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• Tony Gonzalez is joining Fox's NFL pregame show.

  10-05-2017 23:57
  
  Tony Gonzalez is joining Fox's NFL pregame show
  
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• Preds' postseason run has turned Music City into Smashville

  10-05-2017 23:33
  
  The Nashville Predators reaching the first Western Conference final in franchise history has spread hockey fever far beyond their arena and loyal fans
  
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• Wife of ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman dies in car crash

  10-05-2017 23:03
  
  The wife of longtime ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman has died in a traffic crash in Connecticut
  
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• Arizona radio station removes child pornography announcement

  10-05-2017 22:56
  
  An Arizona small town radio station owner has pulled a public service announcement off the air after drawing fire because it decries tough penalties for possession of child pornography and advises people how to try to hide potential evidence
  
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• Your Ideal Week: May 11-17, introducing Marlon Bundo

  10-05-2017 22:43
  
  This photo was the main story in the official White House email today. Really.
  Oh man, now what? Will we get an independent investigation? Are the impeachment gods finally smiling down upon us or are we one step closer to totalitarianism? Has anyone been seriously looking into the NYC secession option? Why are these the choices anyway? The sudden and indecorous firing of FBI Director James Comey yesterday has prompted a new cacophony of questions and speculation, and amidst it all it seems
  
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• Police: Passenger skips out on cab fare and pushes driver

  10-05-2017 22:30
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Julianne Cubafor Brooklyn Paper76th PrecinctCarroll Gardens-Cobble Hill–Red HookBad passenger
  Cops cuffed a guy for hopping out of a cab without paying for his ride and attacking the driver on Van Brunt Street on May 6.The 31-year-old passenger got out of the taxi near Hamilton Avenue at about 9:45 pm without paying his $43.30 fare, police said. When the driver confronted the passenger about it, he just started pushing, cursing, and grabbing him, acco
  
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• Burglar takes laptop and $3,000 from Lafayette Ave. apartment

  10-05-2017 22:30
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn Paper88th PrecinctFort Greene–Clinton HillCat burglar
  A burglar crept into a Lafayette Avenue building and stole a laptop and $3,000 while the resident was gone on May 6.The tenant came home to the apartment by Cumberland Street at 2:43 am and discovered her bed was thrown about and her computer and cash were missing, authorities said.CannedCops are hunting for two jerks who hurled a can at a man’s face on Fleet Walk on May 1
  
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• NBC to air 'Jesus Christ Superstar' live next Easter Sunday

  10-05-2017 21:55
  
  NBC is adding another live musical to its slate with "Jesus Christ Superstar." It's set to air on Easter Sunday 2018.
  
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• Weasel steals teen’s vapor oils

  10-05-2017 21:52
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn Daily61st PrecinctSheepshead Bay—Homecrest—
  Manhattan Beach—GravesendChill out!A weasel stole a teen’s bag of vapor oils he was trying to sell through social media on May 4, police said.The 13-year-old promoted the 11 bags of vapor oil worth $176 on the smartphone application Snapchat to sell them, and the jerk called him from a now-disconnected number to meet up near Nostrand Avenue and Avenue Z at about 6:25 p
  
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• The Latest: 'Perfect Storm' ship now part of artificial reef

  10-05-2017 21:25
  
  The ship made famous in the book and film "The Perfect Storm" is about to be intentionally sunk off the New Jersey and Delaware coasts so it can become part of an artificial reef
  
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• 'FEUD: Bette and Joan' Co-creator Michael Zam Tells All at Art of Brooklyn Film Festival

  10-05-2017 20:33
  
  'FEUD: Bette and Joan' co-creator and NYU instructor Michael Zam joins his former student, AoBFF Guest Festival Director Dave Chan, to talk about writing, pitching and producing FEUD on Saturday, June 10 6PM at St. Francis College. The 7th Annual Art of Brooklyn Film Festival runs June 3-11 in venues around Brooklyn with a full slate of screenings, panel discussions and filmmaker workshops.BROOKLYN - May 10, 2017 -- Screenwriter Michael Zam, NYU instructor and co-creator of F
  
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• Trump keeps low profile as Comey controversy churns

  10-05-2017 20:05
  
  President Donald Trump's surprise firing of FBI Director James Comey came as the typically spotlight-loving leader has been staying out of sight
  
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• The Scummy Manifesto

  10-05-2017 19:15 via bkmag.com
  
  ManifestoDirected by Julian RosefeldtOpens May 10 at Film Forum
  Why make a Manifesto? Why write a manifesto, for that matter? As a public declaration of aims, a manifesto can outline an artistic program, clarify the motives behind an artist’s work, or call out other artists, the rotten status quo, and the corrupt establishment. The authors may flout their own rules, produce impenetrable prose, and pick fights for the hell of it, but still, the manifesto provides for its contemporaries the
  
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• Rock nation? Dwayne Johnson considering run for White House

  10-05-2017 19:10
  
  Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is mulling over a run for president one day
  
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• Rat breaks into lockers at 86th St. gym

  10-05-2017 19:10
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn Paper68th PrecinctBay Ridge—Dyker HeightsLock pickA rat broke into two lockers at an 86th Street fitness center on May 7 — and swiped gym-goers’ belongings.A fitness enthusiast told police that he stored his wallet in one of the lockers at the gym between Fourth and Fifth avenues. But when he returned post-workout at noon, his wallet, stuffed with cash and bank cards, was gone, police said. The hungry raider prompt
  
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• Rapper Travis Scott designs special shirts for Rockets fans

  10-05-2017 18:19
  
  Rapper Travis Scott designs special shirts for Rockets fans attending Game 6 vs. Spurs
  
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• The Deep End: Bette Gordon’s The Drowning

  10-05-2017 17:30 via bkmag.com
  
  The Drowning (2017)Directed by Bette GordonOpens May 10 at IFC Center
  Based on Pat Barker’s dark novel Border Crossing, Bette Gordon’s ambitious psychological thriller The Drowning opens with an intentionally truncated (ergo enigmatic) scene in which psychiatrist Tom Seymour (Josh Charles), on a romantic seaside walk with his wife Lauren (Julia Stiles), saves a young man, Danny Miller, from drowning himself in a river. As they thrash in the water, Danny seems sadly resistant, Tom nob
  
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• Review: Rogue + Jaye debut 'Pent Up' is graceful, expressive

  10-05-2017 17:28
  
  Music Review: Zach Rogue and Courtney Jaye express themselves just fine on their debut, sprinkling "Pent Up" with a little indie dust over a graceful mix of pop, country and folk
  
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• A Guide to Mother’s Day Brunch in Brooklyn

  10-05-2017 17:16 via bkmag.com
  
  It’s practically impossible to chip away at the lifetime debt we owe our moms—making Mother’s Day just another one of the 365 days she deserves our unadulterated thanks.  Still, if you’re going to make reparations this coming Sunday (May 14th), they might as well involve unlimited mimosas at one of Brooklyn’s best brunch spots.
  Yellow Magnolia Café
  Membership is required for entrance to Rob Newton’s Brooklyn Botanic Garden-situated boite, but why n
  
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• Rascal Flatts look to young songwriters for big hits

  10-05-2017 16:32
  
  On their 10th studio album, Rascal Flatts relies on young singers and songwriters to keep their music sounding fresh, but also age appropriate
  
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• Wife of ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman dies in crash

  10-05-2017 16:30
  
  The wife of longtime ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman has died in a traffic crash in Connecticut
  
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• Outcry over Netflix films prompts Cannes to change rules

  10-05-2017 16:21
  
  After a backlash over programming Netflix films, the Cannes Film Festival says it will, beginning next year, only accept theatrically released films for its prestigious Palme d'Or competition
  
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• Yale professor discusses best-selling book 'On Tyranny'

  10-05-2017 16:08
  
  Yale University professor Timothy Snyder was so alarmed by Donald Trump's election that he posted a list on Facebook of "20 Lessons from the 20th Century on How to Survive in Trump's America."
  
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• The Best Old Movies on a Big Screen This Week: NYC Repertory Cinema Picks, May 10-16

  10-05-2017 15:22 via bkmag.com
  
  Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)Directed by David LynchOne of the many positive effects of the impending return of Twin Peaks to the television airwaves is in bringing—on its 25th-anniversary year, no less—Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me back into wider public consciousness, thus opening it up to the reassessment it so richly deserves after its lackluster reception back in 1992. Naturally, David Lynch being the uncompromisingly idiosyncratic auteur that he is, the opening half-hour
  
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• Hillary Clinton to speak at book publishing convention

  10-05-2017 15:15
  Hillary Clinton will speak June 1 at BookExpo, the industry's annual national gathering, convention officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday
  
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• Macron presides over quickening collapse of French politics

  10-05-2017 15:05
  
  The disintegration of France's political landscape following the presidential election victory of Emmanuel Macron is picking up speed by the day
  
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• Breaking Up: The Objects We Save from the Fire

  10-05-2017 15:00 via bkmag.com
  
  I hadn’t been home in over a week, and during that time a new cook at the restaurant downstairs had left the gas on overnight and turned our entire apartment building—brand new baby on the top floor and all—into a giant stack of matches just begging for a spark. Another near tragedy happened, too: My golden banana had broken.
  The night of my return, I slowed my pace from the subway, acknowledging the extra springtime hour of light against the chocolate brownstones and hoping th
  
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• Vanessa Redgrave turns director with documentary at Cannes

  10-05-2017 12:50
  
  Vanessa Redgrave makes her directing debut with "Sea Sorrow," a highly personal documentary about the migrant crisis that is set to premiere at this month's Cannes Film Festival
  
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• Taos to honor late actor Dennis Hopper with motorcycle rally

  10-05-2017 11:05
  
  The town of Taos is celebrating the life of the late actor and former resident Dennis Hopper
  
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• AP WAS THERE, Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Clinton apologized

  10-05-2017 09:08
  
  AP WAS THERE: In 1997, then-President Clinton apologized over mistreatment of black men in the "Tuskegee Syphilis Study"
  
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• Colbert welcomes fellow 'Daily Show' alums to 'Late Show'

  10-05-2017 07:24
  
  It was a rare TV reunion Tuesday as Stephen Colbert played host to a gang of fellow "Daily Show" alums on a special edition of CBS' "The Late Show."
  
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• Zhang Yimou says 'Great Wall' story may have been too weak

  10-05-2017 07:23
  
  Zhang Yimou says the disappointing U.S. performance of the biggest budget China-U.S. co-production to date, "The Great Wall," may have been down to a weak story
  
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• Yeehaw! Ridge senior center hosts square dance

  10-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyIt was a real hoedown!Area oldsters donned their western duds for a square-dancing shindig at the Fort Hamilton Senior Center on May 6. Locals packed the joint for the rollicking folk jamboree that put a spring back in some senior’s steps, said one party animal.
  “It was fantastic. It was one of the best events we ever had,” said Bay Ridgite Connie Quinn, who is 89-years-young. “I haven’t been to on
  
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• Thief swipes woman’s pricey gold necklace from her hotel room

  10-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn Paper84th PrecinctBrooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–DowntownHotel heist
  A thief stole a woman’s expensive necklace she left in her Schermerhorn Street hotel room while she went out for the day on April 30.The lady left her 14-karat gold yellow metal necklace with a Virgin Mary inside her hotel room between Bond and Hoyt streets and returned around 3 pm to find it was missing, according to a report.Came up short
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• Teaching young kids is hard work

  10-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyOne of the reasons that my daughter decided to try substitute teaching was to figure out if she actually wanted to be a teacher. And if so, what grades and what subjects best suited to her.
  Since she did not take education as an undergraduate degree, she never had an opportunity to student-teach, so this subbing is a great way for her to learn and decide if she wants to do this as a life-long career. And lets face it, teaching i
  
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• Swimmers demand buoys to ward off scofflaw jet skiers

  10-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperTalk about troubled waters.
  Officials must float buoys off the shores of Coney Island and Brighton Beach to help law enforcement crackdown on scofflaw jet skiers terrorizing swimmers, demand locals who say the wave-ripping thrill seekers endanger bathers by cruising to close to the shore, and the bright-red buoys would give seafaring lawmen more fodder to catch the slippery culprits.
  “Some people rent jet skis and they ma
  
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• Sneak picks lock and takes off with meds and thousands in cash

  10-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn Paper62nd PrecinctBensonhurst—Bath BeachLock pickA crafty thief crept into a woman’s 16th Avenue apartment and picked the lock on her cabinet, making off with cash and pills, on April 29.The woman discovered the busted lock in her apartment between 86th Street and Benson Avenue at noon and told police that she believes it was her grandson, according to a police report.The raider made off with $3,000 in US dollars and $1,
  
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• Playing the ace: Xaverian star lifts Clippers to win over Prep

  10-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Community News Group/Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyHe found his rhythm, and dismissed the blues.Xaverian pitcher Nicholas DeSalvo struggled on the mound early on this spring, but the Clippers’ senior standout finally hit his stride on May 4, lifting his squad to a 2–1 victory over St. Francis Prep.“I was really struggling with my fastball at first,” said DeSalvo, who recently committed to Long Island University. “So I started working w
  
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• Pint-sized scientists show off their experiments!

  10-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyChildren are the future — of science!Budding young Marie Curies and Albert Einsteins showed off their school science experiments — which are surely bringing human civilization ever closer to being overrun by robots — at District 22’s Science Expo at the Carmine Carro Center in Marine Park on May 5. One fourth grader programmed a robot that might one day absolve her of her chores around the house, said her b
  
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• Odd men in! Dudes compete in first Mr. Coney Island Pageant

  10-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperThey’re looking for the right Mister!Seven bawdy kings of the circus ring, the art world, and burlesque stage will compete for a spot among Coney Island royalty at the first ever Mister Coney Island Pageant next weekend. The risque revue, at Sideshows at the Seashore on May 13, will feature anything-goes performances that will keep pageant-goers on the edge of their seats, said the organizer of the spangled spectacle.
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• Neighbors pour mystery goo outside woman’s window

  10-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn Paper78th PrecinctPark Slope
  Mystery goo!A woman called the cops on her upstairs neighbor for continuously pumping “unknown liquids” out the window of their Prospect Place apartment.The Park Slope resident told police that her neighbors vented the mysterious fluids out the window of their home between Caton and Vanderbilt avenues at 8 am on April 17, and claims she’s got two witnesses to back up her claims.The victim&r
  
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• Hometown star: Cosmos midfielder relishing opportunity on and off field

  10-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.New York CosmosBrooklyn DailyThere’s no place like home — even for a soccer star.
  New York Cosmos midfielder Salvatore Barone was a collegiate standout at St. Francis, and is now looking to make an impact for his hometown professional squad.
  Barone — Brooklyn born and bred — simply wants to do right by his borough.
  “This is a chance to be able to stay close to home and that’s really amazing for me because that’s someth
  
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• Garden apartment! Atlantic Yards condo building offering terrace farm amenity

  10-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperIt’s farm to condo!Residents of a Prospect Heights tower can sow their own veggies and herbs in plots on an eighth floor terrace equipped with everything green thumbs need to harvest their next meal, including a fully powered sun.
  “The sun exposure is nearly all day and so it’s just a great place to have this sort of amenity,” said Ashley Cotton, who is the executive vice president of external affairs at Fore
  
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• Design by BKLYN: Artisans show off their wares at 15th annual fest

  10-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren Gillfor Brooklyn PaperIt was a design fest!Artisans, craftsmen, designers, and architects young and old gathered at the Brooklyn Expo Center from May 5 to May 7 for the 15th Annual BKLYN Design fair, showcasing their works for a enthusiastic crowd eager to see what the next big (or little) thing to come out of the borough will be.The event provided emerging designers and well-known brands a showcase for their products while offeringattendees exhibits
  
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• Clean machine! Slope homeless shelter to get mobile showers

  10-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperTalk about a hot shower!A Park Slope soup kitchen will provide hot showers to the homeless next year now that locals have voted to use tax dollars to pay for a mobile cleaning stations, where those needing a good scrub can get washed up before they fill their bellies — a win-win according to backers of the plan.
  “It will be really cool to be able to provide this to our soup kitchen guests and give them a little bit of di
  
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• Bruiser smashes man over the head with flower pot

  10-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn Paper60th PrecinctConey Island—Brighton Beach—SeagateGone to potA goon smashed a man over the head with a flower pot on Oceanview Avenue near Highland Avenue on May 2.The victim told police that he has been feuding with a buddy who owes him money. He received a text at 1 am to go out into the hallway of his apartment building where his friend was waiting for him with two other men, according to a police report. Once the
  
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• Brooklyn Republican Rep. Dan Donovan votes against American Health Care Act

  10-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By James HarneyBrooklyn PaperHe took the “local.”When push came to shove, Rep. Dan Donovan — Brooklyn’s lone Republican Congressman — bucked his party last week and voted against the American Health Care Act, thecontroversial replacement for the Affordable Care Act that was a signature issue for President Trump. Asked why he took such a political risk, Donovan used the word “local” more than once.“All policy is l
  
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• Beastie Boys fans celebrate Adam Yauch at Brooklyn Heights park

  10-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperIt was a banner MCA-Day.Beastie Boys fans gathered in Adam Yauch Park in Brooklyn Heights on Saturday to honor the late emcee during the sixth annual get-together in the rapper’s home neighborhood. Admirers have been crowding into the park each year to mark the anniversary of the wordsmith and human rights activists’ death by listening to his rhymes and enjoying the park of his namesake, and this year was no different.
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• Barrels of fun! Coney Islanders paint Boardwalk trash cans

  10-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyIt was a barrel of laughs!
  Coney Islanders painted trash barrels funky with seascapes to brighten up the Boardwalk on May 6. Families transformed 300 curvy canvases into vibrant portraits of the nabe’s amusement district, and let locals make their mark on the People’s Playground, said one budding artist.
  “It’s like your own little piece of the boardwalk,” said Coney Islander Hector Rios, who painte
  
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• Adorable! Slope Library celebrates opening of adorable reading garden with adorable kids

  10-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperThe Park Slope branch of the Brooklyn Public Library celebrated the long-awaited opening of an outdoor garden on Saturday.Councilman Brad Lander [D–Park Slope] marked the occasion by cutting a ribbon of flowers with help from a few precocious tots, and the occasion — like the garden itself — was adorable, according to the lawmaker.“The garden itself is super, super cute, a really very joyful public space, an
  
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