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• Catching up with Big Thief after Their Very Big Year

  12-06-2017 21:55 via bkmag.com
  
  Late last spring, I was standing in line at a coffee shop in Fort Greene when a song caught my attention. The barista told me it came from a band called Big Thief. The song, “Masterpiece”, sounded kind of like Land of Talk, but also a little… bigger, it was more reminiscent of a classic rock ballad with an updated energy. It was instantly familiar yet also brand new, and I wanted to hear more of it right away. So when I had the opportunity to interview Big Thief a couple of we
  
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• Feel the Heat: Jlin at Brooklyn Bazaar

  12-06-2017 20:01 via bkmag.com
  
  They revved up the fog machine for Jlin, who began her hour-long set at 2am Saturday morning. The crowd at Brooklyn Bazaar had gone a little loopy, something to do with the late hour and all the ones that had led up to it—ample time to imbibe. Dizzying opening performances by experimental electronic producer Foodman and rebellious dance producer Container had worked their own powerful magic.
  Jlin, aka Jerrilynn Patton of Gary, Indiana, opened dangerously. The footwork-producer-and-so-much-
  
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• Announcing the winners of the 2017 Art of Brooklyn Film Festival

  12-06-2017 19:46
  
  The 7th Annual AoBFF (June 3-11, 2017) was one to remember. From entertaining 500 people in Sunset Park to our Launch Party in the beautiful atrium of the Library at Grand Army Plaza to our premieres, panel discussions and a special surprise visit from Neil deGrasse Tyson, #AoBFF17 was one wonderful event after another... with almost 2,000 guests in attendance. All in the service of Brooklyn independent film. We truly love every film we program, and each year our jury votes to recognize their fa
  
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• Tantalizing tour! Locals get sneak peek inside still-shuttered Bossert Hotel

  12-06-2017 18:53
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperHow suite!The historic Bossert Hotel in Brooklyn Heights opened to the public for two hours only on June 8, offering curious locals a sneak peek inside the long-shuttered inn — and it didn’t disappoint, according to area gawkers.
  “It’s hard to believe we’ve had this beautiful piece of real estate in our neighborhood but we’ve never been able to go inside of it,” said Brooklyn Heights residen
  
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• Gersh and Vince take on bike rentals, Ydanis Rodriguez, and Ryan Rzepecki

  12-06-2017 16:16
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Moses JeffersonBrooklyn PaperRevenge is a dish best served — on Brooklyn Paper Radio! This week’s broadcast was a barn-burning thumping of Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez for changing his mind about appearing on our show after, he claimed, The Brooklyn Paper posted a story making fun of him.Let’s go to the audiotape!To open the show, co-host Gersh Kuntzman first described how Rodriguez (D–Manhattan) declined to comment for Kuntzman&rsquo
  
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• Tantalizing tour! Locals get sneak peek inside long-shuttered Bossert Hotel

  12-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperHow suite!The historic Bossert Hotel in Brooklyn Heights opened to the public for two hours only on June 8, offering curious locals a sneak peek inside the long-shuttered inn — and it didn’t disappoint, according to area gawkers.
  “It’s hard to believe we’ve had this beautiful piece of real estate in our neighborhood but we’ve never been able to go inside of it,” said Brooklyn Heights residen
  
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• Social swindle! Cons use info from digital networks to conduct “virtual kidnappings”

  12-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Matt JohnBrooklyn DailyCall it an insta-scam.
  Crafty cons have cooked up a scheme called “virtual kidnapping” in which they pull personal information from victims’ Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts — including names of friends and family, and places their targets live and visit — to dupe them into forking over dough in exchange for a loved one’s safety.And I was the target of one of the pitiful plots.
  Two weeks ag
  
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• Phil-ing in! Join the New York Philharmonic for a night

  12-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyThey’ll let anyone into the New York Philharmonic these days!New York City’s premier orchestra is inviting audience members to play along during its free concert in Prospect Park on June 16. The New York Philharmonic will welcome all comers to join in for a short section of Antonín Dvorák’s “New World Symphony,” an event that will give amateur musicians a chance to dust off their instrume
  
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• Locals demand beefed up B9 service during Bay Ridge Ave closure

  12-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyThe Metropolitan Transportation Authority must increase bus service on the B9 route until the Bay Ridge Avenue subway station reopens in the fall, demand commuters and local pols.Transit officials have added extra buses to a route that passes the Bay Ridge Avenue station — which closed in May for six months of repairs — but the surge of riders taking the bus to the nearest train stop has nonetheless strained the lin
  
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• It’s finally dung! Long-awaited composting toilet arrives in Prospect Park

  12-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperBrooklyn’s Backyard is putting your poo to work!A long-awaited bathroom that transforms human feces into plant food will open inside Prospect Park’s newly renovated Well House on June 19, giving the green space the most technologically advanced toilet of any city park, according to a spokeswoman.“Prospect Park Alliance has transformed the Well House, one of the oldest buildings in Prospect Park, into the first com
  
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• Flames erupt in Bensonhurst store

  12-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyFire marshals are investigating a blaze that sparked inside a Bensonhurst shop on June 7.Smoke billowed out a of the Bath Avenue building just after 9 pm, flooding the neighboring three-story house with thick, black smoke. It wasn’t clear where the fire began until Brooklyn’s Bravest broke into the ground-floor health food store, said a local fire chief. “It was completely sealed up when we got here. We had to
  
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• Brighton Beach Boardwalk gets much-needed repairs

  12-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyJust in time for beach season!Councilman Chaim Deutsch (D–Brighton Beach) picked up a hammer to help the Parks Department replace some old, hazardous wooden planks along the historic Riegelmann Boardwalk on June 9. The section of the wooden pathway stretching from Coney Island Avenue to Brighton Sixth Street had several uneven planks and was an accident waiting to happen — but now its visitors won’t miss a step,
  
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• The Specials brought their legendary sound to Brooklyn Steel (review, setlist, video)

  12-06-2017 01:49
  
  It is hard to articulate just how quickly the audience's energy went from 50%- 100%, but when The Specials teased the slow, swinging intro to "Nite Club," the anticipation in the room was truly palpable...
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