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• The Movielife & The Menzingers playing shows together

  14-07-2017 23:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Movielife are touring in support of their upcoming first album in 14 years, Cities in Search of a Heart, and The Menzingers are supporting the recently-released After the Party.
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• Panorama 2017 set times

  14-07-2017 23:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The set times have been revealed for NYC's Panorama music festival, which goes down Friday, July 28 through Sunday, July 30 on Randall's Island.
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• Julien Baker opening for Paramore

  14-07-2017 23:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Matador signee Julien Baker continues to open for some seriously impressive acts. She recently toured with The Decemberists, whose Travelers Rest festival she plays in August, and her upcoming tour dates also include a Toronto show with Belle and Sebastian...
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• Baby’s All Right Will Open an L.A. Outpost

  14-07-2017 20:03 via bkmag.com
  
  It looks like Baby’s All Right, one of Brooklyn’s most popular music venues since opening in 2013, could be making it’s way to our country’s other coast.
  According to Curbed, the owners of Baby’s are looking to expand the venue to Los Angeles, opening up in a Chinatown Warehouse before the end of 2018. Much like the Williamsburg location, the LA outpost would feature multiple stages, along with a bar and kitchen. It may not be actually called Baby&rsq
  
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• Race to completion: Formula E officials finish track, unpack cars ahead of weekend event

  14-07-2017 14:41
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperThey’re all charged up and ready to roll!Drivers in the electric-car racing series Formula E will zip around Red Hook’s Brooklyn Cruise Terminal this weekend as an estimated 20,000 spectators flood the nabe to watch the international superstars compete in the sport’s first race in New York City.The festivities kicked-off Wednesday with a ribbon cutting at the racetrack, and our photographer got a sneak peek of the
  
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• Cyclones again get scrapped by Mahoning Valley — again!

  14-07-2017 13:55
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Matt Johnfor Brooklyn PaperMahoning Valley 4Cyclones 2July 13 at Mahoning ValleyCyclones starter Jose “Funky Cold” Medina pitched valiantly in a losing cause, giving up just two runs on six hits in six innings, but the offense and the relief pitching failed as the Clones were swept by the Scrappers.
  The Cyclones took the lead early when Ricardo Cespedes grounded out to score Quinn Brodey and Scott Manea singled to score Jose Miguel Medina to mak
  
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• The people’s courts: Locals cry foul over unauthorized tennis coaches hogging hardtops

  14-07-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperThis match is not love-love.Tennis instructors without coaching permits are monopolizing a pair of prime courts in a small Fort Greene park by using the taxpayer-funded hardtops to give lessons, according to local players who said the profit-seeking pros are wrecking their game.“It’s a combination of etiquette on the courts, tying them up, and the principle that nobody should be making money off of them,” said Gabr
  
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• Strolling away from the Ridge

  14-07-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyAdieu, Bay Ridge!
  It is this reporter’s last week at the helm of your go-to-guide for weekend antics in the Ridge. And while your weekly dose of neighborhood shenanigans will never be the same, let us make the most of it this weekend with some beloved barroom rock and a sentimental stroll that is packed with neighborhood nosh, booty-shaking jams, and local goodies.
  On Friday night, break out a pair of comfy walking shoes
  
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• Off to the races! Formula E officials finish track, unpack cars ahead of weekend event

  14-07-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn DailyThey’re all charged up!An estimated 20,000 spectators will flood Red Hook this weekend to watch drivers from around the world zip around the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal as part of electric-car racing series Formula E’s first race in New York City.The festivities kicked-off yesterday with a ribbon cutting at the racetrack, and our photographer got a sneak peek of the winding course as teams’ unpacked their sleek, glyce
  
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• Multi-cultural consignment store caters to Muslim modesty

  14-07-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyCall it a modest success.The Bay Ridge salon that caters to hijab-wearing ladies has expanded with a multi-cultural consignment shop so salon-goers’ can find fancy threads that won’t impinge on their Muslim modesty and give them a chance to recycle special-occasion gowns that would otherwise collect dust in their closets.
  “I see how when women buy their wedding gowns they feel it’s a waste of money, so t
  
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• Interracial couple attacked in Sheepshead Bay

  14-07-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyCops cuffed two alleged bigots on charges of attacking an interracial couple and threatening to lynch the black boyfriend on E. 17th Street on July 8 in Sheepshead Bay, police said.The 42-year-old black man was walking with his 38-year-old white girlfriend near Avenue R a little before 6 am when the alleged neo-Nazi’s came up to them and started spewing racial slurs, telling them they aren’t welcome in the neighborhood
  
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• Get your free helmet at Canarsie Pier!

  14-07-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyGet your tyke a free helmet for his bike!
  The Department of Transportation and state Sen. Roxanne Persaud (D–Canarsie) are hosting Bike Bonanza — a free helmet fitting and give-away event — at Canarsie Pier on July 15.
  Helmets are available for youngsters of all ages, but cyclists must come get fitted in person before taking one home. Adults over 18-years-old will have to sign a waiver if receiving their own helm
  
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• Bartoonist takes in the booze and the views in Industry City

  14-07-2017 06:00
  
  Bar Scrawl: Our drinking illustrator visits two distilleries and two breweries in one tasting room. Read more.
  
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