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• Bachelorette Mondays Are Lit at Williamsburg’s 4th Down

  26-06-2017 20:39 via bkmag.com
  
  It’s a slow time of year for us sports fans—the NBA finals have passed, the NFL has not even begun preseason football yet, and we’re in the dog days of the long Major League Baseball season. With last week’s NBA Draft in the books, what even is there to be excited about?
  Um, ABC’s The Bachelorette on a big screen at a sports bar, obviously.
  At Williamsburg’s 4th Down, Bachelorette Mondays are officially a thing—and we’re not tal
  
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• Gowanus Scores a Mexican Food Coup, with Taqueria El Atoradero

  26-06-2017 19:50 via bkmag.com
  
  Denisse Lina Alvarez makes, arguably, the very best tortillas in town.
  She first bestowed them on Brooklyn at El Atoradero in Crown Heights, as vessels for sopping up complex, multi-day molés, or wrapping up slow-roasted strands of cochinita pibil. And she increased production just this past year for Madre Mezcaleria next door, in order to supply the agave bar with a complimentary selection of awesome antojitos.
  So with such a perfect product at their disposal, it only made sense for she&
  
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• A Solid Wave of Sound: The First-Timer’s Guide To Seeing LCD Soundsystem

  26-06-2017 18:04 via bkmag.com
  
  It wasn’t this past Friday, but the previous one, that I saw James Murphy for the first time. There he was, in the flesh—complete with his signature cyclonic hair and 7:45 shadow, he was unmistakable in his home borough. That day marked the opening of the latest seven-show residency for Murphy’s beloved band, LCD Soundsystem, at Williamsburg’s newest venue, Brooklyn Steel. But it wasn’t inside the 1,800-capacity space that I saw him for the first time. Nope—in
  
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• Garth Fagan Dance and Pilobolus Light up the Stage at the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival

  26-06-2017 17:48 via bkmag.com
  
  Two acclaimed dance companies will perform at the Prospect Park Bandshell in the coming weeks—Garth Fagan Dance and Pilobolus—and you can enjoy these innovative performances for free, as part of the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival.
  On Friday, June 30, Garth Fagan Dance comes to the Bandshell with a performance at 8PM. Celebrating its 45th season, Garth Fagan Dance has changed the landscape of movement with its innovative blend of modern dance, ballet and Afro-Caribbean dance.Over
  
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• Cyclones fall to Hudson Valley in third consecutive loss

  26-06-2017 16:25
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Matt Johnfor Brooklyn PaperHudson Valley 5Cyclones 3June 25 at MCU ParkIt was a nail-biter till the ninth.
  Reliever Gregorix Estevez’s throwing error in the ninth led to two Renegade runs and a Cyclone rally in the bottom of the inning fell short as the Clones lost for the second time in two nights.With the score 3–2 in the final frame, Estevez walked Bill Pujols to start the frame, and the speedster made it to third base on a ground out to thir
  
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• Wonder-wear! Dress as a superhero at patriotic strip show

  26-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyAll the world is waiting for you!Celebrate the red, white, and blue with all the power and style you possess, and join the World’s Largest Wonder Woman photo shoot at the Bell House on July 2. The tribute to the star-spangled superhero is part of Wassabasco Burlesque’s seventh annual patriotic strip show “America, F--- Yeah!”
  The event aims to show those in the White House that perverts, progressives, and i
  
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• The graduates: Toddlers at Helen Keller Services for the Blind receive diplomas

  26-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Matt Johnfor Brooklyn PaperPre-school’s out for summer!Tots enrolled at Helen Keller Services for the Blind’s Children’s Learning Center collected their diplomas at a Downtown graduation ceremony on Friday, and attendees said watching the students with disabilities celebrate their commencement was a powerful experience.
  “It’s always so moving to see the progress that these children have made, and all the great work that they do
  
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• Teen charged with attempted murder in dragging of police officer

  26-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyDistrict Attorney Eric Gonzalez charged 15-year-old Justin Murrell last week with attempted murder and assault for allegedly dragging police officer Dalsh Veve — who remains in critical condition — with a stolen car on June 3.Six officers from the 67th precinct, including Veve, responded to 911 calls that shots had been fired at a party near Tilden Avenue and E. 53rd Street a little before midnight, officials said. Aft
  
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• Sweet victory! Kings County takes foodie prize

  26-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Bill RoundyBrooklyn PaperBrooklyn brought home the bacon.
  Foodie website Eater anointed the 15 best chefs and restaurant pros in the country with its Eater Young Guns awards Thursday, and Kings County led the geographic pack! Granted, two other cities — Manhattan and New Orleans — matched it with two honorees each, but since the ceremony also happened in Brooklyn, at the swanky Cecconi’s restaurant in Dumbo, we are counting that as another
  
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• Ramadan mubarak! Balady hosts community feast

  26-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyThey made fast work of this meal.Balady Foods welcomed Bay Ridgites breaking their Ramadan fast for a the 11th-annual Iftar dinner in front of the Fifth Avenue market on June 20. The halal grocer cooks up thesucculent feast as a way to break bread with neighbors and bring the community together, said the store’s general manager.
  “The one thing that all Muslim people have in common is that they’ll be eating at
  
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• Motorcyclist crashes, then gets arrested

  26-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyCops cuffed a 23-year-old motorcyclist after he collided into a car on Avenue H on June 21 and cops discovered that he didn’t have a license — but he did have a counterfeit police badge.
  The suspect was riding along Avenue H toward Ralph Avenue — allegedly speeding — when he slammed into a Mercedes Benz two-door sedan making a left turn from E. 52nd Street onto Avenue H at about 8:30 pm, according to author
  
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• Facing the music: Busted Sunset Park piano hauled off

  26-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailySomebody tickled these ivories a bit too hard.An overzealous pianist busted a brightly painted piano placed in Sunset Park as part of a public art project. The eye-catching instrument had to be hauled away for repairs on June 21, a little less than a week ahead of schedule. It’s unfortunate but not entirely off-key, said the head of the group that helped bring the piano to the park.
  “It’s sad because it was re
  
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