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• Little Cinema And TNT Present “Play On” At House Of Yes

  14-06-2017 23:30 via bkmag.com
  
  TNT joined forces with Little Cinema for a new immersive, cinematic show that brings to life content from premiere episodes of TNT’s new original summer series – Animal Kingdom , Claws and Will. We caught up with Jay Rinsky, the founder of Little Cinema, at the House of Yes to chat with him about the experience:
  Q: Little Cinema has redefined the way people experience film and expanded their expectations of storytelling. How did you get started on such a unique idea,
  
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• Elvis Costello playing 'Imperial Bedroom' on tour (Chicago pics & setlist), hits SummerStage Thursday

  14-06-2017 21:59
  
  Elvis Costello is currently on his spring leg of his Imperial Bedroom & Other Chambers tour where he's framing selections from 1982’s Imperial Bedroom album with “the songs that led in and out of that velvet-trimmed playhouse"...
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• Myrkur preps 'Mareridt,' released a new single, playing NYC & Psycho Vegas

  14-06-2017 21:35
  
  Black metal/folk musician Myrkur is releasing Mareridt, the followup to her 2015 debut album M, this fall via Relapse. It was produced by Randall Dunn, who's also worked with Marissa Nadler, Sunn O))), Boris, Wolves in the Throne Room, and more...
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• Free yoga, pretty much every day this summer

  14-06-2017 20:57
  
  Yoga in Bryant Park, Tuesday mornings and Thursday evenings. Photo: Angelito Jusay
  It’s possible to do yoga, for free, almost every day of the week this summer, as New York City’s parks are transformed into al fresco yoga studios. These classes are all either mellow Vinyasa flow or Hatha yoga–a gentle style that often includes a meditative component, so they’ll be satisfying and safe for all levels of practitioners, even total newbies. Wear comfortable duds, bring w
  
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• Meet the Brooklyn Directors of BAMcinemaFest 2017

  14-06-2017 20:56 via bkmag.com
  
  Now in its ninth year, BAMcinemaFest, running from June 14-25, continues to highlight the best of American independent film, from hot-topic documentaries and experimental works to studio-supported rising stars and regional gems. Among them are new films from some of our favorite local filmmakers, many of whom took time to answer a few of our questions about not only their respective films, but their lives in Brooklyn, moviegoing and otherwise.
   
  Ana Asensio is the director of Most Beautiful
  
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• watch Sneaks "With a Cherry on Top" (video + tour dates w/ Chastity Belt)

  14-06-2017 20:52
  
  The video was directed, edited and animated by Alessandra Hoshor and it's vibrant and a little quirky, like the song itself.
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• The Fresh & Onlys are back, releasing new LP in August, share "Wolf Lie Down"

  14-06-2017 20:15
  
  It's been three years since we've heard from the San Francisco band.
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• Of Montreal reissuing 'Hissing Fauna,' touring in September

  14-06-2017 20:10
  
  Of Montreal like to stay on the road and have just announced September dates which are with with Showtime Goma (aka Jen of A Sunny Day in Glasgow) and Nancy Feast (aka Teeny of TEEN).
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• Pitchfork Festival 2017 set times

  14-06-2017 19:38
  
  There are only two times that two artists go on at the same time as each other.
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• Deer Tick touring, playing both acoustic & electric sets

  14-06-2017 18:58
  
  Deer Tick recently announced two new albums, a rock record and an acoustic record, and now they've also announced a tour in support the new music. Tickets for the whole tour are on presale now...
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• Police: Teen caught swiping cash from car

  14-06-2017 18:52
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Julianne Cubafor Brooklyn Paper76th PrecinctCarroll Gardens-Cobble Hill–Red HookCar shoppingCops cuffed a teen for swiping cash and electronics from a car parked on Carroll Street on June 1.
  The 17-year-old rummaged through the 2012 Mazda parked near the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and grabbed a debit card, iPhone, headphones, cash, and white leather gloves from it between 2:30 am and 3:45 am, police said. He also admitted to doing the same to other ne
  
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• Filcher grabs woman’s designer hat right off her head

  14-06-2017 18:52
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn Paper84th PrecinctBrooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–DowntownTipped off
  A nogoodnik snatched a pricey designer hat right off a woman’s head as she was shopping in a Fulton Street store on June 6.
  The lady was browsing in the store near Hanover Place at 5:15 pm when the filcher grabbed the Don C cap off her head and ran, police said.Sit and snatchA pilferer stole a woman’s phone from her hands as she was sitt
  
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• Bike bandit rides off with man’s two-wheeler

  14-06-2017 18:52
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn Paper78th PrecinctPark Slope
  Bike banditA thief rode off with a man’s 2009 Yamaha he parked on Fifth Avenue on June 1.The victim told police he left his import bike near Prospect Avenue at 9 pm, and returned just after midnight to find his ride stolen.Oh babyA 53-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly stealing baby products and other goods from a Flatbush Avenue big-box retailer on May 29.An employee told police the victim was
  
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• Caveman, A Place to Bury Strangers & more playing 2017 Out in the Streets fest

  14-06-2017 18:39
  
  The 2017 Out in the Streets Festival takes place July 15 & 16 at The Well in Brooklyn and they've just announced the lineup, which includes Caveman, A Place to Bury Strangers...
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• Bob Dylan began his Capitol Theatre run (night 1 setlist & audio)

  14-06-2017 18:04
  
  Dylan did play a handful of covers at the show, but he also broke out plenty of classics like "Blowin' in the Wind," "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right," "Tangled Up In Blue," "Highway 61 Revisited," "Desolation Row," and more...
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• Queens of the Stone Age release trailer for new LP 'Villains' (prod. Mark Ronson)

  14-06-2017 18:02
  
  The three-and-a-half minute trailer is pretty funny... and also features a little bit of new music.
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• 10 Unconventional Date Nights

  14-06-2017 18:00 via bkmag.com
  
  In a city with an overwhelming amount of activities, it’s tempting to rely on the standard dinner-and-a-movie formula. Now that the days are longer and summer’s adventurous attitudes have prevailed, we say it’s time to ditch the playbook and try something new. Here are 10 totally unique date nights that are guaranteed to inspire the best kind of bonding.Learn to Paint – Beginners are welcome to flex their creative muscles (and put them to use uncorking BYOB vino) during t
  
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• Another LCD Soundsystem Brooklyn Steel Residency Is Imminent

  14-06-2017 17:28 via bkmag.com
  
  New York, they really do love you: Brooklyn’s own iconic purveyors of dance-rock, LCD Soundsystem, announced another seven-show residency at the newly-opened Brooklyn Steel earlier this week, their second of the sort in the past few months.
  Back in April, the reunited band led by James Murphy opened the same venue up with a series of five shows in as many nights. Those lucky enough to snag tickets were thrilled, but many fans were left unhappy, believing there to be some kin
  
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• O’Malley! Moses! The devil of Brooklyn is determined on BPR!

  14-06-2017 15:35
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Moses JeffersonBrooklyn PaperIt’s official! Walter O’Malley and Walter O’Malley alone is to blame for the Brooklyn Dodgers’ move to Los Angeles in 1958 — breaking the hearts of Brooklynites for generations to come including that of Brooklyn Paper editor-in-chief Vince DiMiceli’s mom, who vowed to never again root for a shortstop named “Pee-Wee” when the soul was ripped out of her home borough.Or maybe it was R
  
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• When Kegels just aren’t enough

  14-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyI have seen a whole lot of old wives tales in my time — tossing salt over your shoulder for luck, and herbal remedies including putting onions under your feet to detoxify your body and putting an orange peel on your head to get rid of a headache — but none as wacky as this one: Oak galls.
  For what you say? Well, The New York Daily News ran an item last week explaining the trend.
  Per the News: “Oak gall is basic
  
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• Sheepshead Bay kids dazzle in ‘Aladdin’

  14-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyIt was a magical world!Pint-sized actors from PS 52 transported the audience to the exotic, fictional city of Agrabah during their production of the Disney musical “Aladdin” on June 9. The future Broadway stars also helped design the set and the costumes, and made sure everything went on without a hitch from the moment the curtains went up — they all really shined on stage, said the show’s director. “
  
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• Ruff competition! Dolled up doggies compete in Coney costume contest

  14-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyThe whole competition went to the dogs — but that was the plan! A pack of two dozen pampered pups strutted their stuff at the Sixth Annual Pet Day at Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park and Pet Costume Contest on June 11th. Dapper doggies donned elaborate looks inspired by the People’s Playground, but in the end it was a the classic tropical get up of Hawaiian shirts and hula skirts that took the crown.“We went all
  
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• Police: Man swiped sunglasses, TVs from car

  14-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Alexandra SimonBrooklyn Daily63rd PrecinctMarine Park—Mill Basin—Flatlands—Bergen BeachIn plain sight
  Cops arrested a man for stealing sunglasses and electronics from a car in a Hendrickson Street driveway on June 8.
  The owner told police that he saw someone breaking into both of his vehicles at his home near Avenue V around 10 pm, taking off with his shades and an unknown number of televisions.
  Officers searched the area and arrested thei
  
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• Police: Man breaks into woman’s apartment and strangles her

  14-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn Daily62nd PrecinctBensonhurst—Bath BeachStranger stranglerPolice arrested a man who broke into a woman’s Bay 19th Street apartment on June 4 and choked her.
  The woman told police that the man entered her apartment between 86th Street and Benson Avenue at 8 pm without her permission and charged at her. He grabbed her by the neck and squeezed to the point where the woman became dizzy and could barely breath, according to a
  
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• Outsider art: See a surreal trailer park in Red Hook

  14-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyYou’re just going to have to see it.Two Tennessee-born artists have created a surreal trailer park as part of an art installation inside a giant Red Hook warehouse. “Grand Ole Opera,” now on display at Pioneer Works, features two art-filled trailers, a liquor-slinging biker bar, and a host of noise, rock, and metal bands playing concerts inside a re-purposed Christian revival tent. The installation uses Southern
  
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• Mets first-rounder could get his shot in Brooklyn

  14-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyIt’s almost become tradition.
  The Mets once again went for experience early in this year’s Major League Baseball draft, selecting University of Oregon pitcher David Peterson with the 20th overall selection on June 12.It’s the third straight year the Mets went with a college player in the opening round and the second straight year the squad has selected a pitcher with its first pick. Now, the lefthander is primed fo
  
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• Dastardly duo smashes bottle over man’s head

  14-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn Daily60th PrecinctConey Island—Brighton Beach—SeagateBottle bashTwo cretins smashed a bottle over a man’s head on W. 23rd Street on June 8.
  The victim told police that he was walking between Mermaid and Surf avenues at 10:30 am when he stumbled into two men. The trio argued and the scuffle turned violent when the goons started punching and slapping the man in the head and the chest, according to a police report.
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• Cyclones are ready to roll again

  14-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Matt JohnBrooklyn DailyGet your popcorn ready, Coney Island, the Cyclones are back!The Brooklyn Cyclones are approaching the Monday, June 19 opener of the 2017 New York-Penn League season with high hopes — even if the squad’s honchos don’t yet know who will be sprinting onto the field at MCU Park to play for them.“Every year we hope to get back to the playoffs and potentially win a championship. That’s kind of the goal for ever
  
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• Cyclones 2017 events calendar!

  14-06-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Brooklyn DailyThe forecast calls for Cyclones and a shower — of promotions and giveaways — at MCU Park in Coney Island this summer.Every day, or night, they take the field, the Brooklyn Cyclones will offer fans hustling baseball, and another reason to be glad they came out to the game. Here’s a list:June 20: Shirt giveaway, presented by the Municipal Credit Union.June 24: Girl Scout Night, with a fireworks display.June 25: “Paw Patrol&r
  
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• Crook steals man’s bike and tells him to pay to get it back

  14-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn Daily61st PrecinctSheepshead Bay—Homecrest—
  Manhattan Beach—GravesendBorrowed bikeA crook stole a guy’s bike right out from under him on Avenue W on June 10, police said.The guy was riding his So Cal Flyer-brand bicycle near E. 23rd Street at about 8 pm when the baddie came up to him from behind on his own bike and grabbed the victim’s back tire, forcing him to hop off, officials said.
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• Clean sweep! ‘Broom’-wielding Bostonians defeat New Yorkers in quidditch match at B’Bridge Park

  14-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Matt Johnfor Brooklyn PaperIt was Hogwarts near Hudson!
  Harry Potter fanatics and curious muggles descended on Brooklyn Bridge Park on Saturday for a not-so-high-flying Major League Quidditch match between rival stick-wielding squads New York Titans and Boston Knight Riders. And while the out-of-towners swept the home team without using magical brooms, the match-up still dazzled, according to attendees.“Seeing the game, you get a sense of the wonder o
  
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• Bklyn man killed on Citi Bike is service’s first fatality

  14-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperA Brooklyn Heights man died after a charter bus hit him as he rode a Citi Bike on Monday.
  Columbia Heights resident Dan Hanegby, 36, was riding the bicycle on a narrow Manhattan street around 8:15 am when he swerved to avoid a parked vehicle, fell off the bike as the bus drove in the same direction beside him, and was run over by the vehicle’s rear tires, according to an NYPD spokesman.He was rushed to the hospital, where he d
  
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