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• Culture Essentials for September

  05-09-2017 19:13
  Ah, September. I have to say that for all the reflection on melancholic, late summer feels, this is one of the single best months of the year, especially in New York City. You can still go to the beach for another few weeks. There are still some trashy, fun, summer movies in the the theater, and even releasing this month. Outdoor festivals are still happening, and tomatoes, peaches and everything amazing is alive and gorgeous at the farmer’s market. At the same time, the serious culture ca
  
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• Inside the News: Gersh talks Tronc’s deal on Brooklyn Paper Radio

  05-09-2017 19:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Moses JeffersonBrooklyn PaperOne of New York’s venerable tabloid publications — the New York Daily News — has been saved by its once-and-future owner — and Brooklyn Paper Radio has the inside scoop!Today, the borough’s premiere podcast returns after a two-week hiatus, and former Daily News columnist Gersh Kuntzman who left the News just three days ago, will dish on the deal that everyone in media is talking about.Of course Kunt
  
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• The Many Faces Of Alex Cameron

  05-09-2017 18:09 via bkmag.com
  
  Upon meeting Alex Cameron for the first time, it’s difficult to know what to expect. The Australian performer is as much an actor as he is a musician, inhabiting a swath of characters when he sings; the man behind the songs can be a mystery. For his debut record Jumping the Shark, he adopted the persona of an aging, struggling entertainer, wearing fake wrinkles on the cover art and singing ballads about failure. Now Cameron returns with his sophomore album, in which he sings from several i
  
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• Taste Talks to Feature Startups, Sampling, and More at the Future Food Expo

  05-09-2017 16:33 via bkmag.com
  
  As America’s hottest test kitchen, Brooklyn has become an international epicenter of the food movement. The Future Food Expo at Taste Talks Brooklyn is one-of-a-kind exhibition that showcases the future of food products, companies, media, and innovators from both our home borough and around the world.
  The Expo will take place from 10am to 5pm on Saturday, September 9th at the Williamsburg Hotel, and is free with an RSVP. Get to know some of the Future Food Exhibitors below—and get e
  
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• As season winds down, Cyclones split two with Connecticut

  05-09-2017 15:04
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Matt Johnfor Brooklyn PaperCyclones 2Connecticut 1Sept. 4 in Connecticut (Game one)Ryan McAuliffe gave up just one run on six hits and Jeremy Vasquez drove in two as the Cyclones won for a season-high sixth game in a row.The Tigers were the first ones on the board. Teddy Hoffman and Andres Sthormes led off the third with consecutive singles before Luke Burch grounded into a double play to advance Hoffman to third. Burch then scored off a wild pitch by McAul
  
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• Locals still confused by double-double yellow lines

  05-09-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyThe pair of double-yellow lines down a stretch of Avenue U that was confusing motorists is finally complete — with short, diagonal markings painted down the middle — but that hasn’t made it any clearer to locals why the city put the strange markings on a narrow, single-lane street.
  “There’s no reason to push traffic over on Avenue U. Putting it on a single-lane road is, first of all, ridiculous,&rdquo
  
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• Coney cares: Area businesses unite to raise funds for Hurricane Harvey victims

  05-09-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne McShaneBrooklyn DailyThey’ve been there before.
  After Hurricane Harvey slammed Houston with historic rainfall, the Alliance for Coney Island — a neighborhood devastated by Hurricane Sandy five years ago — quickly launched “Coney Cares,” a local fund-raising effort to help victims of the Texas storm. The initiative, organized with local sports teams and businesses, was inspired by the national outpouring of support that
  
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• Beer the music: Brews and bands collide at Sunset Park’s OctFest

  05-09-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne McShaneBrooklyn DailyCall it rhythm and brews!A gigantic music and beer festival will soon splash down in Sunset Park, bringing six bands and more than 40 breweries to the Brooklyn Hanger on Sept. 9. One of those breweries will have very short trip — Five Boroughs Brewing Company will schlep its barrels just six blocks to join the Octfest celebration. The brewery’s co-founder said he and his colleagues are thrilled to have a nearby even
  
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• Bag grab! Local tots get brand new backpacks at giveaway

  05-09-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperIt was a back-to-school special!Kids from Walt Whitman and Ingersoll Houses picked up new backpacks at an Aug. 31 giveaway that got squirts excited for the first day of classes on Thursday, according to a parent.“He loves it,” said Latiema Edwards, whose son 2-year-old son Kasim starts preschool this year. “He was excited because he’s starting school and he got to pick out a new backpack.”The New York C
  
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• An appetite for animal rights: Kensington shelter rescues South Korean canines destined to become cuisine

  05-09-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperIt’s taking puppies off the menu.A Kensington animal rescue is saving dogs destined for South Korean dinner tables by taking in pups rescued from foreign meat farms and finding safe homes for them in Brooklyn, according to its owner, who blasted the Asian country’s canine-cuisine business.“It is a brutal industry,” said Sean Casey, who owns Sean Casey Animal Rescue at 153 E. Third St. “The meat industr
  
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