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• Action Bronson shares Rick Ross collab from new LP, hosting foodie dating series, playing Rough Trade

  22-08-2017 23:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  Action Bronson's new album 'Blue Chips 7000' is out this week. He's also developing a nightly talk show for Viceland.
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• An apology from the Community News Group

  22-08-2017 23:47
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Brooklyn DailyLast week, a piece written by columnist Joanna DelBuono addressed the controversial and emotional issue of Confederate statues and was published with an inappropriate and unnecessarily inflammatory headline. The result was something that does not reflect the views and values of Community News Group, and management subsequently decided to remove the column from the BrooklynDaily.com site.
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• Jerry Seinfeld announces first Netflix special (watch teasers), touring too

  22-08-2017 22:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  Jerry Seinfeld inked a big deal with Netflix earlier this year which will bring his popular Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee series to the streaming service (with 24 new episodes due later this year), along with two new standup specials. The first of those specials, titled Jerry Before Seinfeld, will debut September 19...
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• Brooklyn Real Estate: The Williamsburg Edition

  22-08-2017 22:36 via bkmag.com
  Nicholas Liberis and Yohay Albo first met in 2008, when they worked as co-consultants on an architectural project. Since coming together as Brooklyn architecture and urbanism firm Albo Liberis, they have shaped some of Williamsburg’s most talked-about structures, including The William Vale hotel and Hotel Williamsburg.
  We spoke with Yohay and Nicholas about their goals of impacting Williamsburg’s landscape, as well as their architectural dreams that stretch beyond NYC.
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• Trap Them announce "final shows"

  22-08-2017 21:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  They happen in Brooklyn, Montreal, and Boston this November.
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• Cloud Nothings share animated "Up To The Surface" video

  22-08-2017 21:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  Cloud Nothings have released the video for "Up To The Surface," the opening track off of their outstanding 2017 record Life Without Sound. Directed by multimedia artist AUJIK, the 3D-animated, black-and-white video is pretty bizarre...
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• 2017 Asbury Park Surf Music Festival is this week: lineup, schedule, tickets

  22-08-2017 21:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  The festival will feature a wide array of live music (Dick Dale, Los Straitjackets), games, contests, and other forms of summer fun.
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• T-Pain announces acoustic tour with Smino & Felly

  22-08-2017 21:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  If you've ever wanted to hear T-Pain's smooth, un-digitized voice in an intimate setting, now's your chance.
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• AC Newman, Todd Barry & more playing benefit tonight in NYC for Charlottesville attack victims

  22-08-2017 21:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  Usually, Lower East Side club The Slipper Room hosts Seth Herzog's weekly SWEET comedy show on Tuesdays, but tonight (8/22) is a comedy and music benefit for victims of the attack in Charlottesville, VA on August 12...
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• The Queens are coming to Kings Theatre

  22-08-2017 21:08
  On October 23 and 24, Kings Theatre will host the first HBO tapings of 2 Dope Queens, Phoebe Robinson and Jessica Williams’s hilarious storytelling/comedy show/podcast taped live at venues throughout NYC and around the country. HBO recently announced they’ll be turning the show into a series of comedy specials next year, and this fall is your chance to be a part of them. If you have deep regrets for not seeing these ladies in action already, or have
  
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• You’ve Been (Soft) Served: Low-End Treat Goes Gourmet in NYC

  22-08-2017 16:00 via bkmag.com
  Considering its inherent associations with smoke-belching Mr. Softee trucks, and corporate franchises such as Carvel and Dairy Queen (not to mention that it’s typically a pre-mixed, highly-processed, low quality product, composed of up to 60% air), soft serve has long been low on the totem pole on the ice cream world. It’s somewhat nostalgic and satisfies a sugar craving, but generally nothing to get roused about.
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• Cyclones lose for 10th-straight time

  22-08-2017 14:34
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Matt Johnfor Brooklyn PaperTri-City 10Cyclones 6Aug. 21 in Tri-CityIt was a grand old time … but not for the CyclonesThe Cyclones blew a 6–5 lead in the ninth when Cyclones reliever Joe Napolitano gave up a game-winning grand slam and our boys fell for the 10th straight time.The Cyclones were oh-so-close to putting things away in the ninth. Napolitano got the first batter Andy Pineda to pop out. After surrendering a double to Bryan Dr La Cruz a
  
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• Suck city: Movie brings old vampire to New York

  22-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Alexandra SimonBrooklyn DailyThis flick gives an old movie life after undeath.A new animated horror film updates and upends a classic silent vampire movie to explore the immigrant experience in New York City. “NYsferatu: Symphony of a Century,” playing in Brooklyn Bridge Park on Sept. 7, gives the 1922 German film “Nosferatu” a modern New York setting and a blood-sucking character who may not be as bad as you think. Its Italian-born
  
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• Stickballers relive their youth in Coney Island

  22-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyThey had a ball by the Baordwalk!
  Stickballers played three games of the past-time pastime during the second-annual Stickball Challenge in Coney Island on Aug. 13, sponsored by Deno’s Wonder Wheel. Running the bases with the People’s Playground as a backdrop brought the players right back to their childhood days, said organizer Jay Cusato.
  “The main thing about the day is promoting the game of stickball, the nost
  
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• Staring at the sun: Brooklynites look up at library’s eclipse event

  22-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperAll eyes were on the sky!Kings County sun-gazers flocked to the Brooklyn Public Library’s Clinton Hill branch on Monday for an eclipse-viewing party where they were wowed by the rare solar spectacle, according to attendees.“Oh my gosh, it was an awesome experience,” said Rosemarie Allen of Borough Park. “Great time. It’s in my head. It’s a memory that will never leave me. Amazing!”Special g
  
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• Pavement party! Summer strollers take Slope’s Fifth Avenue

  22-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperIt was a walk to remember!
  Slopers descended on Fifth Avenue in droves on Saturday, where they traversed a street full of games, music, and other treats in the first of two block parties to take over the thoroughfare.
  “I would rate it five out of five,” said Lilly Cielo, who brought along her son Austin Tenezaca, 8, and his friend Adrian Flores, 5. “They did a good job.”The first North Summer Strolls event,
  
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• Our sit-down with Bay Ridge City Council Candidate Liam McCabe

  22-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyRepublican candidate Liam McCabe, who gave up his job working for Rep. Dan Donovan (R–Bay Ridge) over the winter and now works as a driver for Uber, also sat down with the editors on Aug. 11 to discuss his run to replace Gentile. A self-described “compassionate conservative,” McCabe started his journey to politics as a registered Democrat, but soon shifted to the Conservative Party — after becoming friends
  
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• Kids enjoy Family Fun Day in Canarsie Park

  22-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyThey put the fun in Family Fun Day!
  Dozens of youngsters came out for the second-annual Family Fun Day in Canarsie Park on Aug. 17, hosted by state Sen. Roxanne Persaud (D–Canarsie). Back to school season is just around the corner but the day was filled with games, rock climbing, and face painting, and was a great way to send off summer, said East New Yorker Joshua Figueroa, who brought his 9-year-old daughter Sierra.
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• Bearing Witness: Oldies group rocks out at summer concert series

  22-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne McShaneBrooklyn DailyCall it an oldie but a goodie.
  Music lovers gathered in Marine Park on Aug. 16 to dance to Witness, a six-piece rock-and-oldies band, as part of the free summer concert series sponsored by state Sen. Marty Golden (R–Marine Park). The band stuck to playing golden oldies, especially from the ’50s and ’70s, according to one attendee, who said the genre is hard to come by at live concerts.“It was very, very
  
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