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• The 50 best psychedelic rock albums of the Summer of Love

  16-06-2017 23:06
  
  In honor of the 50th anniversary of Monterey Pop Fest and the Summer of Love, here are the 50 best psychedelic rock records of 1967, from Jefferson Airplane to Love to the Bee Gees to Pink Floyd to Donovan, and yes, The Beatles.
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• Service changes coming to 2 and 3 trains

  16-06-2017 22:21
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperThe Metropolitan Transportation Authority is cutting weekend and early Monday morning service on 2 and 3 trains between Brooklyn and Manhattan beginning the evening of June 16 through next spring, according to the transit agency.
  There will be no 2 or 3 train service in Brooklyn during the weekend interruptions, which last from 11:45 pm on Fridays to 5:00 am on Mondays. Straphangers instead are encouraged to rely on 4 or 5 trains,
  
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• Bruce Springsteen playing eight-week run on Broadway this fall

  16-06-2017 21:06
  
  No he hasn't taken a role in Waitress, he'll be performing a stripped down version of his arena show for eight weeks...
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• Mutek 2017: lineup and tickets

  16-06-2017 21:00
  
  The 18th edition Montreal's electronic music festival Mutek includes Daphni (Dan Snaith of Caribou), Aurora Halal, Sarah Davachi, Marie Davidson, Deathprod, Fis, Lotic, and more.
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• Northside Music Quick Hits: Downtown Boys, Aldous Harding, The Dig

  16-06-2017 20:54 via bkmag.com
  
  Downtown Boys
  Victoria Ruiz of Downtown Boys is not mild-mannered. We don’t want her to be. The frontwoman of Providence, Rhode Island’s politico-punk band assured us there’s always strength in numbers on a heat-adhesive Friday night at St. Vitus.  
  Ruiz stalked back and forth on the stage, carrying a certain strength and ignition that’s flawlessly mirrored by the band. In a time when it seems half a band’s audience is phones, the sold-out crowd was too busy je
  
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• Grand re-opening: Gowanus’s Littlefield debuts new location today, after 24-hour move

  16-06-2017 20:51
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperWhat a difference a day makes!The Littlefield performance space in Gowanus will re-open at its new location inside a retrofitted print shop one block from its former home this evening after closing for a whole twenty-four hours. The blink-and-you’ll-miss-it move was funded in part by patrons, who donated more than $31,000 to the effort through Kickstarter, according to owners.
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• “There Is No Way to Be Satisfied in This Life”: Talking with Stephen Marche about Gender, Marriage, and The Unmade Bed

  16-06-2017 20:03 via bkmag.com
  
  What do the notions of power and success mean to men and women? How can we balance our need for fulfilling personal lives with a rise to the top? And once we have finished conquering the world, who’s doing the dishes? In The Unmade Bed. The Messy Truth About Men and Women in the 21st Century, Stephen Marche explores what it means to be in a heteronormative marriage in the modern day.Interwoven with Marche’s personal experience in a non-traditional role—he sacrificed his career
  
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• Stars share two new songs from new LP; Emily Haines preps solo LP

  16-06-2017 19:24
  
  The whole Broken Social Scene Universe is active right now.
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• Julia Holter’s Agony and Ekstasis

  16-06-2017 19:12 via bkmag.com
  
  Before the written word, rhyme and rhythm documented the exploits of heroes. Song emerged as a mnemonic medium for Greek storytellers, spinning verse and into narrative choruses and epic poetry. The foibles of vision and memory meant that no two re-tellings ever conveyed the story exactly right. Rather, these sculptors of song expressed the contours of emotion with protean plots—winding tortuous paths to the same destination.
  This was the Homeric version of “you get the gist.”
  
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• Harlem Arts Festival 2017 schedule

  16-06-2017 18:54
  
  The 6th annual Harlem Arts Festival happens next week, Friday, June 23 through Sunday, June 25, in Marcus Garvey Park at the Richard Rodgers amphitheater. The festival is a nonprofit and "features local creatives in music, art, dance, writing, theater, and more."
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• Martin Rev played Northside w/ Craig Leon (pics), playing NYC & LA this summer

  16-06-2017 18:25
  
  There's also a posthumous Alan Vega album out in July.
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• DeKalb Market Hall is the Newfangled, Franchise-Free Food Court to Beat All Food Courts

  16-06-2017 18:20 via bkmag.com
  
  DeKalb Market Hall is indubitably the year’s biggest opening, in every way, shape, form and, well, size.
  Occupying 60 thousand-square feet of prime, downtown Brooklyn real estate, the labyrinthine basement of the City Point (itself a behemoth of big box options like Target, Century 21 and Trader Joe’s, together with Alamo Drafthouse, Fortina restaurant and a branch of Han Dynasty) is officially NYC’s most imposing indoor food court, boasting 40 quality vendors and counting.&nbs
  
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• Five Notable Releases of the Week (6/16)

  16-06-2017 18:07
  
  It's a big day for new albums: the long-awaited Fleet Foxes comeback, Jason Isbell's political new LP, Big Boi, Ride's first album since the '90s, and more.
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• Up in arm-ory! Crown Heights community skewers developer’s plan for city-owned building

  16-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperThey won’t give up their armory without a fight.
  Crown Heights civic honchos blasted the developer seeking to convert the Bedford-Union Armory into luxury housing at a meeting of Community Board 9’s Land Use Committee on Wednesday, led by a chairman who chided the company’s reps for re-presenting a plan that locals already vowed to oppose.“This committee has made it clear that we do not want condos in the ar
  
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• Troubled waters: Coney no safer since Sandy, report shows

  16-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyThe neighborhoods around Coney Island remain just as vulnerable now to catastrophic flooding as they were when Hurricane Sandy struck in 2012, according to a new study by the Waterfront Alliance.
  Coney Island, Brighton Beach, Manhattan Beach, and parts of Gravesend are the most at-risk neighborhoods in the city to coastal flooding, with nearly 90,000 people at risk of losing their homes when another super storm slams the city.
  
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• Sunny’s saved! Red Hook bar raises enough money to stay open

  16-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperTalk about a sunny day.
  Beloved Red Hook bar Sunny’s raised enough money to keep its doors open, exceeding its $65,000 fund-raising goal by three thousand dollars this week. And while that should be plenty of cash to keep the bar afloat, its owner said she isn’t popping open cold ones to celebrate — yet.
  “It feels really fantastic, but I’ve been kind of careful not to celebrate too much because I haven&
  
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• Sheepshead Bay suspected wife-killer arrested

  16-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyAuthorities nabbed the Sheepshead Bay man suspected of killing his estranged wife in Coney Island after a week long manhunt that ended in Delaware, said police. U.S. Marshals arrested Gabino Genao for allegedly shooting his wife on W. 36th Street near the Boardwalk on May 26.Police discovered Ivelisse Alvarado-Genao shot in the face at 11:15 pm near Seagate. Emergency responders pronounced the 30-year-old victim dead on the sce
  
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• P’Slope stakeout: Pol fails to ambush mayor with MetroCard at gym, gets him on subway anyway

  16-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperHe’s the subway’s Sal-vation!A former city Councilman and current democratic mayoral candidate staked out Mayor DeBlasio at his Park Slope gym on Wednesday to demand Hizzoner ride the subway as part of his quixotic quest to save the failing underground transit system. And while the chronically late mayor hit the Prospect Park YMCA early to avoid the ready-to-pounce pol, Hizzoner rode the subway for the first time in mor
  
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• Poe and poetry: Quaint and curious show wraps audience in words

  16-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By the Butcher of Flatbush Avenue Extensionfor Brooklyn PaperIt’s dinner and a shroud.A new immersive theater show in Williamsburg uses the words of Edgar Allan Poe to create a delightfully gloomy backdrop for your evening out. “The Cooping Theory: Who Killed Edgar Allan Poe?” began its open-ended run at St. Mazie’s Bar and Supper Club this week, and it takes a very different tactic from most interactive shows.
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• Grand re-opening: Gowanus’s Littlefield debuts new location, after 24-hour move

  16-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperWhat a difference a day makes!The Littlefield performance space in Gowanus will re-open at its new location June inside a retrofitted print shop one block from its former home on June 16 after closing for a whole twenty-four hours. The blink-and-you’ll-miss-it move was funded in part by patrons, who donated more than $31,000 to the effort through Kickstarter, according to owners.
  “We had fans in the community really sup
  
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• Dad has his day in the Ridge

  16-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyBay Ridge is poppin’ for Papa!
  This Sunday is Father’s Day, and you should celebrate by giving your old man a weekend out on the town in Brooklyn’s nightlife Mecca, the place where he probably partied in his youth — and still does!
  On Friday, give Dad a real boys’ night out with Havana rolls and the Devil’s nectar at the “Cigar and Whiskey Night” at Fort Hamilton Community Club Lo
  
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• Cyclones are ready to roll: Team enters season with new manager, high hopes

  16-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Matt Johnfor Brooklyn PaperGet 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
  
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• Cyclones 2017 events calendar! ‘Seinfeld,’ Star Wars nights return

  16-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Matt Johnfor Brooklyn PaperThe 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: &ld
  
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• Cancer survivors party in Coney

  16-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailySouthern Brooklyn cancer warriors came out in force for Coney Island’s first Relay for Life event on June 10.
  Cancer survivors and their families packed MCU Park for the American Cancer Society event, which featured numerous activities that celebrated their bravery and helped locals deal with the emotional stress cancer can bring, said an organizer.“It gives people a chance to say goodbye to the loved ones they lost
  
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