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• Bishop Thomas Daily, controversial leader of the Brooklyn Archdiocese for 13 years, dies at 89

  17-05-2017 21:37
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.Courtesy of the Archdiocese of Brooklyn and QueensBrooklyn PaperRetired Bishop Thomas Daily, the Bishop Emeritus of the Brooklyn Archdiocese, whose legacy included fund-raising triumphs, a highly publicized clash with a governor over abortion, and the taint of pedophile priest scandals in two dioceses, died on May 15 at age 89.Daily died at the Bishop Mugavero Residence — named for Bishop Francis Mugavero, whom Daily replaced in 1990 — at the Immac
  
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• Your Ideal Week May 18-24, “Twin Peaks” is back

  17-05-2017 21:03
  
  At Sycamore’s 8th Annual Crawfish Boil on Saturday, you can dig into the traditional Louisiana fixins and benefit the Billion Oyster Project at the same time. Photo: Sycamore
  In no way do I want to discourage you from any of the fantastic events we’ve selected for this Ideal Week. And certainly, the most astounding drama of our time is unfolding in front of our eyes in the White House in ways pretty much no one could have ever imagined. However, I do feel like I need to point o
  
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• Costume Party: Marlene Dietrich

  17-05-2017 20:09 via bkmag.com
  
  Costume Party is a monthly column exploring fashion, personal style, and historical aesthetics in film.
  Later this month, Metrograph will be paying tribute to Marlene Dietrich, the German star whose ability to look striking in a tuxedo and top hat launched a thousand discussions on gender and power. The series at Metrograph features all of Dietrich’s starring roles in films by Josef von Sternberg, and in these films, she frequently appeared in costumes by Travis Banton, one of the great de
  
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• Bishop Thomas Daily, controversial leader the Brooklyn Archdiocese for 13 years, dies at 89

  17-05-2017 19:44
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.Courtesy of the Archdiocese of Brooklyn and QueensBrooklyn PaperRetired Bishop Thomas Daily, the Bishop Emeritus of the Brooklyn Archdiocese, whose legacy included fund-raising triumphs, a highly publicized clash with a governor over abortion, and the taint of pedophile priest scandals in two dioceses, died May 15 at age 89.Daily died on at the Bishop Mugavero Residence — named for Bishop Francis Mugavero, whom Daily replaced in 1990 — at the Immac
  
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• The Yard Showcases Local Artists At New Locations

  17-05-2017 18:56 via bkmag.com
  
  The Yard, a revolutionary shared office space, is showcasing a series of new artists across its Brooklyn, Manhattan and Philadelphia spaces. Through The Yard’s unique Art Program, locations feature rotating art galleries as well as permanent installations that provide a snapshot into the vibrant, diverse culture of these neighborhoods and support local artists and the surrounding community. The workspaces not only serve as art galleries but also create communities that bring continuous ins
  
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• Ramp Spotting: Where to Find the Prized Wild Onions in Brooklyn

  17-05-2017 18:32 via bkmag.com
  
  Workaday onions and scallions don’t tend to generate furors of excitement like many types of produce. And yet, their wild, foraged brethren—ramps—are well known for whipping consumers into a veritable frenzy, creating runs on local farmers markets during their fleeting high-season of early to mid-spring. As such, any restaurant that manages to gets its hands on ramps becomes a de facto destination, like Brooklyn’s following, allium-blessed locales.
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• Runners, Take Your Mark: 9 Tips for Finishing the Airbnb Brooklyn Half Marathon this Weekend

  17-05-2017 18:15 via bkmag.com
  
  Are you running the Airbnb Brooklyn Half Marathon this weekend? If so, how did you do that! This year’s race sold out in 26 minutes, so exceptionally good on you if you had the fortune of getting a slot. This Saturday morning, you’ll join 27,000 other half marathoners in several starting corrals along the Brooklyn Museum, in preparation to run 13.1 miles around Prospect Park, down Ocean Parkway, and finally to the boardwalk on Coney Island, where you will find post race snacks,
  
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• Eccentric and Full of Anger: Reading Joan Didion’s South and West

  17-05-2017 18:03 via bkmag.com
  
  Last year, seemingly out of nowhere, an excerpt of Joan Didion’s notes from the Patty Hearst trial, for a piece she never completed, appeared in the New York Review of Books. It was a pleasant surprise, the gift of a passenger seat ride in Didion’s car. It also included a Didion-ism so incredible, so encapsulating that it rolls through my mind with a striking regularity:
  “By the time I started going to Hawaii the Royal Hawaiian was no longer the ‘best’ hotel in Hono
  
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• The Best Old Movies on a Big Screen This Week: NYC Repertory Cinema Picks, May 17-23

  17-05-2017 16:30 via bkmag.com
  
  Reservoir Dogs (1992)Directed by Quentin TarantinoTarantino’s revelatory gut-punch of a first feature, now 25 years old, has profoundly influenced crime movies. It established snappy dialogue on life’s banalities, 1970s nostalgia, extreme casual violence, vintage noir tribute, and foul-mouthed jokes as staples of the genre that endure to this day. The tone is set in the legendary pre-credit sequence, with the color-codenamed gang of veteran thieves eating at a diner. Mr. Pink (Buscem
  
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• Two thefts at Avenue U department store

  17-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Alexandra SimonBrooklyn Paper63rd PrecinctMarine Park—Mill Basin—Flatlands—Bergen BeachShopliftersThieves hit an Avenue U department store in two separate incidents this week.• Cops busted three women who they say stole merchandise from an Avenue U department store on May 2.Police say the trio entered the store between E. 55th Street and Flatbush Avenue around 4 pm and placed several items into a baby stroller. Cops picked up the wome
  
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• Sunset Parkers clash over Fourth Avenue bike lane

  17-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyThis is going to be an uphill battle.A panel of Sunset Parkers clashed over the city’s plan to connect the nabe with Downtown via a bike lane along Fourth Avenue — with some calling it “rolling gentrification,” and others hailing it for giving transportation-starved Southern Brooklynites more options — leaving locals grinding gears over whether the path is right for the nabe.
  “This is a huge
  
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• Red see! Billionaire’s yacht with ties to Vladimir Putin anchored in Gravesend Bay

  17-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperIt’s the tsar of the sea!A yacht owned by a Russian billionaire whose best friend and business partner is a confidant to Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been anchored in Gravesend Bay for more than a month — and floated there throughout President Trump’s first visit to the city since taking office.
  The vessel, Le Grand Bleu, was gifted to its Russian-born owner Eugene Shvidler — who made his fortun
  
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• Police: Drunk man drags roommate out of bed and chokes her

  17-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn Paper62nd PrecinctBensonhurst—Bath BeachDirty dancingPolice arrested a man for waking up a sleeping woman, dragging her out of bed, and choking her in her Bay Parkway apartment on May 2.The woman told police that she was sleeping in her home between 73rd and 74th streets when her drunk roommate woke her up at 3:30 am to dance with him. But when the woman waved him off he flew into a furry and dragged her out of bed by her hair
  
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• Kids learn about activism at Candman Plaza Park

  17-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Matt Johnfor Brooklyn PaperIt was their privilege to attend.One of the nation’s oldest social justice institutions brought parents and children together at Cadman Plaza Saturday to teach the younglings about the importance of speaking out.“This was a way for kids to learn what it means to have their voices heard in a group,” said Scott Chinn. who brought his wife, three-year-old son, and infant child to the Youth Empowerment March hosted b
  
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• Kids learn about activism at Cadman Plaza Park

  17-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Matt Johnfor Brooklyn PaperIt was their privilege to attend.One of the nation’s oldest social justice institutions brought parents and children together at Cadman Plaza Saturday to teach the younglings about the importance of speaking out.“This was a way for kids to learn what it means to have their voices heard in a group,” said Scott Chinn. who brought his wife, three-year-old son, and infant child to the Youth Empowerment March hosted b
  
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• Kids knock woman to the ground and try to rob her

  17-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn Paper88th PrecinctFort Greene–Clinton HillKnocked downA pair of punks bashed a woman before unsuccessfully trying to steal her purse on Myrtle Avenue on May 12.The 54-year-old victim told police she was walking near N. Portland Avenue at 7:30 pm when she noticed a group of six to eight kids sitting along the wall to Fort Greene Park. Then one of them ran towards her and struck her in the back of the head with an unknown object, mak
  
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• Keep the toxins, save the trees: Plan to save park in Fort Greene leaves poisons

  17-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperWhat a tree-limma!
  A long-shuttered Fort Greene park near the Brooklyn Academy of Music must not clean up all of its toxic soil if residents want to save its lavish collection of trees, an architect heading the green space’s makeover told members of Community Board 2’s Parks Committee meeting on Monday night.“There are a lot of existing trees in the park, their roots fill 80 percent of the park so we’ve been
  
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• Goats return to clean Prospect Park!

  17-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperThey’re baaaaa-ck!*Brooklyn’s Backyard celebrated the grand return of its four cloven-footed weed munchers on May 10, when a herd of goats who the Prospect Park Alliance hired to snack the summer away on grass, weeds, and even poison ivy returned to Prospect Park.The furry weed whackers are highly effective, non-toxic, and always come to work on time, according to Prospect Park Alliance Forestry Technician Alexandra Ker
  
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• Freed Prospect Park turtles living the good life in Prospect Park.

  17-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Matt Johnfor Brooklyn PaperIt’s turtles napping instead of turtle-nappings!The turtles of Prospect Park that were tagged and bagged (well, definitely bagged) by poachers earlier this month and later saved by good Brooklynites were happily sunning themselves this week with what seemed to be not a care in the world.Life had become hard as their shells two weeks back when witnesses spotted five women luring turtles into bags at Prospect Park. Four of the
  
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• Changing for good: Telecom star’s position switch shaped career

  17-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyShe’s found a home on the other side of the plate.High School of Telecommunication Arts & Technology softball standout Thalia Santiago first started playing when she was just 8-years-old, but the senior pitching star wasn’t always an ace on the mound. She had started her career as a catcher, but it didn’t take long for her to realize she needed to switch things up.It’s a decision she’s never regrett
  
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• Cable companies charge for old free TV

  17-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyBuyer beware again!In early April, I shared the saga of the duplicitous scams that credit card companies are playing. My daughter and I suffered through Macy’s fraudulent interest fee of two bucks on a paid-off balance, and my BFF Donna was charged a $2 fee for residual interest on a zero balance from a major bank card.
  Now I’m adding Fios to the list.
  Long ago, when TV was free, you had the basic channels — 2,
  
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• Brutes attack teen and swipe his Jordans and phone

  17-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn Daily61st PrecinctSheepshead Bay—Homecrest—
  Manhattan Beach—GravesendFresh kicksTwo rogues swiped a teen’s sneakers and cellphone as he was walking home on E. 13th Street on May 8, police said.The 19-year-old victim told police he was near Avenue X at about 12:45 am when one of the jerks punched him in the face and the other grabbed his neck.
  The baddies forced him to hand over his Jordan sneakers and Samsung Ga
  
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• Brute attacks and robs old friend in reunion gone wrong

  17-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn Paper60th PrecinctConey Island—Brighton Beach—SeagateScummy old chumA brute robbed an old friend he was reconnecting with on Cropsey Avenue on May 8.The victim told police that he was meeting an old friend at his apartment near Bay 47th Street at 11 pm. But when the man let his old buddy into his apartment, he was greeted with, “What would you do if I went through your pockets?” according to a police report.
  
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• Bishop Thomas Daily, controversioal leader the Brooklyn Archdiocese for 13 years, dies at 89

  17-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.Courtesy of the Archdiocese of Brooklyn and QueensBrooklyn PaperBY JAMES HARNEYRetired Bishop Thomas Daily, the Bishop Emeritus of the Brooklyn Archdiocese, whose legacy included fund-raising triumphs, a highly publicized clash with a governor over abortion, and the taint of pedophile priest scandals in two dioceses, died May May 15 at age 89.Daily died on at the Bishop Mugavero Residence — named for Bishop Francis Mugavero, whom Daily replaced in 1990 &
  
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• Bike bandit rides off with two-wheeler chained up on Fifth Avenue

  17-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn Paper78th PrecinctPark Slope
  Fix is inA thief rode off with a man’s fixed gear bike he left chained on Fifth Avenue on April 30.The victim told police he locked his bike to a rack near Park Place at 9 am, and returned the following day to find his ride stolen.ShutterbugCops are hunting the alleged perv suspected of impersonating a photographer in order to snap shots of underage girls.The victim, who lives on Carlton Avenue between
  
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• Better with baseball: Bergen beach duo revive youth league

  17-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Matthew JohnBrooklyn DailyBergen Beach baseball, by any other name, is now the Brooklyn Bandits.A youth baseball league in a neighborhood near the southeastern tip of borough had been steadily losing popularity — and enrollment — in recent years, until last year, when local coaches Frank Cappiello and Carlos Zafra got involved. The duo decided to breathe new life into the declining loop, to provide fresh opportunities for young players in the co
  
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• Red sea! Billionaire’s yacht with ties to Vladimir Putin anchored in Gravesend Bay

  17-05-2017 02:06
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperIt’s the tsar of the sea!A yacht owned by a Russian billionaire whose best friend and business partner is a confidant to Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been anchored in Gravesend Bay for more than a month — and floated there throughout President Trump’s first visit to city since taking office.
  The vessel, Le Grand Bleu, was gifted to its Russian-born owner Eugene Shvidler — who made his fortune in
  
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• descriptions of Twin Peaks' first eight episodes revealed ++ new cast pics

  17-05-2017 00:57
  
  The episode descriptions are very 'Twin Peaks.'
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