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• Yo La Tengo in the ‘Burg and Irby in Cobble Hill

  05-04-2018 05:58
  Looking to unwind with some live music on Friday night? If indie throwback jams are your thing, Yo La Tengo is playing a show at Brooklyn Steel at 8pm, and tickets are just $35. I haven’t seen those guys since the early aughts, which in my opinion is a damn shame. They have a new album out right now (There’s a Riot Going On), but I’m guessing they’ll play a selection of their old stuff too. If you’re more in the mood to laugh, head to Books are Magic!, where th
  
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• Folk Free-for-All

  05-04-2018 05:56
  I already previewed the 10th annual Brooklyn Folk Festival, which happens this weekend at St. Ann’s Church, in our April culture roundup, but I wanted to draw special attention to this super cool, relatively under-the-radar event because it draws a uniquely diverse group of talented musicians that you’re unlikely to find performing together anywhere else. Saturday’s highlights include the first-ever Brooklyn fiddle contest at 3pm; a screening of “How They Got Over,”
  
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• The holy grail of Bloody Marys comes to Brooklyn

  05-04-2018 05:54
  If you mainly go to brunch to sip on a couple of Bloody Mary’s, then you’re in luck. This Sunday, come party at Grand Prospect Hall with The Bloody Mary Festival, a gathering of the top Bloody Mary purveyors in the tri-state area. Chat with fellow enthusiasts, listen to live tunes, and sip on delectable concoctions like Pok Pok’s Thai chili-infused Bloody, and Bloody Maria’s from Dos Caminos. The morning session is sold out, but you can still get $50 tickets to the aftern
  
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• Tyler Wetherall reads at Books Are Magic

  05-04-2018 05:52
  One of our very own—contributor Tyler Wetherall—will be reading at Books Are Magic on Monday, April 8 in celebration of her recently debuted memoir “No Way Home.” The memoir, which as been on it lists everywhere from LitHub to InStyle, chronicles the unraveling of a family lie, one that resulted in Tyler living in thirteen houses and five countries by the time she was only nine. She’ll be in conversation with writer and editor Kerri Arsenault, and the event is free
  
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• Book launch party for ‘No Way Home’

  05-04-2018 05:52
  One of our very own—contributor Tyler Wetherall—will be reading at Books Are Magic on Monday, April 9 in celebration of her debut memoir, No Way Home. The memoir, which has been on reading lists everywhere from LitHub to InStyle, chronicles the unraveling of a family lie, one that resulted in Wetherall living in thirteen houses and five countries by the time she was only nine. She’ll be in conversation with writer and editor Kerri Arsenault, and the event is free and begins at
  
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• A night of storytelling at Union Hall

  05-04-2018 05:51
  How I Learned, a comedic storytelling series, is coming out of the woodwork for one night only at Union Hall. Hear celebrated storytellers Aparna Nancherla, Dan Kennedy, Isaac Fitzgerald, Marie Faustin, and Mellini Kantayya share personal tales as you nurse a beer and ponder your own future as a stand-up comedian and/or storyteller. Tickets are $8 – 10, and doors open at 7:30. Get there early for good seats!
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• See The Winter’s Tale before it closes

  05-04-2018 05:47
  Theatre for a New Audience is a hidden secret as far as I’m concerned: A world-class company that stages fantastic shows every spring at Downtown Brooklyn’s state-of-the-art Polonsky Shakespeare Center. A few years back, I was thoroughly impressed with the version of Two Gentlemen from Verona that I saw there, which managed to feel modern and accessible despite the fact that I was unfamiliar with the story. This season’s production of The Winter’s Tale, which closes on Ap
  
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• Embarrassing stuff from the teen years

  05-04-2018 05:46
  Ever since my mother read a very bad poem that I wrote in 1988 in which I happened to predict Donald Trump “taking over the universe” at my birthday dinner last year, friends have been suggesting that I apply to perform it at Mortified, the monthly show at Littlefield where participants read aloud things that they wrote during the awkward years. I’m not on the slate just yet, but if it’s anything like past shows I’ve attended, some really talented, hilarious people
  
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• tours announced: Franz Ferdinand, Dandy Warhols, Now Now, Sea.Hear.Now, more

  05-04-2018 00:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  Plus: Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Grizzly Bear, Witch Mountain, Annie Hart (Au Revoir Simone), Major Murphy, Oneohtrix Point Never, and more just-announced tours.
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• Cold Waves festival announces 2018 NYC, Chicago & L.A. lineups (Meat Beat Manifesto, Frontline Assembly, more)

  05-04-2018 00:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  After expanding from Chicago to L.A., industrial/EBM fest Cold Waves comes to NYC...
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