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• Movies @ the Library: Spirited Away

  30-03-2017 23:24
  Tuesday, April 11, 2017 2:00 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterA wondrous fantasy about a young girl, Chihiro, trapped in a strange new world of spirits.  When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call on the courage she never knew she had to free herself and return her family to the outside world. (2001, Hayao Miyazaki; 125 minutes, PG)
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• Movies @ the Library: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

  30-03-2017 23:24
  Wednesday, April 12, 2017 2:00 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterIn 1926 New York, something mysterious is leaving a path of destruction that threatens to expose the wizarding community.  When someone accidentally lets out some magical beasts, a band of unlikely heroes must recover them before they come to harm, but their task puts them on a collision course with Dark forces.  (2016, David Yates; 133 minutes, PG-13)
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• Movies @ the Library: Babe: Pig in the City

  30-03-2017 23:24
  Thursday, April 13, 2017 2:00 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterThe sequel to the film about a sheep herding pig.  This time, Babe, Ferdy the duck, and Mrs. Hoggett go on a crusade into the midst of a large city where, despite incredible obstacles, they’re able to turn enemies into friends, raise enough money to save the farm, and combine two worlds into one.  Once again, it’s Babe’s kind and steady heart that achieves the miracles. (1998, George Miller; 97 minutes, G)
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• Boston Symphony's new season to highlight Leonard Bernstein

  30-03-2017 23:00
  
  The Boston Symphony Orchestra is rehearsing for a new season that will highlight the late composer Leonard Bernstein
  
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• Ex-Power Ranger sentenced to 6 years in fatal stabbing

  30-03-2017 22:44
  
  A former actor who played one of television's "Power Rangers" was sentenced to six years in prison for stabbing his roommate to death with a sword two years ago
  
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• Cosby prosecutors seek to use talk of quaaludes, Spanish fly

  30-03-2017 22:21
  
  Prosecutors hoping to use Bill Cosby's explosive deposition testimony about getting quaaludes to give women in his sexual-assault trial also want to use references he made about trying to slip women the aphrodisiac Spanish fly
  
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• Amnesty International worried about El Chapo jail conditions

  30-03-2017 22:11
  
  Amnesty International says it's worried about how U.S. jailers are treating Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman
  
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• Ex-Power Ranger sentenced to 6 years for fatal stabbing

  30-03-2017 22:04
  
  A former actor who played one of television's "Power Rangers" has been sentenced to six years in prison for stabbing his roommate to death with a sword
  
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• Missing 'La La Land'? 'The Greatest Showman' is coming

  30-03-2017 21:57
  
  'City of Stars' might still be stuck in your head, but the Oscar-winning 'La La Land' songwriting duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul have another big screen musical on the horizon: "The Greatest Showman" starring Hugh Jackman as P.T. Barnum
  
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• Review: Dazzling 'Ghost in the Shell' is lost in translation

  30-03-2017 21:37
  
  Film Review: Rupert Sanders' remake of Mamoru Oshii's 1995 influential anime classic, from the original Japanese manga comics is a dazzling dystopia
  
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• Jennifer Lawrence is a sultry ballerina spy in 'Red Sparrow'

  30-03-2017 21:18
  
  Jennifer Lawrence is a Russian ballerina turned seductive spy in "Red Sparrow." 20th Century Fox on Thursday debuted a first look at the international espionage thriller at CinemaCon from Lawrence's "Hunger Games" director Frances Lawrence
  
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• 'Alien: Covenant' clips are the stuff nightmares are made of

  30-03-2017 20:59
  
  Ridley Scott knows how to scare us, and he's been doing it for over 40 years
  
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• Former 'Top Model' contestant among Houston shooting victims

  30-03-2017 20:16
  
  One of the four people wounded in a shooting in Houston that also killed two victims was a former contestant on "America's Next Top Model" and the sister of one of the men who died
  
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• With 'Formation' and 'Black Beatles,' Mike WiLL has made it

  30-03-2017 20:03
  
  Mike WiLL Made-It has really made it after the Atlanta-based producer saw major success last year by co-producing Beyonce's massive hit "Formation" and laying down the track for Rae Sremmurd's No. 1 hit "Black Beatles."
  
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• Poet files copyright lawsuit against Insane Clown Posse

  30-03-2017 19:32
  
  An Ohio man says Detroit rap-metal group the Insane Clown Posse and member Joseph Bruce used a poem he wrote without his consent
  
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• Sasheer Zamata finds her voice away from 'SNL' in new show

  30-03-2017 19:25
  
  The Associated Press sat down with Sasheer Zamata, the 30-year-old comedian from "Saturday Night Live," to ask about her special, her sketch skills and whether she puts any limits on her comedy
  
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• Roger Daltrey: 'Dead dog' would have beaten Hillary Clinton

  30-03-2017 19:08
  
  Roger Daltrey says "a dead dog" would have beaten Hillary Clinton in the U.S. presidential election
  
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• Lost in Translation: Ghost in the Shell

  30-03-2017 19:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Ghost in the ShellDirected by Rupert SandersOpens March 31
  Stop me if you’ve heard this one: There’s this semi-robot person in a world of vast and advanced technology, yet she senses a hollowness in her identity. Some of her creators fancy her a weapon, while her flashes of memory indicate that maybe she was once something more, or less. That nagging familiarity isn’t not just that Ghost in the Shell has already been made into a celebrated and piece of anime. It’s the way
  
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• Fiancee of ex-NFL star testifies in his double-murder trial

  30-03-2017 17:59
  
  The fiancee of ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez has testified in his double-murder trial that she learned to keep her mouth shut and "not to ask any questions" in certain situations
  
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• US hits 'Beatles' cell member, 6 more with terror sanctions

  30-03-2017 17:50
  
  The United States is imposing sanctions on seven people for allegedly supporting the Islamic State group or al-Qaida, including a member of the IS cell dubbed "The Beatles."
  
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• You Really Should Be Listening To ‘S-Town’

  30-03-2017 17:43 via bkmag.com
  
  Flash yourself back to the Fall of 2014. Try to remember the visceral reaction you had to the first time you heard Serial, the podcast from journalist Sarah Koenig, Ira Glass, and the rest of the team behind NPR’s This American Life. A week-by-week mystery, the podcast gained steam each week; by the time it ended, it was a sensation, being spoofed by the likes of SNL, and becoming the most successful and popular podcast of all time.
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• 'Vicious Circle' by C.J. Box rings with emotional resonance

  30-03-2017 17:39
  
  Book Review: "Vicious Circle" by C.J. Box is a compelling tale that rings with emotional resonance
  
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• Review: In 'The Boss Baby,' it's clear who wears the diapers

  30-03-2017 17:33
  
  Film Review: The casting of Alec Baldwin as snarling, soulless title character in 'The Boss Baby' is funny indeed but seems somewhat outsized in this sweet film, overpowering its understated humor and terrific, realistic animation
  
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• Girlhood in Clinton Hill: All This Panic

  30-03-2017 17:23 via bkmag.com
  
  All This PanicDirected by Jenny GageOpens March 31 at IFC Center
  A teenage dream: that someone will follow you around with a movie camera, coaxing out your most sensitive and insightful innermost thoughts, giving your dramas the scope and flair of cinema, for an audience that will eventually marvel at how interesting you are, how simultaneously unique and universal. Now—as relieved as you are that no one actually made a movie of your transition from high school to college, be equally glad
  
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• Acclaimed and off-beat magazine The Believer has new owner

  30-03-2017 17:13
  
  A highly praised and proudly off-beat literary magazine, where contributors have ranged from Nick Hornby and Anne Carson to Daniel Handler and Leslie Jamison, is changing ownership
  
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• tix on sale for LCD Soundsystem's five-show Brooklyn Steel run

  30-03-2017 17:04
  
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• When (Literary) Stars Align: The Faces of the National Book Critics Circle Awards Winners

  30-03-2017 17:01 via bkmag.com
  
  In a conversation with writer and editor Manjula Martin for her book, Scratch: Writers, Money and the Art of Making a Living, Jonathan Franzen spoke candidly about why visibility matters in the literary world.
  “When USA Today, does its annual tiresome ‘What is life in the culture now?’ spread and they list ten TV shows and fifteen websites and five Twitter feeds and a couple of music acts, and there’s not a single fiction writer on the list? It’s bad for the communi
  
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• The Boo Radleys' Martin Carr shares anti Brexit/Trump song "Gold Lift"; Pitchfork throwing Britpop party in NYC

  30-03-2017 16:51
  
  "We get screwed if we stay or we leave / they won't be happy till we pay for the air we breathe," Carr sings on the sprightly, funky tune that recalls the '80s heyday of Paul Weller's decidedly socialist group The Style Council.
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• Culture essentials for April

  30-03-2017 16:41
  
  April, you’re a month of continual torment. We’re all so ready to be outside–to celebrate Prospect Park’s 150th birthday, to stroll through the otherworldly beauty of the cherry blossoms in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden during the Sakura Matsuri Festival, and let down our hair and break out our tambourines for Earth Day, which takes on a more serious and urgent mission this year, all hippie jokes aside.
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• A Sneak Peek at Smorgasburg’s Newest Spaghetti Donut and Meatless Musubi-Serving Vendors

  30-03-2017 16:40 via bkmag.com
  
  The return of Smorgasburg is as sure a sign of spring as crocuses poking from the ground. And the season officially kicks off this weekend at a range of locations (East River State Park, Prospect Park and DUMBO’s Pearl Plaza) as well as with a new school of vendors, all angling to become the next People’s Pops, Yuji Ramen or Mighty Quinn’s. So steel your stomachs and stuff your wallets, for lamb gyro dumplings, churro ice cream sandwiches and fried chicken bao from a membe
  
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• The Jealous Sound are no more, members form Racquet Club

  30-03-2017 16:26
  
  The Jealous Sound's Blair Shehan and Bob Penn have formed a new band with Samiam's Sergie Loobkoff (who also plays with Blair in Knapsack) and Ian Smith.
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• Michael J. Fox speaks out against cutting health care

  30-03-2017 16:26
  
  Michael J. Fox is speaking out on efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act and cut Medicare
  
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• Electric Zoo 2017 phase one lineup

  30-03-2017 16:25
  The NYC EDM festival returns to Randall's Island on Labor Day Weekend. Headliners include DJ Snake, Above & Beyonce, deadmau5 and Eric Prydz.
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• stream Matthew Logan Vasquez's new song "Old Ways"

  30-03-2017 15:55
  
  The Delta Spirit frontman's tour picks back up tonight.
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• The Feelies made a video for "Flag Days," add third Rough Trade show

  30-03-2017 15:35
  
  "Flag Days" is from The Feelies new album 'In Between.'
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• Basket-bawl: LeBron featured as crying baby in new TV ad

  30-03-2017 15:25
  
  LeBron James having a laugh at his 'crybaby' reputation in new ad to debut at Final Four
  
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• Glastonbury 2017 lineup (Radiohead, Katy Perry, Foo Fighters, The National, Ride, Can Project, more)

  30-03-2017 14:47
  
  It was already revealed months ago that Radiohead would headline Glastonbury 2017, and today over 80 more acts were announced, including Phoenix, Run the Jewels, Alt-J, Future Islands, The Flaming Lips, The Avalanches, and more...
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• Reel Brooklyn: Last Exit to Brooklyn, Red Hook

  30-03-2017 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.
  They finally adapted Hubert Selby Jr.’s 1964 cult classic Last Exit to Brooklyn in 1989, after the nostalgia for the 1950s that began with George Lucas’s American Graffiti became calcified into dinosaur bone dust with the Reagan administration, and it still took a German production to make it happen. Selby’s notoriously foul, working-class
  
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• Evil Elsa? 'Frozen' producer reveals film's original ending

  30-03-2017 13:38
  
  "Frozen" may not have been a heartwarming tale of sisterly love if its creators stuck to the film's original planned ending
  
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• Britain's young royals promote conversation on mental health

  30-03-2017 13:36
  
  Prince William, his wife Kate and Prince Harry are spearheading a campaign to encourage people to talk openly about mental health issues
  
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• 'Happy Endings' star Adam Pally arrested on drug charges

  30-03-2017 12:18
  
  Actor Adam Pally has been arrested and charged with possession of cocaine and marijuana in New York
  
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• First Afghan women's orchestra tries to change attitudes

  30-03-2017 09:13
  
  Afghanistan's first all-female symphony is trying to change attitudes in a deeply conservative country where many see music as immoral, especially for women
  
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• Leonardo DiCaprio, Q-Tip bro it up at intimate showcase

  30-03-2017 08:52
  
  Longtime friends Leonardo DiCaprio and Q-Tip hung out at an intimate showcase for an Australian band making its New York City debut late Wednesday
  
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• Touré on tour: African rocker returns to Brooklyn

  30-03-2017 06:00
  
  Music: See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Alexandra SimonBrooklyn PaperGood golly, it’s Mali music!Malian guitarist and rock musician Vieux Farka Touré will launch his seventh album “Samba” with a concert in Fort Greene on April 6. The show is the first stop on his world tour, and the African artist says he is elated to return to Brooklyn — the site of his very first concert in the United States.“It has been a long time since I have played at a club in Br
  
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• Standing O is giving a loud and clear salute to Brooklyn Audiology Associates

  30-03-2017 06:00
  
  Standing O: See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyBay RidgeCan you hear me now?Kudos to Richard Kaner, founder and owner of Brooklyn Audiology Associates, on being recognized as a 10-year provider of the Lyric hearing device.
  Our pal Richard, a Fellow of the American Academy of Audiology, received the accolades at the Premier Elite meeting on March 2 in Illinois from Jan Metzdorff, president of Phonak, LLC, the manufacturer of Lyric.
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• Serial cellphone swiper sought

  30-03-2017 06:00
  
  Crime: See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyCops are searching for a sneak who has been menacing Southern Brooklyn, stealing cellphones, cash, and other electronics from numerous stores since February.
  The creep’s latest caper was on March 27 in Sunset Park when he clipped the lock on a security gate outside a Fifth Avenue store between 55th and 56th streets and swiped a few cellphones sometime between 5 am and later in the morning, according to authorities.Off
  
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• Loughlin grad takes the reins at Oklahoma State

  30-03-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyThe tears were unexpected, but understandable.
  When former Bishop Loughlin High School standout Mike Boynton stepped to the podium on March 27 for his first press conference as the new head coach of the Oklahoma State University men’s basketball team, he had planned to calmly, clearly share his early ideas for the future of the Cowboys’ program, and answer questions.But midway through his opening statement, Boynton choke
  
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• Looking up! Artist portrays Downtown skyscrapers with giant photos

  30-03-2017 06:00
  
  Art: Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperHe’s bringing his art to new heights!A Bushwick artist will unroll a series of enormous prints that portray the Brooklyn towers that have recently broken the borough’s height records. The “Highest and Best Use” series is part of the “Reconstruct” exhibit opening at Long Island University’s Selna Gallery on April 4, which examines changes to Bro
  
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• He’s on target

  30-03-2017 06:00
  
  Standing O: Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyBorough wideDallas Jones may be only 14 years old, but he surely has his eye on the mark. The archer has ranked nationally in the top three and this past February won the 2017 JOAD National Indoor Championships and the 48th US National Indoor Championship. Dallas is currently ranked No. 1 in the country’s cub division.This month he competed in the 2017 New York State Champi
  
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• Full of scrap! City expanding curbside composting to Williamsburg, Downtown, Southern Brooklyn

  30-03-2017 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperIt is the big stink!The city is dramatically expanding its curbside composting pickup program to vast new swathes of Brooklyn over the next year — including Downtown, Williamsburg, and most of Southern Brooklyn — and some local leaders are optimistic that residents will embrace the practice of stockpiling their rotting food scraps with glee.“I think it’s going to be a wel
  
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