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• RIP Adam West (TV's Batman)

  10-06-2017 19:27
  
  We are super sad to hear that actor Adam West has died at age 88. While he appeared in tons of television in the '50s and '60s, it was his cool, by-the-books title role in the campy, groovy '60s series Batman for which he'll always be remembered.
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• Elysia Crampton Rocks The Good Room

  10-06-2017 17:52 via bkmag.com
  
  “It’s such a privilege to be able to smoke and do this,” Elysia Crampton remarked into the mic. A cigarette extended elegantly from between her fingers and she had slung a keytar over her shoulder, to the crowd’s evident delight. The audience gathered around the small stage at Good Room in Brooklyn Thursday night, as attentive as a group of children at story time.
  In reality, they had committed to an onslaught of pulverizing sound by the electronic composer, whose work is
  
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• Northside Innovation: Media Leaders Talk Shutting Down Sexism

  10-06-2017 17:26 via bkmag.com
  
  Toxic masculinity has been enjoying a Renaissance period since the election of Donald Trump. Instead of simply talking over women or implying sexist and sexualized thoughts with coded language like the good old days, some men now feel empowered to just come right out and say it—like this past December, when Fox News’ Tucker Carlson told Teen Vogue political columnist Lauren Duca live on-air to “stick to thigh-high boots.”
  For women in the media, it can be a daily tax just
  
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• Mayor Bill de Blasio Urges Media Focus at Northside Report

  10-06-2017 16:01 via bkmag.com
  
  If you want to stay relevant to readers, “go challenge Wall Street.” Such was Mayor Bill de Blasio’s advice for reporters and publishers on Friday afternoon. Gently ribbing his interviewer Ben Smith, editor-in-chief of BuzzFeedNews, for a particular brand of journalism more interested in clicks than coverage, de Blasio made his pitch to the media elite gathered at The William Vale for the Northside Report event: “theres’ no reason why [journalism] can’t be sub
  
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• TNT x Northside Festival: It’s All Happening

  10-06-2017 16:00 via bkmag.com
  
  The TNT Backstory Studio at Northside Festival kicked off with a bang on Thursday at Kinfolk 90! From Drag Queen Story Hour to a live set at Brooklyn Magazine’s Emerging Artist’s Showcase, check out these photos from the day’s events:Drag Queen Story Hour. Photo cred: Zane Roessell
  Modern Love Podcast featuring Karrueche Tran. Photo cred: Zane RoessellSneaks playing the Brooklyn Magazine Emerging Artist Showcase. Photo cred: Zane Roessell
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• Repurposing Music For Good: Michael Angelakos of Passion Pit Speaks

  10-06-2017 15:29 via bkmag.com
  
  What if—hear me out—what if we used empathy and altruism as a business model? That’s what Michael Angelakos asked during the FORTUNE Venture Stage’s music and tech afternoon at Northside Festival Innovation on Thursday.
  The mastermind behind Passion Pit, which just turned 10 years old, isn’t interested in churning out hits or making albums based on what record labels want. “I think overemphasizing the sale of music is missing the point,” he said to an au
  
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