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• 'The Macaulay Culkin Show' putting on one last show at Shea Stadium

  26-05-2017 22:47
  
  It could be your last chance to go to Shea and the lineup includes Dave Hill, Jo Firestone, Connor O'Malley, Joe Pera, Josh Gondelman, and many more.Continue reading…
  
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• Life of Agony played Starland & Irving (pics & setlist), off to Europe (dates)

  26-05-2017 21:56
  
  Check out pictures and the setlist from NYC, and upcoming European dates.Continue reading…
  
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• Sasheer Zamata playing live, but left SNL (like Vanessa Bayer & Bobby Moynihan)

  26-05-2017 21:19
  
  Sasheer has at least two Brooklyn gigs coming up, but will no longer be seen on Saturday Night Live.Continue reading…
  
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• Against Me! covered The Mountain Goats (watch), streaming RSD 7″

  26-05-2017 21:02
  
  Against Me! played a house show for Apple Music's House of Strombos video series, including a cover of The Mountain Goats "The Best Ever Death Metal Band In Denton." The two new songs off their Record Store Day 7" are now available to stream, as well.
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• Vision Festival: 2017 lineup, schedule & tickets

  26-05-2017 20:14
  
  The Vision Festival has been celebrating boundary-pushing free jazz (not to mention art, poetry, film and other forms) for more than two decades, and the 22nd edition takes place May 28 - June 3...
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• UK crust punks Doom touring the US this summer

  26-05-2017 19:41
  
  Influential crust punks Doom, who still have Bri Doom and Stick from their initial run as a band and longtime bassist Scoot, are returning to the US this year...
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• Whitney played Brooklyn Steel, covered 'Golden Girls' theme (full video, pics, setlist)

  26-05-2017 19:24
  
  You can watch Whitney's whole Brooklyn Steel show.
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• Cool Ghouls clown around in new video, on tour now

  26-05-2017 18:38
  
  San Francisco's Cool Ghouls, who channel their city's classic Haight-Ashbury scene with great flair and melody, are currently on tour...
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• Assault and bat-tree! Cars bruised by rogue branches in Park Slope and Windsor Terrace

  26-05-2017 18:38
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperTheir bark is worse than their bite!
  Trees in Windsor Terrace and Park Slope brutally attacked two innocent motor vehicles in separate assaults during rainstorms that drenched Kings County this week.The first incident occurred in Windsor Terrace on Third Street between Greenwood Avenue and Fort Hamilton Parkway on May 22 at 3 pm, when the branch of a large tree snapped and plummeted onto a parked Honda, according to legendary lensm
  
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• Clean up or pay up! Gowanus polluters threatened with penalties for delaying canal cleanse

  26-05-2017 18:36
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperIt’s time to pay the piper.The Environmental Protection Agency will start issuing penalties to polluters who continue to stall the Gowanus Canal cleanup, said the man in charge of the cleanse at Tuesday night’s monthly community advisory group meeting.
  “I’ve worked for a long time with them and it’s come to the point where we mean business,” said Christos Tsiamis, the agency’s project manage
  
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• Why Does Memorial Day Weekend Rule So Much?

  26-05-2017 17:29 via bkmag.com
  
  We can all collectively rejoice and take a deep breath, because one of the best weekends of the year, objectively, has finally arrived in its 2017 form. It’s a weekend sure to be filled with hard chilling, whether that be at parties, with friends, outside, inside, or all of the above. It marks the start of summer, and also one of a few days a year to fully commit to celebrating this country that we call home and all of the veterans who fought for it. But, the question remains: wh
  
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• Towering animal sculptures take over B’Bridge Plaza

  26-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Matt Johnfor Brooklyn PaperOctopus and orangutan and eagle — oh my!
  Twenty-four foot likenesses of the a mollusc, a great ape, and a bird of prey towered over a paved section of Brooklyn Bridge Park last weekend as part of a temporary exhibit, and one Brooklyn Heights resident who witnessed the larger-than-life critters said they stopped her in her tracks.
  “The sculptures powered over me. They were spectacular,” said Alison Blackman. &ldqu
  
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• Time to relax in the Ridge

  26-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyBay Ridge is gearing up to stay put!
  Memorial Day weekend is here, and we suggest spending your extra-long break from work on a leisurely staycation right here in Brooklyn’s best neighborhood, where there are plenty of sights and new spots to visit.Kick off your weekend with a relaxing stroll along Fifth Avenue for the Storefront Art Walk (Fifth Avenue between 68th and 83rd streets), featuring the work of 15painters, phot
  
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• Tech it out! City Tech debuts new facility Downtown

  26-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Matthew Johnfor Brooklyn PaperGive them a round of app-lause!
  New York City College of Technology opened a new facility on May 19 at which students are taught how to use software to develop new apps and other tech training — a positive addition to the college’s curriculum, according students.
  “I benefit greatly from it,” said Shanardo Sharpe, a City University of New York employee enrolled in the program. “I believe that it wil
  
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• Stepping up: Poly junior lift Blue Devils to semi win

  26-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyHe just kept throwing.Poly Prep junior pitcher Ethan Ehrenberg didn’t worry about how tired he was, or if anyone got on base, he simply kept throwing, and lifted the Blue Devils to a 3–0 victory over Riverdale in the Ivy League semis on Tuesday. He tossed a complete game, striking out four, walking three and giving up just three hits.“It felt great,” Ehrenberg said. “The important thing was just to get
  
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• Sacrifices remembered: Bay Ridgites honor the fallen at Fort Hamilton

  26-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyIt was the wreath they could do.
  Service members at Fort Hamilton held a wreath-laying ceremony in honor of those in law enforcement who were killed or disabled in the line of duty. The rite was held during National Police Week to commemorate the profound sacrifice service members give to protect their communities, said the director of the emergency services department at Fort Hamilton.
  “It was important for the Fort Hami
  
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• Planting a new Rose Garden! Prospect Park officials call for ideas to revive forgotten patch of greenspace

  26-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperEveryone is invited to this garden party.
  Caretakers of Prospect Park are asking community members for ideas to revive the Rose Garden, a once-vibrant patch of Brooklyn’s Backyard that has withered due to years of neglect.“It was almost a botanic garden before the Brooklyn Botanic Garden opened,” said Prospect Park Alliance spokeswoman Deborah Kirschner. “But the park went through periods of decline, and the
  
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• Norwegian Ridgites march in ‘17th of May Parade’

  26-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyThey were decked out in red, white, and blue — but not for the country you’d think.An army of Norwegian Ridgites took to Third Avenue for the 65th-annual Norwegian Day parade on May 21. Once a bastion of Scandinavian culture, Bay Ridge’s Nordic community has since dwindled, but every year the parade draws out Norwegians eager to show off their pride for the land of the midnight sun, said one marcher.“It&
  
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• Light showers: Park gets lit with ‘Umbrella Project’ dance

  26-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyGo dancing with the stars!A sea of strangers will come together to light up Brooklyn Bridge Park with images of exploding stars and solar eclipses on June 3, as part of the World Science Festival. For the “Umbrella Project,” the dance group Pilobolus will distribute several hundred brightly-lit umbrellas and encourage people into cosmic formations, creating colorful images filmed from above and projected onto a giant s
  
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• Fort Greene inferno! Broken water pipe forces firefighters to use handheld extinguisher to battle blaze

  26-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperFirefighters struggled to battle a blaze at a Fort Greene public housing complex on Monday after a broken water pipe forced them to use an extinguisher to stop the inferno, which burned for 36 minutes before they put it out.Sixty of New York’s Bravest responded to the mattress fire on the 13th floor of the building in the Walt Whitman Houses on Cumberland Walk near Park Avenue at 1:07 pm and plugged their hose into the pipe, o
  
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• Community group votes to co-name BK Heights street after female B’Bridge mastermind

  26-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperDon’t call it a “miss”-nomer!
  Community Board 2’s transportation committee voted to co-name a Brooklyn Heights street for Emily Warren Roebling, who helped oversee the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge from her house in the Heights after her husband, chief engineer Washington Roebling, was stricken with the bends.
  “She is very brave and a wonderful woman,” said Boerum Hill resident Bill Harris.
  
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• Back again: Poly softball rolls to another championship berth

  26-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Photo by Sean MurphyBrooklyn DailyThe outcome was never really in doubt.The Poly Prep softball team cruised to a 7–1 victory over Horace Mann in the Ivy League semifinals on May 23, securing yet another championship berth for the squad.“Overall, our team performance was really great,” said Blue Devils senior centerfielder Morgan O’Mara. “We came out here ready to win. This whole season we’ve been really working towards a cha
  
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