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• "You, Forever" and Inspiration from the Outdoors

  30-05-2018 18:29 via bkmag.com
  
  Sam Evian’s newest album You, Forever is his escape from a world of music making tied to backlit screens. A cross-country road trip with his girlfriend became a journey of partnership and shared awe, taking in the magnitude of the landscape and the experience of living outside. Out of this trip comes an album that combines themes of space, openness, togetherness, uncertainty, grit, and some slamming analog instrumentation. Recorded upstate in Woodstock, Sam kept his bandmates in the dark a
  
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• The Catch Up: May 2018 edition

  30-05-2018 16:19
  It’s almost June, the Mister Softee trucks have already hit the streets, and block party season is just around the corner. To catch you up on local news you may have missed in the lead-up to summer, we’ve rounded up this month’s most intriguing developments.
  The rent in Brooklyn is set to drop in light of the L Train shutdown. 
  There may be a silver lining to the L Train shutdown, after all. Curbed NY reported that Williamsburg, Greenpoint, and Bushwick saw a rent decrease
  
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• Conversation cheat sheet: May 2018 edition

  30-05-2018 16:19
  It’s almost June, the Mister Softee trucks have already hit the streets, and block party season is just around the corner. To catch you up on local news you may have missed in the lead-up to summer, we’ve rounded up this month’s most intriguing developments.
  The rent in Brooklyn is set to drop in light of the L Train shutdown. 
  There may be a silver lining to the L Train shutdown, after all. Curbed NY reported that Williamsburg, Greenpoint, and Bushwick saw a rent decrease
  
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• The Soul Rebels at Industry City

  30-05-2018 14:49
  This Friday night, June 1, marks the kickoff of The Bell House Summer Series, which has a ton of great music and comedy programming, like performances by Guided By Voices and the women behind Reductress, on the slate between now and the end of the summer. The opening show features The Soul Rebels, a New Orleans brass band that blends elements of soul, funk, hip hop, and jazz and has collaborated with artists including GZA, Joey Badass, Nas, Talib Kweli, Raekwon, and more. They will be hitting th
  
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• Greenpoint Open Studios

  30-05-2018 14:47
  On Saturday and Sunday, June 2-3, head out to Greenpoint to explore the neighborhood’s annual Open Studios festival, which showcases the work of 400 or so local artists, and features guided tours and other activities like a rooftop drink n’ draw, an open-air art gallery in McCarren Park, and live music at Pirate Studios. The artists will be opening their studios and interacting with the public as part of this free, self-guided event from noon to 6pm on both days, and you can check ou
  
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• David Sedaris, live and in person

  30-05-2018 14:46
  If you feel up for braving a book-loving crowd on Sunday afternoon, the one and only David Sedaris will be appearing at Books Are Magic from 4-5pm on June 3 to discuss his newest collection of essays, Calypso. In this book, Sedaris turns his famous brand of dark, hilarious humor and keen powers of observation towards aging and the contemplation of one’s own mortality. If you’ve ever had the opportunity to see Sedaris read his work aloud (or even caught one of his bajillion pieces on
  
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• Brooklyn Bridge photo walk

  30-05-2018 14:45
  We are now smack in the middle of peak “take a stroll home over the Brooklyn Bridge after work” weather, and if you’re interested in photography you can kill two birds with one stone on Monday night, June 4, at a guided photo walk/urban hike over the bridge starting on the Manhattan side. Starting at 6:30pm, photographer Melissa Goodwin, who runs an outdoor adventure company geared towards women called Girls Gotta Hike, will be leading the walk and encouraging participants to f
  
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