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• Brooklyn Real Estate: The Red Hook Edition

  20-09-2017 22:00 via bkmag.com
  
  David Seiter, principal and design director of landscape architecture firm Future Green, describes Red Hook's ecological origins, his latest projects, and the importance of planning for resiliency as oceans rise.
  Why did you choose Red Hook for your offices?
  We’re drawn to the quiet of Red Hook, the quality of the light and the amount of sky.  We love the openness and the sense of being surrounded by an overgrown urban nature. While we’ve always gravitated towards the city&rsqu
  
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• The MoMA is crawling with spiders

  20-09-2017 21:56
  Photo of  “Spider Woman” by Louise Bourgeois, courtesy of The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of The Easton Foundation. © 2017 The Easton Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, NY
  No, seriously. The Museum of Modern Art is crawling with spiders. And they’re kinda huge. Thankfully, however, they’re supposed to be there. This Sunday, Louise Bourgeois: An Unfolding Portrait opens at the MoMA, a comprehensive catalog of the beloved sculptor’s less-known w
  
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• Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip), BLONDES & more playing NY Art Book Fair at MoMA PS1

  20-09-2017 21:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  The NY Art Book Fair is this weekend (September 22 - 24) at MoMA PS1 which features a gigantic selection of artists’ books, catalogs, monographs, periodicals, and zines. Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip, BLONDES and more play the preview party on Thursday.
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• Harry Dean Stanton’s final film

  20-09-2017 21:51
  As it happened, iconic actor Harry Dean Stanton passed away on September 15 at the age of 91, only two weeks before his latest film, Lucky, was slated to hit theatres. In it Stanton plays a chain smoking, 90-year-old atheist who undergoes a journey of self-exploration across his ailing health, aided by his town’s quirky characters (including one David Lynch). Critics are hailing it as one of his career best performances, something you can sense just from the trailer.
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• Weekly Culture Round-Up: 9/20 - 9/26

  20-09-2017 20:30 via bkmag.com
  
  Brooklyn Block Party — The annual “Brooklyn Comes Alive” music festival takes place this weekend, a two-day concert extravaganza offering a plethora of acts, local or otherwise, performing at multiple locations around Williamsburg. From Chance The Rapper-collaborator ProbCause to electronica veterans The Crystal Method, it’s a comprehensive lineup of up-and-comers as well as established performers, ample opportunity to be introduced to new acts as likely as it is to reacq
  
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• The Village Voice just published its last print edition (Dylan's on the cover)

  20-09-2017 20:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  The 9/20 issue of The Village Voice came out today -- it's the last-ever print edition of the iconic NYC weekly which was founded in 1955. Bob Dylan's on the cover, offering a farewell salute...
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• Phish will ring in 2018 at the Garden (New Year's MSG run just announced)

  20-09-2017 20:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Phish wrapped up their 13-show "Baker's Dozen" run at MSG last month, and they already announced their return to the NYC arena.
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• House of Deveraux's Tribute to Led Zeppelin (burlesque pics)

  20-09-2017 20:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  Wasabassco's House of Deveraux paid tribute to rock titans Led Zeppelin with a multimedia burlesque revue titled "Take the Led Off!" at Le Poisson Rouge on September 9, featuring 10 different acts -- plus a go-go intermission -- set to some of Zeppelin's most iconic songs, including "The Lemon Song," "Kashmir," and "Whole Lotta Love."
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• Dead Cross & Secret Chiefs 3 @ Royale Boston (review, pics)

  20-09-2017 19:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  Two Mr Bungle alumni melt brains in Boston
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• Here To Stay: Paul McCartney At Barclays Center

  20-09-2017 19:34 via bkmag.com
  
  Just over an hour into a set that lasted nearly three, Paul McCartney acknowledged the city in which he was performing. “How many people here are actually from Brooklyn?” he asked, as many in the sold-out Barclays Center crowd greeted him with loud applause. He continued to gauge the crowd’s geographical roots, asking next who wasn’t from Brooklyn, but New York City, then asking who came from out of town.This crowd-hyping exercise, which came last night at 9:48 p.m., is a
  
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• The Slackers touring, playing 'Redlight' and 'Peculiar' at NYC holiday shows

  20-09-2017 19:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  NYC ska vets The Slackers are touring this fall and wrapping things up with their annual hometown holiday shows...
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• Jay-Z adds Vic Mensa and Vince Staples to tour

  20-09-2017 18:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  Having just headlined NYC fest The Meadows, Jay-Z has announced openers for his 4:44 Tour. Most dates are with rising rapper Vic Mensa, who played Riot Fest the same weekend Jay played The Meadows, and who is signed to Jay's Roc Nation company...
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• Mayor de Blasio signed NYC Office of Nightlife bill at House of Yes

  20-09-2017 18:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  Mayor Bill de Blasio was at Bushwick venue House of Yes on Tuesday night (9/19) to sign the bill that officially creates the NYC Office of Nightlife. with a 12-member committee headed by the so-called Night Mayor. Marky Ramone was on-hand for the signing.
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• Uzbek cuisine comes to Park Slope–here’s your guide to the menu

  20-09-2017 18:08
  Quick, what’s the capital of Uzbekistan, you know the landlocked former Soviet republic in Central Asia?It’s Tashkent, though you may have thought first of the Silk Road city Samarkand.Now, where do you go in Brooklyn for Uzbek food?The answer to that is Nargis Cafe, a famed Sheepshead Bay restaurant that just opened a second spot, Nargis Bar & Grill, in Park Slope (155 5th Ave.). “People are tired of everything that looks the same,” says owner and head chef, Boris Ba
  
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• Swindler made bad choices with phony invoices

  20-09-2017 14:58
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Julianne McShaneBrooklyn Paper68th PrecinctBay Ridge—Dyker HeightsVictimizing vendorsPolice arrested a man on Sept. 7 who had been stealing money from vendors at the Seventh Avenue small business where he worked.The man’s employer told police around 2 pm on Sept. 14 that he had discovered his employee had been adding fraudulent amounts to invoices he sent to vendors on behalf of the business — located at 65th Street — causing them to
  
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• Criminal smashes into home with a brick

  20-09-2017 14:58
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn Paper88th PrecinctFort Greene–Clinton HillBrick-inSome creep threw a brick through the front door of an Adelphi Street apartment and broke into the residence on Sept. 16.The jerk smashed the projectile through the building near Willoughby Avenue at 7 am and entered the second floor of the 66-year-old resident’s home, according to a report.Under the overpass
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• Bandits take off with stolen bikes

  20-09-2017 14:58
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Julianne Cubafor Brooklyn Paper76th PrecinctCarroll Gardens-Cobble Hill–Red HookBack stabber bustedCops cuffed a woman for stabbing a guy in the back on Bush Street on Sept. 16.The 22-year-old suspect stabbed the 22-year-old victim in the back with a kitchen knife, which police later recovered, near Centre Mall at about 9 am, according to authorities.Smashed, grabbed, cuffedPolice arrested a guy for smashing a car window with a rock on Lorraine Street
  
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• Story time: Readers revel in literary fair’s bounty

  20-09-2017 14:09
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperIt was a book bonanza!
  Thousands of bibliophiles flocked to Borough Hall Plaza on Sept. 16 to browse the stacks at the 12th-annual Brooklyn Book Fair, an extravaganza that attendees awarded a positive review.
  “We like walking around, seeing what the new books are, and soaking up the atmosphere,” said Clinton Hill resident Samantha Charvy, who attended with her two kids and husband.The family hit the fest for the fourth-c
  
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• Who wants a drink: Nerd bar owner writes ‘Cocktail Guide to the Galaxy’

  20-09-2017 06:00
  Books: It’s just what the Doctor ordered! Read more.
  
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• Story time! Readers revel in Brooklyn literary fair’s bounty

  20-09-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperIt was a book bonanza!
  Thousands of bibliophiles flocked to Borough Hall Plaza on Sept. 16 to browse the stacks at the 12th-annual Brooklyn Book Fair, an extravaganza that attendees awarded a positive review.
  “We like walking around, seeing what the new books are, and soaking up the atmosphere,” said Clinton Hill resident Samantha Charvy, who attended with her two kids and husband.The family hit the fest for the fourth-c
  
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• Sickening feeling: Man suspected of groping 12-year-old girl wanted by police

  20-09-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperCops are hunting for a man who allegedly groped a 12-year-old girl in Washington Park during a movie night sponsored by a Park Slope middle school on Sept. 14.The suspect approached the girl inside the park near Third Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues at 7:45 pm, when he grabbed her backside and fled, police said.
  Investigators worked with the executive director of the nearby Old Stone House at 336 3rd St., who provided them
  
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• ‘Little Caribbean’ coming to Brooklyn: Pols designate district spanning nabes in honor of region’s immigrants

  20-09-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Alexandra SimonBrooklyn PaperVisiting the Caribbean is about to get a lot easier.Local pols will designate the city’s first-ever “Little Caribbean” district on Sept. 28, officially commemorating parts of Prospect-Lefferts Gardens and Flatbush for their robust community of immigrants from the region. The recognition will ensure the fast-gentrifying neighborhoods retain their Caribbean history and identity, according to the woman who spearhe
  
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• Goop, there it is! Kids get doused with Nickelodeon’s signature slime at P’Park fund-raiser

  20-09-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperDon’t call it good, clean fun.Kids got covered in slime in Prospect Park on Sept. 16, when television network Nickelodeon took over Brooklyn’s Backyard with games and goo as part of a local mentoring organization’s fund-raiser.The channel known for its green goop partnered with Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City for the charity event, which included a 5k to raise money for the group that pairs kids with adu
  
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• Good old-fashioned fun: Folksy musicians play Park Slope at annual jamboree

  20-09-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperThey put the jam in jamboree!Hundreds of fiddlers, guitarists, and other string-pluckers hit the grassy lawn outside Park Slope’s Old Stone House on Sept. 16, where the players jammed for a far more intimate audience as part of the nabe’s Blue Grass and Old-Time Music Jamboree, according a museum employee.“There were upwards of 200 musicians, and some spectators too!” said Kim Maier, the executive director o
  
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• Day drinking: A cocktail from the Galactic guide

  20-09-2017 06:00
  Books: Sip on the super-villainous Felicia Laundry Day! Read more.
  
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