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• 30 Under 30, Class of '18: Fran Tirado, Writer, Editor, and Queer Community Organizer

  25-01-2018 19:42 via bkmag.com
  
  Age: 26Neighborhood: Lefferts GardensMost Likely To: Bring Judith Butler into the conversation.Occupation: Writer, Editor, Organizer of Queer CommunityFavorite Quote: "You guys know about vampires? You know how, vampires have no reflections in a mirror? There's this idea that monsters don't have reflections in a mirror.  And what I've always thought isn't that monsters don't have reflections in a mirror. It's that if you want to make a human being into a monster, deny them, at the
  
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• Art to take on the Travel Ban

  25-01-2018 15:33
  It is a critical time to celebrate the arts in our country in general, and artists who have roots in the seven countries on the Muslim Ban 1.0 list (Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen) in particular deserve our support and recognition. On Friday, Jan. 26, a new group art show opens at Bushwick’s ArtHelix featuring works created by about a dozen artists from that community. Before We Were Banned seeks to explore the relationship of the artists to a country they call home wh
  
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• A night of Nietzsche (and many more philosophers) at Brooklyn Public Library

  25-01-2018 15:15
  You’ve probably never thought to yourself, I could really use 12 hours of philosophy, but now that I’ve floated the idea, it sounds intriguing, right? In collaboration with the Institut Français and the Cultural Services ofthe French Embassy, the Brooklyn Public Library will host this now-annual event called “Night of Philosophy and Ideas” from 7pm Saturday, Jan. 27 to 7am Sunday, Jan. 28. The all-night marathon at the Central Library features philosophical de
  
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• An Industry City Beer Bacchanalia

  25-01-2018 15:00
  Get in on some good old fashioned day drinking this Saturday, Jan. 27 at the second annual Best of Brooklyn Food & Beer Festival, running from noon on at Industry City. Choose one of three sessions, and you can enjoy unlimited tastings of brews from the likes of Greenpoint Beer & Ale, Braven Brewing Company, Brooklyn Brewery, Kelso, Five Boroughs Brewing, and more for the price of a $39 ticket. If you get a little peckish, there will be eats available for purchase from local spots like T
  
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• Try a Rip Van Collins with us at Wedding Travel Party

  25-01-2018 14:22
  This Sunday, January 28, from noon to 3pm, Brooklyn Based is hosting its first-ever Wedding Travel Party, where you’ll find all the resources you need to make plans for your upstate escapes and Hudson Valley weddings. We’ve invited the teams behind some of the best Hudson Valley inns, venues and wedding vendors to 501 Union, where you’ll enjoy light bites and a pre-batched cocktail, the Rip Van Collins, custom-made for our guests by Crown Hill Bottling Co.!
  
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• Get your femme fatale on at House of Yes

  25-01-2018 05:34
  If there’s one magical place that can immediately wash away all of the Sunday Scaries, that place is Bushwick’s House of Yes. Always overflowing with art, dance, poetry, and yes, some naughty fun, House of Yes is the place to go for plenty of drinks and the kinds of parties you definitely won’t find any place else. This Sunday, grab a couple of friends and head to the Femme Fatale-themed burlesque. Enjoy dancing, drinks, and eight phenomenal performers that’ll probably in
  
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• Anna & Elizabeth at Rockwood Music Hall

  25-01-2018 05:34
  A little Lucius and a little First Aid Kit, the experimental folk duo Anna & Elizabeth are paving a quiet, thoughtful route that’s all their own. It’s mountain music, and story telling, and gorgeous harmonies and sparse instruments all in one. If their Tiny Desk bewitches you the way it did us, make sure to catch them at Rockwood Musical Hall on January 30 at 7pm. They’ll be performing songs off their forthcoming album Smithsonian Folkways, and tickets are $15.
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• A peek into The Band’s Visit

  25-01-2018 05:34
  Not only should Tony Shalhoub be on your radar at the moment (hello, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), but the new Broadway musical The Bands Visit needs to be there too. Based on an Israeli film from 2007, The Band’s Visit tells the story of an Egyptian police band that’s forced to spend a night in a remote Israeli village after a mix-up. The New York Times’ Ben Brantley raved and raved, so this musical ain’t messing around, to say the least. Check out the trailer and tell us
  
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