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• An evening with Smitten Kitchen

  08-11-2017 19:36
  I hosted a Marathon Brunch on Sunday and when I was trying to decide what to cook for a crowd I turned, as I have at times like this for the better part of the last decade, to Smitten Kitchen, the accessible, neverfail cooking blog that Deb Perelman runs out of her East Village kitchen. This spinach and cheese strata was just the ticket– I assembled the whole thing on Saturday night, threw it in the oven when guests arrived, and I didn’t have to miss any of the runners going by. Whet
  
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• A pop-up market of American-made crafts and the return of Kurt Braunohler

  08-11-2017 19:27
  One of my favorite things about late fall and the beginnings of the holiday season in Brooklyn is the abundance of pop-up markets selling crafty, indie items that make for some really great presents for your friends and family (or yourself). I hate to say it, but as someone who semi-obsessively scouts these things out every year, I am of the firm opinion that some are undeniably better than others, and the American Field Market, which returns to Industry City this weekend, is definitely in the &
  
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• See Alphabet City the way it’s meant to be seen

  08-11-2017 19:25
  Photo by Phillip Kalantzis Cope
  Sure, you’ve probably had the time of your life at Tompkins Square Park during the Halloween Dog Parade, or enjoyed a handful of delightfully drunken nights all up an down Avenue C, but how much have you really experienced of Alphabet City?
  The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space hopes to broaden people’s relationship with the stretch of space, providing weekend walking tours with Alphabet City residents. These 2 hour tours weave through history-laden gard
  
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• Do not sit out on Greta Gerwig’s “Lady Bird”

  08-11-2017 19:25
  Saoirse Ronan and Beanie Feldstein in Lady Bird. ®A24
  Really. Don’t. Don’t sit out on Greta Gerwig’s unabashedly perfect solo writing and directing debut, a brilliantly observant coming-of-age story starring Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Beanie Feldstein, and Tracy Letts. It’s a long-awaited project from the writer and actress – who usually works alongside her longtime partner Noah Baumbach – and even in its first week the film already has critics and aud
  
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• Peer into Yayoi Kusama’s polka-dotted universe

  08-11-2017 19:23
  All photos by Regina Mogilevskaya
  Whenever conceptual Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama presents in New York, it tends to feel like the city does not stop buzzing for the duration of the exhibit. You’ll spot the Facebook events, scroll through endless Instagram photos of her art, overhear people talking about her on the subway. It’s Kusama fever, to be sure, and we are most definitely here for it.
  Festival of Life is Kusama’s latest exhibit at David Zwirner, with pieces in all
  
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• Slate talks about money, food, and economics at The Brooklyn Podcast Festival

  08-11-2017 18:54
  On some level, I know that never bothering to figure out how to rollover a 401K from three jobs ago or summarily tuning out anyone who ever starts talking about the Fed is not behavior that ultimately benefits me. It’s probably why I’m always low-key searching for something that will pique even a kernel of my interest when it comes to financial stuff. Is Slate’s Money podcast, hosted by Felix Salmon, Anna Szymanski, and Jordan Weissmann, the thing that is finally going to get m
  
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• Slate talks about money, food, and economics at The Bell House

  08-11-2017 18:54
  On some level, I know that never bothering to figure out how to rollover a 401K from three jobs ago or summarily tuning out anyone who ever starts talking about the Fed is not behavior that ultimately benefits me. It’s probably why I’m always low-key searching for something that will pique even a kernel of my interest when it comes to financial stuff. Is Slate’s Money podcast, hosted by Felix Salmon, Anna Szymanski, and Jordan Weissmann, the thing that is finally going to get m
  
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• Celebrating The Velvet Underground at BAM

  08-11-2017 18:50
  This year marks the 50th anniversary of the release of The Velvet Underground & Nico, an album that helped define the downtown NYC artistic milieu of the ‘60s and has had an outsized influence on experimental underground music ever since. To celebrate this milestone, Velvet Underground founding member and notable electric violist John Cale will be joining the Wordless Music Orchestra for a three-night run of performances starting this Thursday night at BAM’s Howard Gilman Opera H
  
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• Dale Talde Won't Be Tokenized

  08-11-2017 16:50 via bkmag.com
  
  Photography by Nicole Fara Silver
  Top Chef and Taste Talks alum Dale Talde is known for many things, but sugar coating his opinions isn’t one of them. When I mention I’ve been seeing a bunch of recent press coverage predicting Filipino food will be the next hot thing, he responds emphatically. “To me that’s bullshit,” he retorts, “I don’t give a shit if Filipino is the next thing. I’m not flying the flag. Our culture’s not a cliché cul
  
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