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• What to do on Governors Island in 2018

  26-04-2018 23:52
  After enduring a winter that seeped into spring, most of us are just happy to be able to count on solid, 60-degree days. But it’s time to move on to anticipating all the fun things that go with warm weather in NYC, like the opening of Governors Island on May 1. Here’s what to look forward to and what to expect if you plan to glamp on the Island, eat tacos at its brand-new waterfront surf shack or step onto the floating food forest docking there this season.
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• Three Brooklyn Magazine Staffers On What They Keep In Their Backpacks

  26-04-2018 20:53 via bkmag.com
  
  Looking at the contents of a person’s bag is kind of like peeking into a neighbor’s window as you stroll down your block. It feels personal, like you’re getting an inside look into someone’s private life. Since rummaging through your coworkers’ bags uninvited is generally frowned upon, I asked three of my colleagues to walk me through what they carry in their day-to-day. Morgan and Chris gave me a look into their Rivendell Mountain Work Packs. Even though we all car
  
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• Four days of inclusion and community: The BRIC OPEN

  26-04-2018 19:08
  The BRIC OPEN, a free four-day festival that reflects the creativity, inclusion, and community that this cultural powerhouse represents, opens tonight, April 26, with the theme of Borders, a fluid catchall for our physical and imagined borders and a celebration of our ability to connect despite these divisions. It kicks off with a conversation between activists working with the Women’s March and Black Lives Matter and continues through the weekend with a triple bill sho
  
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• Roller Disco, Diva-style

  26-04-2018 17:07
  Springtime means lots of good things, like bbqs, ramp season, bike rides, outdoor drinks, and the reopening of the roller rink at the Lakeside center in Prospect Park for the season. This Friday, April 27, Lola Star’s Dreamland Roller Disco is throwing a Madonna vs. Britney roller battle at 7:30pm, so you can expect everything from schoolgirl outfits to cone bras to yellow pythons, but great tunes and dance moves are guaranteed. Costumes are highly encouraged, and the $20 admission fee inc
  
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• Oysters and brews in Red Hook

  26-04-2018 16:50
  If it’s nice out on Saturday afternoon, April 28, take a bike ride over to Brooklyn Crab for the multi-level seafood shack’s sixth annual Spring Oyster Fest, taking place from 2-5pm. Tickets are $60, which includes unlimited oysters on the half shell (a variety of options from both coasts) and beers from Bell’s, Coney Island Brewery, Brooklyn Brewery, Montauk, Sixpoint, and more.More ideas for Your Ideal Week here ➦
  
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• A plant sale, ecology fair and natural wine fest in one

  26-04-2018 16:40
  Plant lovers of the world, or at least NYC, will want to unite and get tickets to Understory, an event that celebrates the natural world through wine, food, science and most importantly, indoor and outdoor plants of all varieties. Held Saturday and Sunday in Bushwick at 99 Scott, attendees can participate in a number of workshops, from preserving spring produce to growing flowers for cutting, or simply peruse and buy plants from shops like Saipua and Tula House, and enjoy food and drink from an
  
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• Going whole hog for a good cause

  26-04-2018 16:30
  As if you needed another incentive to go to a pig roast, the one this Sunday, April 29 from 5-8pm at Threes Brewing will support The Brownsville Community Culinary Center (BCCC), through their Melting Pot Foundation. Single entry tickets are $60 and not only support an organization offering healthy, accessible food as well as a culinary training program for the eastern Brooklyn community, they include a hefty plate of BBQ, sides and two beers. You can be even m
  
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• Paperback release of ‘The Underground Railroad’ and Books are Magic one-year anniversary

  26-04-2018 16:25
  The most memorable book I read in the last year was The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, a gripping and stomach-turning rendering of slavery and the beginning of the Jim Crow era in America. As richly imagined as the novel is, it is also very much based in fact, and the pictures Whitehead created in my mind of the public lynchings that were meant as entertainment for white families still haunt me. These are the horrors that the brand-new lynching memorial in Montgomery, Alabama wil
  
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• Weeknight pasta specials

  26-04-2018 16:20
  Greenpoint neighborhood favorite Le Fanfare, which we reviewed when it first opened in 2015, is making it even more tempting to venture out on weeknights and try one of three off-the-menu pasta dishes for $10 each. The deal runs every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from 5:30-11pm, so instead of enduring the wait at Chez Ma Tante, you can head down Franklin and park yourself at Le Fanfare’s pleasant outdoor patio instead.
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• Dinner and a (not so new) movie

  26-04-2018 16:00
  When I first saw Y Tu Mama Tambien, Alfonso Cuaron’s 2002 movie about two young, callow dudes who end up on a sex-fueled road trip with an older woman, I both loved the movie and could not get over how heart-stoppingly handsome this unknown new guy Gael Garcia Bernal was. Now, apparently 16 (!) years later, Bernal is a legit Hollywood veteran, and I’m probably old enough to be the Luisa character’s mom, so I’m curious what my reaction to seeing the film again would be. On
  
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• The Other Art Fair

  26-04-2018 15:00
  If you’re interested in emerging art, the Other Art Fair at Greenpoint’s Brooklyn Expo Center from May 3 through 6 is probably already on your radar. Returning for its third edition, the Saatchi-sponsored, expertly curated showcase of works by over 100 independent artists is a great opportunity to see what’s new and exciting in the art world and perhaps add to your collection. On Thursday night, May 3 the Fair will be open for a special private viewing from 6-10pm for the
  
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• opera based on Fugazi stage banter is touring (NYC, Montreal, Austin)

  26-04-2018 00:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  It's All True, Object Collective's "opera in suspension" based on Fugazi stage banter which played NYC back in February, is touring around North America and will return to NYC for a one-night-only performance at National Sawdust...
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• tours announced: Father John Misty, Eels, Weedeater/Zeke, Kondabolu Bros, more

  26-04-2018 00:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Plus:Fury/Red Death, Leon Bridges, Sam Evian, Buck Meek, Nas, The Killers, Espers, Guided by Voices, The Horrors, The Smoking Popes, and more just-announced tours.
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