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• NYC comedy roundup: Phoebe Robinson, Todd Barry, Aparna Nancherla, more

  15-02-2018 23:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  Plus: Janeane Garofalo, Jon Glaser, Chris Gethard, Jen Kirkman, Jo Firestone, Michael Che, Bridgett Everett, and more upcoming NYC comedy
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• The Year of the Dog festivities

  15-02-2018 16:07
  The Year of the Dog is upon us, and before the colorful parades take place in Chinatown, Flushing, and Sunset Park next weekend, you can start celebrating the Lunar New Year this Friday at the midday New Year Firecracker Ceremony and Cultural Festival taking place in Sarah D. Roosevelt Park on Grand Street at 1pm. If anything can ward off evil spirits, it’s gotta be 600,000 lit firecrackers, and regardless there will also be lion dances, craft vendors, and tons of dumplings and other tradi
  
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• Sweet wine soiree

  15-02-2018 16:04
  It’s times like these, meaning the middle of February, when we miss the spots we frequent in the summer the most, and the Navy Yard’s Rooftop Reds in among them. On Saturday, you can get your fix of the vino, if not the actual rooftop views, at a Dessert Wine Festival at 313 Butler Gallery. The local wine producer will partner with other vintners from the Finger Lakes region and area restaurants to provide guests with a series of seasonal food and wine pairings from 5-7pm, and each c
  
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• Soak and steam away the Monday blues

  15-02-2018 16:01
  If the pictures of the hot tub and squat sauna at cityWell Brooklyn look as though someone just created a spa in the backyard of a brownstone, well, it’s because that is essentially what happened. But therein lies the charm of this boutique bathhouse in Gowanus. It’s easy to get to (which makes it easier to visit on a weeknight than, say, a trip to Brooklyn Banya) and through a new, tightly capped reservation system, there will always be room for you to either soak in the h
  
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• Gospel Sundays at Butterfunk with Top Chef Chris Scott

  15-02-2018 16:01
  For over a year, musician and DJ Eli “Paperboy” Reed has been spinning Gospel 45s nearly every Sunday at the Windsor Terrace restaurant Butterfunk, a natural complement to the soul food coming out of the kitchen. It’s both the only place in the city that provides an exclusive forum for this music, and currently the only restaurant in town whose chef is one of the final four contestants on the current season of Top Chef. Since Chris Scott has appeared on the show, the lines have
  
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• Songs from an old fashioned gal

  15-02-2018 16:00
  Young Brooklyn-based singer Kat Edmonson’s music is a throwback to an earlier era—not the ’80s or the ’90s, but specifically from the 1920s to 1950s. If you didn’t know that the songs from her upcoming album Old Fashioned Gal were written by her, you could’ve sworn they were covers of jazz, pop and Broadway standards—tracks like “I’d Be a Fool,” “Sparkle and Shine,” and “With You,” really evoke the Grea
  
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• All the Presidents (Men)

  15-02-2018 15:59
  Here’s a weird and fun way to mark President’s Day this year: The Every President Ever: Together Again show at Littlefield on Wednesday night at 9pm. Comedy writers Kate Villa and Alexandra Iona have invited 45+ comedians to play all the presidents from the past ~250 years, complete with legendary quirks, special guests, and a plethora of powdered wigs. Tickets are just $10, which is a pretty good deal when you consider that you’ll get a history lesson and a bunch of midweek la
  
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• Li-Lac Chocolates: A True Love Story

  15-02-2018 01:01 via bkmag.com
  
  PHOTOGRAPHY Alexandria Taveras
  Regardless of where you find yourself on the love-hate continuum of Valentine’s Day, we might all be able to agree that love in its simplest and most genuine forms is one of the most beautiful things to admire when we get a chance to see it. I recently had the pleasure to do just that on my visit to the Li-Lac Chocolates factory and store in Industry City in Sunset Park. Here’s how it went.
  When it comes to love they say, “when you know, you
  
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