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• Early Riser gets ready to tour with their infectious brand of fun

  28-06-2017 21:06
  
  Everybody has a bucket list of things they want to do in life before they die, whether it’s getting married, having kids, traveling somewhere exotic, writing a book, or even skydiving. For the Greenpoint-based indie folk rock act Early Riser, their bucket list is quite offbeat. In the hilarious video for their song “The Nevers,” the duo —singer/guitarist Kiri Oliver and singer/cellist Heidi Vanderlee–are seen doing odd things and crossing them off their list: kickin
  
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• Culture Essentials for July

  28-06-2017 20:11
  
  July. It’s the real heart of the summer where you’re not sick of the side effects of warm weather in the city yet, but you’re also not feeling nostalgic for a season gone by, as always happens in August. The key here is pacing because there are so many outdoor movies, concerts, rooftop bars and other events to hit up, that you might get overwhelmed. Make sure to give yourself the gift of a night by yourself, on the couch with air conditioning once in awhile. There’s plent
  
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• How to Survive Being Run Over by a Truck

  28-06-2017 19:23 via bkmag.com
  
  One evening in early April, Katie McKenna was nestled into a corner seat at HiFi, a bar in the East Village. Between sips of her gin and soda, the 30-something-year-old was rehearsing an excerpt of her memoir, which she would be reading later that night as part of Lyrics, Lit & Liquor. Comprised of readings, trivia and performances, the event was featured by Time Out as one of its “Things to Do”—adding to McKenna’s half-joking, half-serious nerves. After one run-throu
  
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• Car sharing in Brooklyn gets an upgrade with BMWs and MINIs on demand

  28-06-2017 17:00
  
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  There is no “typical” Brooklynite — they come in all shapes, sizes, and styles. But 44 percent of Brooklynites do share one common trait: They don’t own cars.
  That’s always made intra-borough travel a bit of a headache. (And the coming L train shutdown won’t help.)
  ReachNow, a new car-share service from BMW that debuted last November, has recently increased its footprint in Brooklyn, and is now available from Greenpoint to Bay Ridge &mdash
  
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• What’s going on with the subway! Gersh, Vince, and Lenore Skenazy talk trains on BPR!

  28-06-2017 15:59
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Vince DiMiceliBrooklyn PaperWhat’s wrong with the MTA, should drivers be allowed to park for free on city streets, and in what line of work can our hosts and guests make a living?Columnist Lenore Skenazy joined Vince and Gersh to figure it all out on another scintillating edition of Brooklyn Paper Radio when the author of “Has the World Gone Skenazy? Thoughts on Pop Culture, Pet Peeves, and Sporks” first claimed that the problems with the
  
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• What’s going on with the subway! Gersh, Vince, and Lenore Skenazy talk tains on BPR!

  28-06-2017 15:59
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Vince DiMiceliBrooklyn PaperWhat’s wrong with the MTA, should drivers be allowed to park for free on city streets, and in what line of work can our hosts and guests make a living?Columnist Lenore Skenazy joined Vince and Gersh to figure it all out on another scintillating edition of Brooklyn Paper Radio when the author of “Has the World Gone Skenazy? Thoughts on Pop Culture, Pet Peeves, and Sporks” first claimed that the problems with the
  
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• You’re the puppet! Puppetteer presents a Trumpian disaster film

  28-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Alexandra SimonBrooklyn DailyEarthquakes! Asteroids! Donald Trump!An Armageddon-obsessed puppeteer will present an evening of satirical shows about life after the Trump administration inspired by disaster movies like “World War Z” and “Deep Impact.” But “America’s Greatest Disaster Movie Ever! A Puppet Cabaret,” opening at Brick Theater on July 1, is actually an upbeat show, said the show’s director — af
  
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• You’re the puppet! Puppeteer presents a Trumpian disaster film

  28-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Alexandra SimonBrooklyn PaperEarthquakes! Asteroids! Donald Trump!An Armageddon-obsessed puppeteer will present an evening of satirical shows about life after the Trump administration inspired by disaster movies like “World War Z” and “Deep Impact.” But “America’s Greatest Disaster Movie Ever! A Puppet Cabaret,” opening at Brick Theater on July 1, is actually an upbeat show, said the show’s director — af
  
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• Yahoo shoots man with BB gun

  28-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn Daily60th PrecinctConey Island—Brighton Beach—SeagateGunslingerA sharpshooter shot a man with a BB gun on W. 24th Street on June 21.
  The victim told police he was between Mermaid and Surf avenues at 3:30 pm when a pellet from a BB gun suddenly pierced his chest. The shot came from an unknown direction, said police.Emergency responders rushed the man to Coney Island Hospital, officials said.
  Graduation gone wrongPolice ar
  
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• Weasel flees Kings Highway store with stolen allergy meds

  28-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn Daily61st PrecinctSheepshead Bay—Homecrest—
  Manhattan Beach—GravesendDrugged upA crook stole over-the-counter medication from a Kings Highway store on June 22, police said.The baddie was stuck the allergy medication in his pants and left the store near E. 16th Street at about 12:30 pm when a witness stopped him, grabbing him by the belt, according to authorities.
  But the nogoodnik fought the do-gooder off — punc
  
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• Shippin’ up to Boston: Nets still feeling effects of Celtics trade

  28-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Matthew JohnBrooklyn DailyIt was an National Basketball Association draft-acular — even for a home team that’s seen better days.Fans from all over the East Coast arrived at Barclay’s Center for the wildly anticipated National Basketball Association draft on June 22. The draft was populated mostly with fans of the Brooklyn Nets, Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers, and, most surprisingly of all, the Los Angeles Lakers.Becaus
  
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• Police: Man slashed grocery store employees in shoplifting attempt

  28-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Alexandra SimonBrooklyn Paper88th PrecinctFort Greene–Clinton HillVicious attackCops arrested a man who they say slashed two employees at a Putnam Avenue grocery store during an attempted shoplifting on June 20.
  The store owner told cops that the suspect entered the business near Grand Avenue around 3:28 pm and tried to steal an ice cup. When the owner tried to stop the theft, the man pulled out a box cutter and slashed the owner’s left abdomen
  
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• Out to lunch: Bay Ridge tykes ride ferry they named ‘Lunchbox’

  28-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailySecond-graders from two Bay Ridge elementary schools set sail on June 21 on one of the city-wide ferries they named.
  Students from PS 170 and PS 102 cruised from the American Veterans Memorial Pier in Bay Ridge on “Lunchbox,” soaking in majestic views of the city skyline to celebrate dreaming up monikers for four of the city’s 13 commuter vessels. It was a life-changing voyage for some of the tykes, said an ed
  
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• Nogoodnik rides off with locked-up bike

  28-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn Paper78th PrecinctPark Slope
  Bike banditA thief rode off with a man’s bicycle he locked up on Park Place on June 8.The victim told police he parked his Linus-brand cycle near Carlton Avenue at 1 pm, and returned about six hours later to find his ride stolen.Back-seat robberSome creep ransacked a car belonging to a 70-year-old woman on 14th Street on June 10.A neighbor of the victim told police he spotted the suspect in the backsea
  
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• No patience for incompetence

  28-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyTwo recent incidents occurred that have me convinced we no longer live in the United States of America, but in the United States of Incompetency.
  First was at Denny’s. The restaurant opened a few months back and Bob and I wanted to try it, but each weekend we encountered long lines. Bob started vacation, so we decided to try it during the week.
  We went on a Monday. “How crowded could it be?” we thought. We arri
  
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• Lady Vikings star ready to conquer college game

  28-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyShe’s ready to hit the books — and the court.
  South Shore basketball standout Tsahai Corbie didn’t have much time to catch her breath last week. She graduated high school, said goodbye to family and friends and, on June 28, packed her bags for college. Corbie, who will play Division I hoops at Coppin State University next season, had mixed emotions heading into the move, but mostly, she was just excited for the nex
  
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• Impatient driver bumps principal’s legs with his car during school drill

  28-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn Daily62nd PrecinctBensonhurst—Bath BeachRoad rageA baddie purposefully drove his car into a woman’s legs while she was conducting an evacuation drill at a 24th Avenue school on June 15.The woman is the middle school’s principal and asked the man to patiently wait in his car while students crossed the street between Bath and Harway avenues just before 9 am for the drill, said police. But the cad could not have cared
  
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• Going postal: USPS depot on residential block drives neighbors crazy

  28-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperAnd you thought your post office was bad!A United States Postal Service shipping depot that opened earlier this year on Dean Street in Prospect Heights is driving neighbors crazy with all-night deliveries and employees who illegally use parking placards to turn the residential block into their own personal lot, according to the head of a neighborhood group.“They don’t want to take mass transit so they park out front ill
  
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• City aims to build Sunset Park school across from bus depot

  28-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyParents want to knock the city “to the moon” over this school proposal.The School Construction Authority aims to build an elementary school across the street from the Jackie Gleason Bus Depot in Sunset Park, said officials at a June 20 hearing at Community Board 7. But the transit hub clogs the area with traffic, is a magnet for accidents, and has spewed fumes that already sickened students in another nearby public
  
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