowd of the two house rules: "behave" and "party."
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• Lemuria played 'Get Better' at Brooklyn Bazaar with Cayetana & Mikey Erg (pics)

  20-02-2017 19:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Lemuria are currently on tour playing their 2008 debut album Get Better, which they reissued in December, in full...
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• UK lawmakers debate downgrading Trump invite for state visit

  20-02-2017 18:45
  
  A British lawmaker says U.S. President Donald Trump should not be afforded the "rare privilege" of a state visit
  
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• Christopher Kane mixes old and new for stellar London show

  20-02-2017 18:42
  
  Designer Christopher Kane mixed new technology with tried-and-true craftsmanship to produce a stellar show for London Fashion Week
  
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• Mayhem played 'De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas' in Philly with Inquisition & Black Anvil (pics)

  20-02-2017 18:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Black metal legends Mayhem are currently on tour playing their classic 1994 debut album De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas in its entirety...
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• Eric Church cancels 25K tickets bought by scalpers

  20-02-2017 17:44
  
  Country star Eric Church has cancelled more than 25,000 tickets to his spring tour that were purchased by scalpers and making those seats available to fans for purchase
  
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• 'Moonlight' and 'The Americans' receive Writers Guild Awards

  20-02-2017 16:22
  
  The screenplay for "Moonlight" and the scripts for "The Americans" and "Atlanta" were among the winners of this year's Writers Guild Awards
  
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• Atlantic Social: Dale Talde’s cozy, and delicious, rec room and sports bar

  20-02-2017 15:02
  
  Yes, it’s a sports bar. Photo: Georgia Kral
  Chef Dale Talde and the Three Kings Restaurant Group may have just closed two Brooklyn establishments–Pork Slope and Thistle Hill Tavern–but they haven’t turned their backs on the borough.
  Instead, they have opened Atlantic Social, a massive restaurant (130 seats) and sports bar (50 stools) that they hope will appeal to Brooklynites and guests visiting the nearby Barclays Center.
  “We want this place to be for the die hard
  
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• Erdem's full-length dresses mesmerize at London Fashion Week

  20-02-2017 14:57
  
  London Fashion Week is featuring Canada-born designer Erdem Moralioglu for Erdem, who is focusing almost entirely on long, tightly fitting, ultra-feminine dresses
  
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• A Blood-Soaked Land: Dogs at Film Comment Selects

  20-02-2017 14:00 via bkmag.com
  
  DogsDirected by Bogdan MiricăFebruary 23, 9:30pm at Film Comment Selects
  Twelve years since Cristi Puiu’s The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005), a spate of dour Romanian films in the latest iteration of realism, and grouped together as a “New Wave,” have made their way to arthouse theaters. Parallel to these films arrives Dogs, directed by newcomer Bogdan Mirică. A moody and stylized work with genre trappings, this debut feature is about inborn violence linked to place.
  
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• Amid protests, UK lawmakers to debate Trump visit invitation

  20-02-2017 12:04
  
  British lawmakers are set to debate a call for U.S. President Donald Trump to be denied a state visit to the U.K. _ but the Conservative government insists the invitation remains firmly in place
  
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• Activists besiege ‘traitor’ Hamilton for joining GOP-aligned bloc

  20-02-2017 09:36
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyState Sen. Jesse Hamilton is a “McDemocrat” who has betrayed his constituents by aligning himself with senate Republicans, said a group of activists who besieged the local lawmaker outside a Sunset Park community meeting on Thursday.“We voted for Jesse as a Democrat and now he’s siding with Republicans and I’m incensed,” said Sunset Parker Johanna Coxeter. “He’s a Trojan Horse —
  
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• [CARROLL GARDENS] Dry your tears, BookCourt fans — a new bookstore is coming to Smith Street

  20-02-2017 09:13
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperCarroll Gardens is in the good books!
  Local lit lovers are thrilled by news that a hotly anticipated bookstore is opening at Smith and Butler streets this spring — not only because it will fill the void left by the closure of BookCourt last year, but also because it means one less bourgie boutique on the stretch.“It’s a double win — first we got rid of a store that sells overpriced clothes to hipsters, and no
  
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• [CARROLL GARDENS] Dry your tears, BookCourt fans — a new bookstore is coming to Smith St.

  20-02-2017 09:09
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperCarroll Gardens is in the good books!
  Local lit lovers are thrilled by news that a hotly anticipated bookstore is opening at Smith and Butler streets this spring — not only because it will fill the void left by the closure of BookCourt last year, but also because it means one less bourgie boutique on the stretch.“It’s a double win — first we got rid of a store that sells overpriced clothes to hipsters, and no
  
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• [►VIDEO, DOWNTOWN] ’Homeland’ films explosive presidential motorcade scene Downtown

  20-02-2017 08:54
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Ruth BrownBrooklyn PaperCrappy President’s Day!A presidential motorcade faced exploding cars and gunfire on Downtown’s Schermerhorn Street on Sunday — all part of filming for the Showtime terrorism thriller “Homeland.”The scene featured a blazing sports utility vehicle and another burned out on its side on the block between Adams and Court streets, while soldiers swarmed the area and police and civilians ran for cover. The actu
  
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• [BUSHWICK] Police kill pellet gun-packing Bushwick teen

  20-02-2017 08:54
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Ruth BrownBrooklyn PaperPolice officers shot and killed an 18-year-old in Bushwick early Sunday morning after they say he tried to rob a bodega then pointed what turned out to be a pellet gun at them.Three cops responded to a report of Bushwick man Sergio Reyes holding up the deli on Starr Street and Irving Avenue at 12:40 am, and found him heading towards Knickerbockers Avenue, according to a report.When the officers c
  
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• [BROOKLYN IS ANGRY] Law students — even the corporate ones — protest Trump Downtown

  20-02-2017 08:54
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperForget Occupy Wall Street — tomorrow’s Wall Streeters are occupying Brooklyn.Hundreds of Brooklyn Law School students and faculty rallied against President Trump’s immigration policies Downtown on Thursday night, and it wasn’t just the do-gooding ones, either — even the corporate lawyers of tomorrow showed up to pledge their services in the fight.
  “Some study
  
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• How often have athletes snubbed the White House?

  20-02-2017 08:11
  
  Presidents have been snubbed before, but a half-dozen players from the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots took it to another level by preemptively turning down an expected invitation from President Trump
  
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• Record All-Star: Davis scores 52, West tops East 192-182

  20-02-2017 06:33
  
  Anthony Davis had an All-Star Game for the record books
  
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• Up in smoke: Sunset Park marijuana dispensary snubbed, state officials say

  20-02-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyTalk about a pipe dream.Members of Community Board 7 voted 27-3-9 on Feb. 15 to support Napenthea LLC’s quest to score a state-issued license to sell medical marijuana in Sunset Park, but Albany is not considering the company for one of the five new permits it will hand out this summer, because the company did not rank high enough in the Department of Health’s evaluation, according to a rep from the state.“Nep
  
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• [SUNSET PARK] Up in smoke: Sunset Park marijuana dispensary snubbed, state officials say

  20-02-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperTalk about a pipe dream.Members of Community Board 7 voted 27-3-9 on Feb. 15 to support Napenthea LLC’s quest to score a state-issued license to sell medical marijuana in Sunset Park, but Albany is not considering the company for one of the five new permits it will hand out this summer, because the company did not rank high enough in the Department of Health’s evaluation, according to a rep from the state.“Nep
  
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• [SUNSET PARK] Activists besiege ‘traitor’ Hamilton for joining GOP-aligned bloc

  20-02-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperState Sen. Jesse Hamilton is a “McDemocrat” who has betrayed his constituents by aligning himself with senate Republicans, said a group of activists who besieged the local lawmaker outside a Sunset Park community meeting on Thursday.“We voted for Jesse as a Democrat and now he’s siding with Republicans and I’m incensed,” said Sunset Parker Johanna Coxeter. “He’s a Trojan Horse —
  
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• [NIGHTLIFE] County of kegs: New York City Beer Week stays in Brooklyn

  20-02-2017 06:00
  
  Brooklyn’s got buzz! Read more.
  
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• [MARINE PARK] Arrest in Kings Plaza hit-and-run

  20-02-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyCops cuffed a 25-year-old Flatbush man who allegedly hit two Flatlands residents with an unlicensed livery vehicle — killing one — near Kings Plaza in August.Police picked up the alleged perp for an unrelated traffic violation on Troy Avenue near Rutland Road at 7:50 am on Feb. 8. They took him into custody and charged him for driving without a license and an equipment violation, but when detectives questioned him, he
  
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• [LEAVES OF GRASS] Up in smoke: Sunset Park marijuana dispensary snubbed, state officials say

  20-02-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperTalk about a pipe dream.Members of Community Board 7 voted 27-3-9 on Feb. 15 to support Napenthea LLC’s quest to score a state-issued license to sell medical marijuana in Sunset Park, but Albany is not considering the company for one of the five new permits it will hand out this summer, because the company did not rank high enough in the Department of Health’s evaluation, according to a rep from the state.“Nep
  
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• [FLATBUSH] State Sen. Parker under fire for ‘accidentally’ voting to ban sanctuary cities

  20-02-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Alexandra SimonBrooklyn PaperHe went to a wedding, but didn’t mean to say “I do.”State Sen. Kevin Parker (D–Flatbush) is under fire over revelations that he voted in favor of a bill prohibiting cities from declaring “sanctuary” status for undocumented immigrants last summer. But the pol, who represents many immigrants in Flatbush and part of Kensington, is claiming it was just an accident — he was off officiating fr
  
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• [DINING] Room with a brew: Lineup brewing launches new beer and tasting spot in Sunset Park

  20-02-2017 06:00
  
  She’ll do the voodoo that she brews so well! Read more.
  
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• [DINING] Room with a brew: Lineup brewing launches new beer and tasting spot

  20-02-2017 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn DailyShe’ll do the voodoo that she brews so well!
  A Sunset Park brewer will launch her new taproom and a new stout beer called “Voodoo Juice” early next month with a party featuring free samples of the black brew. The opening party, in Industry City on March 4, comes at the end of New York City Beer Week, and the woman behind it says that she is excited to tap the first keg in front
  
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• [BAY RIDGE] Stairway to heck! Ridgites to city: ‘Fix dangerous steps’

  20-02-2017 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperCall it the stairway to hell.The city must repair a dilapidated, uneven staircase on 76th Street, Bay Ridgites are demanding. The Department of Transportation, which is responsible for maintaining the steps, claims it demolished and completely rebuilt them in 2014, but local leaders say that’s not true and now contend the walkway between Colonial Road and Ridge Boulevard poses a serio
  
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• [BAY RIDGE] Stairway to heck! Locals to city: ‘Fix dangerous steps’

  20-02-2017 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyCall it the stairway to hell.The city must repair a dilapidated, uneven staircase on 76th Street, Bay Ridgites are demanding. The Department of Transportation, which is responsible for maintaining the steps, claims it demolished and completely rebuilt them in 2014, but local leaders say that’s not true and now contend the walkway between Colonial Road and Ridge Boulevard poses a serio
  
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• [BAY RIDGE] Ridgites to city: ‘Fix dangerous steps’

  20-02-2017 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperCall it the stairway to hell.The city must repair a dilapidated, uneven staircase on 76th Street, Bay Ridgites are demanding. The Department of Transportation, which is responsible for maintaining the steps, claims it demolished and completely rebuilt them in 2014, but local leaders say that’s not true and now contend the walkway between Colonial Road and Ridge Boulevard poses a serio
  
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• [BAY RIDGE] Locals to city: ‘Fix dangerous steps’

  20-02-2017 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyCall it the stairway to hell.The city must repair a dilapidated, uneven staircase on 76th Street, Bay Ridgites are demanding. The Department of Transportation, which is responsible for maintaining the steps, claims it demolished and completely rebuilt them in 2014, but local leaders say that’s not true and now contend the walkway between Colonial Road and Ridge Boulevard poses a serio
  
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• The Latest: Davis breaks Wilt's record, West wins 197-182

  20-02-2017 04:57
  
  Anthony Davis scored an All-Star game record 52 points in his home arena, and the Western Conference squad defeated the East 192-182 on Sunday night
  
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