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• Your November Kids Calendar: 9 Ways to get the most out of the month

  01-11-2017 20:07
  Welcome to November! You may not realize it with this mild weather, but the holidays are already upon us. This month try to get a jumpstart on some holiday traditions (see our suggestions for Petra and The Wolf and Macy’s Day Balloon Inflation), prepare for the cold weather by compiling a winter book nook, or just stay home and eat cake. Whatever your family decides to do this month, two parenting essentials are non-negotiable: first, make sure to get out and vote on Election Day and
  
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• Phil Lesh receives the key to Port Chester during Halloween Capitol Theatre show

  01-11-2017 19:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Grateful Dead's Phil Lesh's home base in the NYC-area is Port Chester's Capitol Theater, where the Dead played back in the '70s and where Phil has played 70 times since it reopened in 2012, including for Halloween last night. At last night's show, Phil was presented with the key to Port Chester...
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• Ought prep first LP for Merge, share "These 3 Things," touring w/ Flasher in 2018

  01-11-2017 18:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ought have signed to Merge and will release their new album, Room Inside the World, via the label on February 16. The Montreal band made the record at Brooklyn's Rare Book Room and cite Eno, Stereolab and Mekons as influences here...
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• Jamie Kilstein rebrands as "ex-male feminist"

  01-11-2017 18:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Self-proclaimed "male feminist," comedian, and musician Jamie Kilstein was accused of abuse earlier this year, and then dropped from the podcast he co-hosted and the label he was on. In a new interview on Joe Rogan's podcast, he rebrands himself.
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• review: Converge's 'The Dusk In Us' is an attest to their lasting power

  01-11-2017 18:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  When you've been playing aggressive music for over 25 years, there can be an expectation that your best days are behind you.The pleasantly surprising thing about The Dusk In Us, Converge's first album in five years, is that it suggests theirs might not be.
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• Monster Rally explore 'The Flowering Jungle' on new LP (listen to "Toucans")

  01-11-2017 17:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  Monster Rally is the musical pseudonym of Clevelander Ted Feighan who makes sonic collages pulled from a wide array of obscure vintage vinyl, though heavy on exotica and tropicália....
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• The National played House of Vans Chicago and KCRW (pics, videos, setlist)

  01-11-2017 17:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  Like they did at their Forest Hills show, they covered the Ramones' "The KKK Took My Baby Away" at both the Chicago show and the KCRW session.
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• Elsewhere threw a Grand Opening Halloween Party w/ Battles & more (pics)

  01-11-2017 16:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  PopGun's long-in-the-works new multi-room venue Elsewhere had its Grand Opening with a very festive Halloween Party headlined by Battles. While there was lots of great music all night, it felt like most people were there to party and get a first look at the new place...
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• Craig Finn & John K Samson played City Winery dressed as Paul Stanley for Halloween

  01-11-2017 16:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  Craig Finn and John K Samson played their own sets and also did some covers together at the end of the night, including a version of The Weakerthans' "Aside." Here's pictures, video, and setlist...
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• Charles Bradley honored with a mural in NYC's Lower East Side

  01-11-2017 16:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Screaming Eagle of Soul, Charles Bradley, sadly passed away following a battle with cancer in late September. Now he's being honored in the city he called home for the past 20 years with a new mural.
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• Snail Mail & Lomelda announce 2018 tour

  01-11-2017 16:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Recent Matador signees Snail Mail recently wrapped up a tour with Beach Fossils (including a costume-filled Halloween weekend show at Brooklyn Steel), and they have now announced a January tour with support from recent Pinegrove tourmates Lomelda...
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• Lincoln Center's American Songbook series 2018 lineup

  01-11-2017 15:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  The annual American Songbook series returns to Lincoln Center in 2018, with shows in The Appel Room, David Rubenstein Atrium, and Rose Theater. Highlights include...
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• Chic ft. Nile Rodgers playing benefit at Brooklyn Bowl this week

  01-11-2017 15:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  They also tour Australia with Lionel Richie in 2018.
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• pics: 2017 NYC Village Halloween Parade

  01-11-2017 15:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  Despite the attack that left eight people dead in lower Manhattan, the annual NYC Village Halloween parade went on as planned, though attendance was notably thinner.
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• Chris Gethard revisits ‘Career Suicide’

  01-11-2017 15:18
  Comedian Chris Gethard has struggled with dark times, including depression, suicidal thoughts and alcoholism, but instead of shying away from these topics in his work, he’s put them front and center, most notably in his hit one-man show, Career Suicide, which had a successful off-Broadway run before it was made into an HBO special and–now–an album. Over the years, Gethard’s unique comedic voice, characteristic honesty, and inclusiveness has earned him legion fans, includi
  
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• Spread love, it’s the Brooklyn way

  01-11-2017 15:10
  On Saturday, combine your desire to do good with great food and fun at two events designed to help people who need our support right now. First, Brooklyn Brewery is hosting a giant fundraiser for Puerto Rico, which is still devastated by the effects of Hurricane Maria, at its HQ in Williamsburg from 9pm to midnight. For $40, you get access to unlimited draft beer, Puerto Rican-inspired eats and tunes, and the knowledge that you are contributing to a great cause. After Tuesday’s attack, one
  
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• Sorority Noise and Shortly added to Triple Crown 20th anniversary show

  01-11-2017 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Sorority Noise and Shortly join Foxing and Moving Mountains on Triple Crown Records' 20th anniversary show, which BrooklynVegan is co-presenting.
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• Abandon your phone and dive into nature in Bushwick

  01-11-2017 15:00
  A scene from NDD Immersion Room.
  Can you step away from your cellphone for five minutes? What about 10? In Rachel Lee Hovnanian’s (The Ray Lee Project Vol 1. ) NDD Immersion Room, the artist asks viewers to do just that, and rewards them with an installation that smells, looks, and feels like an autumn night in the middle of the woods. The question is whether or not viewers can enjoy this brief connection with nature knowing their cellphones are in a lockbox just a few feet away.
  
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• Big Ears 2018 lineup (GY!BE, Diamanda Galas, Bonnie Billy, Gas, Four Tet, more)

  01-11-2017 14:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  The awesome lineup also includes Jenny Hval, Juana Molina, Julie Byrne, Kelly Lee Owens, Laurel Halo, Lightning Bolt, Rostam, Sam Amidon, Steve Gunn, and still much more.
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• A Día de los Muertos celebration to benefit Mexico

  01-11-2017 14:55
  Here’s the thing about Mexican hot chocolate–when there’s word of it at your event, people show up. That’s just a fact of life. That’s why you’ll be seeing us at MOFAD for their Día de los Muertos celebration, thrown with the Mexican Cultural Institute and benefitting a non-profit organization that’s helping rebuild cities after the devastating earthquake that hit this past September. The party kicks off MOFAD’s Feasts and Festivals, a
  
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• Trappist beer Tuesday at Archestratus

  01-11-2017 14:50
  Caroline Wallace, Sarah Wood, and Jessica Deahl
  Imagine your dream job if money didn’t matter. If it has something–anything–to do with beer, you’ll want to be at Archestratus on Tuesday evening for a drink, a chat, and a laugh with the ladies behind Trappist Beer Travels. Hear about how their explorations of ancient breweries run by Trappist monks led them everywhere  from Massachusetts to the Netherlands, and see if you acquire a taste for Trappist beer while you&rs
  
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• Guided by Voices announce holiday dates, playing Brooklyn (Chicago on NYE)

  01-11-2017 14:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Guided by Voices just played The Growlers 6 fest in Los Angeles on Halloween Weekend and you can check out photos from that above and their setlist (and video of "Game of Pricks") below. They've also just announced a few dates for December...
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• A perfect mid-week meal

  01-11-2017 14:10
  If general health and well-being were no object, I’d eat a cheeseburger and shake for every meal possible. It’s a combo that is unparalleled as far as I’m concerned, and you can get both items at two8two on Atlantic Avenue now that they’ve added Blue Marble ice cream to their menu. On Wednesday evening, join other connoisseurs of the good life for some camaraderie and to to share this perfect meal at a Food Junkie mixer from 6-9:30pm. For $20, you’ll get your choice
  
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• Musical house party at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music brownstone

  01-11-2017 14:00
  For the past 120 years, the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music has been providing high-quality music education all over the city, and if that isn’t a great reason to celebrate we don’t know what is! On Thursday, they are throwing a really cool sounding House Party fundraiser that will allow guests to wander from room to room in the BKCM’s 19th century brownstone to catch a variety of live musical performances like Middle Eastern-inspired surf rock with R&B horns by Matt Bauder,
  
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• Culture Essentials for November

  01-11-2017 14:00
  This month will mark a year since the conclusion of the 2016 presidential race. The past 12 months have made certain realities undeniable. White supremacy is alive and well. Women, nearly universally, still experience sexual harassment and discrimination at work and beyond. Many of our fellow citizens with money and influence don’t see basic health care and a quality education as a human right and the mark of a civil society. These themes are bubbling up in movies, novels and television th
  
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• tix on sale: Chris Rock, Kreator, Majid Jordan, Frightened Rabbit, MO, more

  01-11-2017 13:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  Also: Glen Hansard, Dan Auerbach, George Clinton, Stalley, and more NYC shows on sale.
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• Kevin Shields says My Bloody Valentine "100% will" have a new album in 2018

  01-11-2017 13:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  He's also promising that MBV will tour again, starting this summer, and he discussed the upcoming all-analog reissues of Isn't Anything and Loveless.
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• 'Growlers 6′ Sunday pics (Butthole Surfers, Julian Casablancas, Alice Glass, more)

  01-11-2017 00:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Growlers 6 festival, a continuation of what The Growlers started with Beach Goth (and had to abandon after a disastrous fifth edition in 2016), wrapped up Sunday (10/29) in Los Angeles...
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