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• Bins laden: Corner trash cans overflowing in Ridge

  26-07-2017 23:04
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Brooklyn DailyBay Ridge street corners piled with refuse from overflowing bins are the latest garbage gripe in a nabe with more than its share of trashy tribulations.“It’s ridiculous, you see it on every corner,” said lifelong Ridge resident Michele Tvedt. “Four corners, four huge piles of garbage.”Community Board 10 gets up to a dozen complaints a week about overloaded street bins, according to the district manager, but she said
  
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• Demolition day: Center of old Kosciuszko span removed, sailed into sunset on barges

  26-07-2017 21:38
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperCall it a bridge too far gone.Two barges sailed the center section of the old Kosciuszko Bridge into oblivion on Wednesday morning, ending the first phase of the 78-year-old span’s state-led demolition, which — sadly — did not feature any explosions.Workers began lowering the 300-foot long, 50-foot tall section onto the vessels waiting 125 feet beneath it on Tuesday, using massive steel cables that dropped it at a
  
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• Sneak takes woman’s wallet at MetroCard machine

  26-07-2017 21:08
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn Paper84th PrecinctBrooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–DowntownSubway steal
  A thief stole a woman’s wallet while she was attempting to buy a MetroCard inside Bergen Street station on July 17.The victim was attempting to buy the train pass at the station near Smith Street at 2:30 pm when the filcher bumped into her from behind and said, “Excuse me.”
  She then boarded a Manhattan-bound F train and realized
  
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• Bidi Bidi Bom Bom: Selena Screens in McCarren Park Tonight

  26-07-2017 20:15 via bkmag.com
  
  Get ready to sing and dance along tonight in McCarren Park for the fourth week of this year’s SummerScreen, because it’s Selena night! View Jennifer Lopez’s original on-screen rise to fame under the night’s sky in McCarren Park, as always with some great local food vendors, beer from Sixpoint, and live music in tow.
  The opening band this week, as always curated by Tidal, will be Karen Rodriguez. Check out some of her music here, and her own Selena-inspired playl
  
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• Hans Zimmer @ Radio City Music Hall night 1 (pics, video)

  26-07-2017 19:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer is mixing Hollywood spectacle and arena rock razzle dazzle on his current tour...
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• NPR's 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women

  26-07-2017 19:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  The list is being celebrated with a free NYC show tonight, headlined by Rickie Lee Jones, who will perform Pirates in full (#49 on the list).
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• Charlize Theron, Foremost Oscar-Winning Ass Kicker

  26-07-2017 19:19 via bkmag.com
  
  One of the reasons so many actors’ careers seem like disappointments after winning an Oscar is that the award often bumps them into another pay grade, and suddenly character actors or former B-listers are receiving offers just as lucratively terrible as the biggest names in town. This goes double for women—or is it half? Great, mainstream roles for women over a certain age are still so rare, even with an Oscar, that a fair amount of strategizing is required to stay in the spotlight (
  
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• Sweet Apple (J Mascis) share song ft Mark Lanegan & Robert Pollard off new LP

  26-07-2017 18:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  Sweet Apple (the supergroup with members of Dinosaur Jr, Witch, Cobra Verde, Guided by Voices and more) are back with a new guest-filled album featuring Mark Lanegan, Robert Pollard, Rachel Haden, and Doug Gillard.
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• Sun’s in their eyes! Cyclones lose day game!

  26-07-2017 18:32
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Matt Johnfor Brooklyn PaperAberdeen 4Cyclones 3July 25 at MCU ParkJose Maria and Ricardo Cespedes hit home runs but the Ironbirds came back twice to beat the Cyclones during a rare day game.Our boys got themselves on the board early. Maria’s two-out solo shot in the second came an inning before Walter “Rabbi” Rasquin’s sacrifice fly made it 2–0.The Ironbirds didn’t waste any time catching up. Ben Breazeale doubled to lead
  
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• Angel Olsen taped an ACL episode (pics), playing Panorama this weekend

  26-07-2017 18:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  Before the taping, she played Pitchfork Festival (pics) and FYF (pics, review). This weekend, she plays three festivals: Newport Folk Fest, NJ's XPoNential Fest and NYC's Panorama (she's one of our 17 acts not to miss at Panorama '17)...
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• A taste for trash: City event teaches locals to serve scraps

  26-07-2017 18:01
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperCall it junk food!The city showed Brooklynites how to turn garbage into gourmet fare at an event in Greenpoint on Tuesday that was arguably the borough’s scrappiest culinary fair yet.
  “I personally have had a very hard time getting my friends to even care about food waste,” said Windsor Terrace resident Tina Ye as she ate a cake made with flour from old bread. “They just don’t think it’s a problem
  
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• Julie & The Wrong Guys (Eric's Trip / Cancer Bats) prep debut LP, share 1st single

  26-07-2017 17:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  Julie & The Wrong Guys are comprised of Julie Doiron (of '90s Canadian/Sub Pop band Eric's Trip, among other things), singer-songwriter Eamon McGrath, and the rhythm section of Toronto hardcore band Cancer Bats....
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• The rabid squirrel of Prospect Park speaks!

  26-07-2017 17:53
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Moses JeffersonBrooklyn PaperThe rabid squirrel of Prospect Park took time out of his busy schedule hiding from the authorities and sat down with Gersh and Vince to give his side of the story.And guess what, folks. He’s not rabid at all.Granted anonymity so he won’t be captured, killed, and have his brain sliced up and examined by so-called scientists, the tiny rodent told our hosts that the foam coming from his mouth was the result of gum infla
  
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• Western Addiction made a video for "Honeycreeper," begin tour this week

  26-07-2017 17:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  "Honeycreeper" is off Tremulous, Western Addiction's first album in 12 years. Watch the grainy, black-and-white clip and catch them on tour with Night Birds this week...
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• Mister Heavenly are back, releasing new LP & touring (listen to "Beat Down")

  26-07-2017 17:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  Remember Mister Heavenly, the supergroup of Honus Honus (Man Man), Nick Diamonds (The Unicorns, Islands), and drummer Joe Plummer (Modest Mouse, The Shins), that sometimes also included Michael Cera? Well, they're back!
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• Tera Melos releasing 'Trash Generator,' touring with Speedy Ortiz

  26-07-2017 16:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  Listen to the crazy, strangely poppy lead single "Don't Say I Know" now.
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• Chelsea Wolfe shares "Vex" ft. Aaron Turner (Isis/Sumac)

  26-07-2017 16:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  It starts out as sort of a somber, atmospheric industrial-leaning song, and then Aaron Turner comes in with harsh growls, changing the vibe up entirely.
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• Norah Jones playing 5 nights at NYC's Le Poisson Rouge in September

  26-07-2017 16:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  Norah Jones will perform songs from Day Breaks with drummer Brian Blade and bassist Chris Thomas.
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• Sun’s in thier eyes! Cyclones lose day game!

  26-07-2017 16:25
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Matt Johnfor Brooklyn PaperAberdeen 4Cyclones 3July 25 at MCU ParkJose Maria and Ricardo Cespedes hit home runs but the Ironbirds came back twice to beat the Cyclones during a rare day game.Our boys got themselves on the board early. Jose Maria two-out solo shot in the second inning came an inning before Walter “Rabbi” Rasquin’s sacrifice fly made it 2–0.The Ironbirds didn’t waste any time catching up. Ben Breazeale doubled to
  
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• Sunset Park hospital gets new name, $25-million gift from tech mogul’s family

  26-07-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By James HarneyBrooklyn DailyOne of Brooklyn’s oldest hospitals just got a shot of fresh life.Officials at Sunset Park’s NYU Lutheran Medical Center touted a $25-million donation from the Bezos Family Foundation in a July 20 announcement that also revealed the medical center’s new name: NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn.“This generous gift represents a major milestone in our institution’s history,” said Dr. Bret J. Rudy, t
  
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• Spreading his wings: Former Telecom star settling into pro life

  26-07-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyHe just wouldn’t be denied.Former Telecom star Josh Palacios grew up around baseball. His uncle played in the big leagues with the Kansas City Royals, his father played in the Detroit Tigers minor league system, and he wanted to follow that same path.
  But despite his big-league bloodlines, Palacios never received any special treatment. He was cut from the Xaverian High School squad as a sophomore and chose to transfer to anoth
  
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• Power from the people: Service allows solar-producing Bklynites to sell energy to neighbors

  26-07-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperTalk about community empowerment!A Brooklyn tech startup is helping solar-equipped Park Slope and Gowanus residents sell excess energy directly to their neighbors, enticing them to shop green — and small, according to customers.“If we can buy our energy locally, then why not,” said Eugene Lee of Park Slope printer Rolling Press, which uses 100 percent renewable energy.Kings County’s L03 Energy connects Lee a
  
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• Police: Man stealing cosmetics threatens to stab people with needle

  26-07-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Julianne Cubafor Brooklyn Paper76th PrecinctCarroll Gardens-Cobble Hill–Red HookTo the pointCops cuffed a guy on July 15 who they say stole thousands of dollars worth of cosmetics from a store on Smith Street and threatened someone in the store with a needle after saying he had HIV on July 12.
  The 30-year-old suspect stuffed his pockets with $2,257 worth of cosmetics, and when someone in the store between Warren and Baltic streets tried to stop him, t
  
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• Jo gets to the root of the problem

  26-07-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyLet’s talk about the sidewalk-tree root problem.
  I’m sure anyone who lives within the five boroughs has experienced the lifted, uneven, cracked sidewalks that are endemic on blocks where the lush foliage of sugar maples live and breathe. The roots grow and grow, unchecked, creating havoc.
  Recently our mayor was interviewed — sorry, I can’t remember the channel or day — but he said we should not to h
  
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• Fiend shoves woman and runs off with her purse

  26-07-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn Daily61st PrecinctSheepshead Bay—Homecrest—
  Manhattan Beach—GravesendShoe sleazebagA snake shoved a woman to the ground on W. Third Street and stole her bag and phone on July 22, police said.The 22-year-old woman told police she was walking home from the Avenue X train station when she stopped in a deli for some water at about 12:45 am, and then headed to her home near Avenue Y when she felt that someone was behind he
  
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• Fielding fate: Poly standout heading to West Virginia

  26-07-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyFate had other ideas.Poly Prep baseball standout Chris Klein wasn’t really trying to impress anyone this summer. The rising junior was just hoping to have some fun, competing with US Elite on the summer-ball circuit.But Klein managed to catch the attention of the West Virginia coaching staff anyway, and after a whirlwind recruitment, wound up committing to play college ball with the Mountaineers.“Once I committed, it was
  
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• Crooks beat up two men when caught looting car

  26-07-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn Paper78th PrecinctPark Slope
  Car piratesA pair of looters beat two men after they were caught ransacking the men’s car on President Street on July 11.The victims told police they were between Seventh and Eighth avenues at 2:40 pm when they spotted the delinquent duo looting the car.The two men moved in to prevent the crooks from making off with their stuff, but the thieves made a run for it.As they fled, one of the crooks hurled a
  
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• Burglar takes pricey rose gold dog chain from home

  26-07-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn Paper88th PrecinctFort Greene–Clinton HillBarking mad
  Cops are hunting a thief who stole a pricey rose gold dog chain from a Greene Avenue apartment between July 18 and July 20.
  The victim thinks she left the door of her residence between Bedford and Nostrand avenues open at 7:45 am — and discovered a sneak had taken the 18-inch chain — estimated at more than $4,000 — at 10 pm two days later, according to a report
  
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• Brooklyn is overrun with the Scottish play!

  26-07-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Bill RoundyBrooklyn DailyThey’ve doubled double the toil and trouble!Four different theater companies will take on Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” in Brooklyn over the next month. The bloody tragedy about an ambitious Scottish general who murders his king and seizes the throne is popular ones with audiences, so it makes sense to stage it in the county of Kings hereafter, said the co-producer of one version.“We’re in our fifth sea
  
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• Bins landen: Corner trash cans overflowing in Ridge

  26-07-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Brooklyn DailyBay Ridge street corners piled with refuse from overflowing bins are the latest garbage gripe in a nabe with more than its share of trashy tribulations.“It’s ridiculous, you see it on every corner,” said lifelong Ridge resident Michele Tvedt. “Four corners, four huge piles of garbage.”Community Board 10 gets up to a dozen complaints a week about overloaded street bins, according to the district manager, but she said
  
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