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• Jawbreaker doc screening at Nitehawk, BV-presented Q&A with Blake included!

  17-08-2017 23:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  The BrooklynVegan-presented screening and Q&A with Jawbreaker frontman Blake Schwarzenbach comes ahead of the band's reunion performance at Riot Fest.Continue reading…
  
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• Vagabon, Kodie Shane, more playing free shows at new NYC space The Mailroom

  17-08-2017 23:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Mailroom is a new Manhattan events space located at 110 Wall Street that will also be hosting live shows. The first of those shows have just been announced...
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• L7 doc hitting theaters, playing Nitehawk in Brooklyn with BV-presented Q&A

  17-08-2017 22:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  The BrooklynVegan-presented Music Driven screening at Brooklyn's Nitehawk includes a Q&A with L7's Donita Sparks. L7 are playing shows, too, in September.
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• Radiohead's Philip Selway shares song; Thom & Jonny playing duo show in Italy

  17-08-2017 22:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  Philip Selway's new song "Let Me Go" is the title track from his soundtrack to the film of the same name.
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• King Krule sent poster to fans — new music on the way, too?

  17-08-2017 21:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  Brand New are not the only ones sending surprise packages in the mail. Some lucky King Krule fans were treated to a mysterious parcel
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• Brand New Sends Fans A New Album Called Science Fiction

  17-08-2017 21:30 via bkmag.com
  It started with the vinyl pre-order. On Tuesday, Brand New announced their first new album since 2009’s Daisy was set to release in October. The vinyl pre-order, limited to 500, sold out in fewer than 30 minutes. Today, however, the 500 fans who preordered the vinyl received a very early surprise—a numbered CD in the mail. On the CD is a single 61-minute track, titled “44.5902N104.7146W.” Those coordinates lead to Wyoming’s Devils Tower National Monument.Listeners u
  
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• Shots in the dark: Wrongful arrests could go up as city’s gun detection tech comes to Ft. Greene, experts say

  17-08-2017 18:34
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperIt’s missing the target.
  The city’s plan to install gun detection technology in Fort Greene this summer will give cops a new excuse to search and arrest people who aren’t doing anything wrong, legal experts fear.“It’s going to generate a lot of arrests, a lot of collateral damage,” said Scott Cerbin, a Downtown criminal defense attorney. “It will create probable cause to approach and search
  
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• Farm, and brewery, to table

  17-08-2017 16:43
  Treat yourself to a delectable three-course dinner featuring the best late summer bounty at Runner & Stone’s third and final Meet Your Makers event of the season this Thursday night. Dirty Boots Farm and Strong Rope Brewery have collaborated to bring you a dining experience featuring dishes like IPA caesar salad, puttanesca made with beer, and ricotta rice pudding with beer syrup and caramelized cantaloupe. It’s not a cheap night out at $100 per person, but that covers all the fo
  
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• Gersh on BPR: Time to take it to the Nazis — again!

  17-08-2017 16:42
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Moses JeffersonBrooklyn PaperNazis, you’re in for a beating.That was the position staked out by Brooklyn Paper Radio co-host and noted pacifist Gersh Kuntzman as this week’s show dove head first into the controversy over the neo-Nazi march in Charlottesville.Kuntzman and co-host Vince DiMiceli chatted with filmmakers Cary Murnion and Jon Milott, whose new film, “Bushwick,” eerily centers on a white supremacist takeover of the hipster
  
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• Mary J. Blige comes to Coney Island

  17-08-2017 16:31
  On Friday night, you can catch the multi-platinum, nine-time-Grammy-winning Queen of Hip Hop Soul, Mary J. Blige, in concert at Coney Island’s new outdoor live music venue, the Ford Amphitheater. As far as I’m concerned, it doesn’t get much better than watching a live performance of Family Affair and Real Love by the deadly cool Blige on a late summer evening on the boardwalk, but because it’s Friday you also get a the free fireworks show over the beach. The show starts a
  
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• A vegan potluck for the ages, a free dance performance, and a rooftop film

  17-08-2017 16:26
  On Saturday, vegans from all over the borough will be gathering at Grand Army Plaza for a Massive Vegan Potluck Picnic from 1-4pm. Bring your favorite meatless, dairyless food and party with some likeminded peeps. Entry is free and you will be treated to a DJ set by PUDGEemcee. Over in LIC, you can check out the final performance of this season of Norte Maar, a choreography and dance residency that is now in its fifth year at Socrates Sculpture Park. This week, the work of Nico Brown and Gl
  
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• Franny’s closing party and a homebrew hoedown

  17-08-2017 16:13
  Homebrewers from all over the city will be offering their creations to the masses, and competing for prizes, on Sunday afternoon at The Brooklyn Homebrew Takedown. The event takes place from 1-3pm at Hill Country BBQ in Downtown Brooklyn, and for the $25 ticket you get to sample all the brews and vote on your fave. Meanwhile, as you’ve probably heard by now, Prospect Heights’ beloved Franny’s is shutting its doors for good after 14 years, but at least they are going out with an
  
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• Watch the eclipse on Governors Island

  17-08-2017 16:05
  The eclipse finally arrives on Monday, and I have a feeling that there won’t be a whole lot of work done on Monday afternoon. I definitely didn’t get it together to buy the approved viewing glasses in time, so it remains to see how dramatic my experience with it will be, but if I could get away with skipping work, I might head out to Governors Island with New York City WILD! to watch with a fun group. Later that night, Rooftop Cinema Club is screening American Psycho from 8-10pm at O
  
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• Calling all curd nerds and dinner dorks, food trivia at MOFAD

  17-08-2017 15:56
  On Tuesday at 10am, tickets go on sale to the public for Unbound, BAM’s book launch series in partnership with Greenlight Books. This year’s slate of literary luminaries includes journalist Masha Gessen, Alice Waters, and Dan Rather, each of whom will appear at BAM this fall to promote their new book. This event ALWAYS sells out, so we just wanted to give you a heads up so you don’t get left out in the cold. As for something you can do right now, MOFAD is hosting its first-ever
  
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• The Star Trek podcast that’s not just for Trekkies

  17-08-2017 15:46
  Admittedly, I have never seen a single episode of Star Trek (any generation), a fact has severely impeded my crossword puzzle career, but I’m intrigued by the concept of The Greatest Generation, a podcast about Star Trek from “two guys who are a bit embarrassed to have a Star Trek podcast.” Apparently it is totally enjoyable even if you are a noob, because hosts Benjamin Ahr Harrison and Adam Pranica share the funniest things about the show they grew up loving, peppered with hi
  
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• Matt Harvey pitches well, then Cyclones lose

  17-08-2017 15:13
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Matt Johnfor Brooklyn PaperAberdeen 6Cyclones 2Aug. 16 at MCU ParkIt was the battle of the Harveys!Mets flamethrower Matt Harvey faced off against Ironbirds’ starter Bryan Harvey — no relation — and held his own, allowing just one hit and no runs in three innings pitched, but the Ironbirds’ bats came alive when Marcel Renteria replaced Harvey, as he allowed three hits and four runs to spark a five-run rally, handing the Clones the te
  
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• Welcome to new St. Francis College president

  17-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyBrooklyn HeightsSay hello to the new president at St. Francis College, Dr. Miguel Martinez-Saenz. He is the 19th to serve in that capacity in the school’s 160-year history. He will begin this September and takes over from Interim President Timothy J. Houlihan, who served after the death of Brendan Dugan last December.Prior to coming to St. Francis, Dr. Martinez-Saenz hailed from Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, w
  
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• The best of the fest

  17-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Bill RoundyBrooklyn DailyGet your laugh on!The annual Brooklyn Comedy Festival, running Aug. 21–27, features stand-up, comedy films, and workshops all over the borough. For those overwhelmed by options, we have picked a few highlights that you should seek out.Purse firstKicking off the weeklong festival is Bob the Drag Queen, the fierce, funny winner of the eighth season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” The royal reality star will headline t
  
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• Taking off: St. Joseph’s star ready for next step

  17-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyThere was no point in waiting.
  St. Joseph point guard Raven Pitt visited Wagner College several times over the last few months, spoke with the coaches, met with potential teammates, and as far as she was concerned, there was no other option. She just had to make it official. Pitt did just that earlier this month when she committed to Wagner, cementing her college hoops future.
  “I just felt like Wagner, they showed a lot of int
  
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• Students never forget with Holocaust Memorial Creative Arts Contest

  17-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailySheepshead BayTo save one lifeAssemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz (D–Sheepshead Bay) honored the student winners of his 17th annual Holocaust Memorial Creative Arts Contest at a ceremony held at Kingsborough Community College’s Marine Academic Center.Opening remarks by the assemblyman and Michelle Anderson, president of the school, welcomed the more than 350 students, guests, and family who attended.This year’s chall
  
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• Steph gets to the heart of the matter

  17-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Stephanie Thompsonfor Brooklyn PaperAnger sucks, literally. It sucks my breath away. It sucks my joy away. It sucks the life I want away.It is a raging, violent torrent that I can’t control.
  I am a rage-aholic when I rage. Fire licks out of my eyes and tongue. My ears spew thick, black smoke emerging from what boils within.
  I think I really started dealing with the problem seriously when I had kids. Those times when they were toddlers and when my head
  
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• Shots in the dark: Wrongful arrests could increase with city’s new gun detection tech, experts say

  17-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperIt’s missing the target.
  The city’s plan to install gun detection technology in Fort Greene this summer will give cops a new excuse to search and arrest people who aren’t doing anything wrong, legal experts fear.“It’s going to generate a lot of arrests, a lot of collateral damage,” said Scott Cerbin, a Downtown criminal defense attorney. “It will create probable cause to approach and search
  
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• Sheepshead Bay still fighting zone-busting Avenue Z development

  17-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyA proposed development planned for Avenue Z just can’t seem to get out of park — because of parking.Repeated rejections of a zone-busting commercial development planned for a narrow block now occupied by former gas station LS Auto Clinic and its parking lot have led to a succession of changes to the proposal since it was first floated in 2014, and the latest version suffered another setback this week — in part be
  
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• Memories of college — as I send my daughters off

  17-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Tom AllonBrooklyn DailyWe are getting an early dose of fall breezes in August even though we are entering the dog days of summer now.Life seems to change drastically the day after Labor Day each year. Work gets busier, more people are around to take meetings, the fall culture calendar heats up, school kids dot the subways — the whole pulse of the city quickens.But for the next three weeks we can still enjoy the relative quiet on our streets, late summ
  
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• Make a lot of noise: It’s the Big Screecher’s birthday

  17-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyBensonhurstWishing the Big Screecher, Carmine Santa Maria, a very happy 82nd birthday. Carmine celebrated the big day on Aug. 13 at his favorite watering hole, The Parkway Diner, where the food is always good and plentiful — and the cake was whipped-cream delicious.
  Surroundedby an adoring family, wife Sharon, son Carl and wife Lori, daughter Dana and husband Michael Sgori, along with a passel of grandchildren — Alex
  
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• His day in court: John O’Hara sues former DA, assemblyman for ‘malicious prosecution’ in ’90s conviction

  17-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperA former Brooklyn district attorney and assemblyman colluded to fabricate evidence and bribe witnesses so they could convict a political rival of voter fraud, a civil complaint filed Tuesday in Kings County federal court alleges.Sunset Park attorney John O’Hara, who is running for judgeship in Brooklyn civil court, said he’s bringing suit in order to drag defendants Charles Hynes and James Brennan through the legal syst
  
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• Court quashes Working Families line grab

  17-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyBay Ridge City Council Candidate Justin Brannan will still enjoy an uncontested spot on the Working Families Party line this September after his Republican opponent Liam McCabe’s attempt to hijack it was thwarted in court.
  Despite telling this paper on Aug. 1 that Brannan would not sue to block McCabe’s Opportunity to Ballot — a maneuver that would have opened up the progressive party’s primary — atto
  
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• Church of the Generals takes down plaque honoring Confederate leader

  17-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyA plaque commemorating the Confederate leader General Robert E. Lee was hauled off the grounds of the so-called Church of the Generals in Bay Ridge on Aug. 16, in the wake of white supremacist protests and violence in Charlottesville over the weekend.
  The move sends a message that racism has no place in Brooklyn, said Rev. Khader El-Yateem.
  “Removing this plaque makes it very clear that while we will never forget the history
  
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• Branch falls after waiting three months for Parks to prune tree

  17-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyA dangerously heavy branch finally broke off a tree on Kimball Street on Aug. 9, after the city ignored months of calls from nearby homeowners to prune it, and its just lucky that it didn’t fall on one of the kids who play on the block, said one resident.“I was afraid it’s going to hit a child or destroy someone’s car — my grandkids are always playing outside,” said Kimball Street resident Rita
  
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• Better at bat: Xaverian star uses summer league to improve

  17-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyIn the end, he decided, it’s all about baseball.Xaverian rising senior Jared Lerner is a talented athlete, but it wasn’t until high school that decided to narrow his focus to a single sport.“When I got to high school I decided to pick baseball as my sport and just really focus on that,” the Clippers’ outfield standout said. “It’s the one thing that’s always brought me the most joy. I l
  
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• Band of brothers: Local family headlines Bay Ridge’s Irish Night

  17-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyIt’s never too early for St. Patrick’s Day!Local Irish music group the Canny Brothers Band will headline the Irish Night party in Shore Road Park on Aug. 23 — almost seven months before Bay Ridge’s biggest annual parade. One of the three siblings in the band says that the celebrating the luck of the Irish should not be reserved to March — it can be a 365-day party.“St. Patrick’s is really
  
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• Baffling ballet: Dance troupe screens funny, freaky film

  17-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn DailyCall it confusing comedy choreography!A Brooklyn comedy dance crew will screen its bizarre new movie “Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat Zone” at Nitehawk Cinema on Aug. 22, as part of the week-long Brooklyn Comedy Film Festival. The 40-minute film is so out there that audiences have told the creators they don’t know quite what’s going on — but that is not a complaint, according to one dancer
  
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