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Smorgasburg Is Moving From Dumbo to Prospect Park
A day doesn’t go by without a new Smorgasburg popping up somewhere (most recently, Coney Island, South Street Seaport, and Long Island City), and here’s another surprise: the Smorg is moving its...
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Molly Soda, an Artist Who’s ‘Famous On Tumblr,’ Explores IRL
Molly Soda outside Stream Gallery in Bushwick (Photo: Nicole Disser) I was in Detroit for New Year’s Eve sometime in the recent past, and ended up partying at a place called North End Studios. I was...
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Q+As For Days: Baumbach, Gerwig, Swanberg, Nolan, and Brothers Quay
You could ask your date what she thought about the movie or you could ask the directors. Some of our favorites will be at your service. Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach talk Mistress America Gerwig...
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Dump Truck Kills Pedestrian; Orchard Street Building Goes For $28M
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Yesterday around 3:30 p.m., an 82-year-old female pedestrian died after being hit by a dump truck while crossing Broadway near Gates Avenue in Bushwick. [Gothamist] A six-story,...
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Good Morning, Enjoy This Potato Salad Doughnut
(Photos: Daniel Maurer) It’s officially been a year since Dunkin’ did its plunkin’ on Cooper Square, but its venerable neighbor to the left, Cafe Zaya, soldiers on, doling out delicious cheese domes,...
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Please Don’t Tell Us There’s Another Speakeasy With a Telephone-Booth Entrance
Hell Phone’s entrance (photo: Yannick Bindert) That was our first thought upon hearing of Hell Phone. But before we sharpened our pitchforks, it seemed worth paying a benefit-of-the-doubt-visit to the...
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Challah-lujah! B&H Finally Reopens, Four and a Half Months After Gas Explosion
(Photo: Jaime Cone) East Village residents were relieved to see that B&H Dairy, a fixture of the neighborhood, reopened this morning after being closed for several months because of the Second...
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The Cock Is Moving into Lit’s Old Space, ‘Will Prevail’ Against Naysayers
Lit. (Photo: Daniel Maurer) Yesterday, while sharing our oral history of Lit Lounge, we reported that Allan Mannarelli, owner of The Cock, was taking over the space. Today he confirms to us that he...
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Best Behavior’s Debut Album Came Out of a ‘Montel Williams-Style Breakup’
Best Behavior. (Photo Credit: Mike Prieto) Bushwick band Best Behavior is already catching attention and touring nationally — even though it only formed in January. A self-described “60s garage rock,...
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Toast Bondfire Radio’s Move to Bushwick at This Rooftop Throwdown
The Bondfire Radio family (courtesy of Bondfire) To celebrate more than two years on the air and the recent move to their new Bushwick studio, Bondfire Radio is hosting a festival/live broadcast...
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Race Meets Reality in a Powerful New Art Show, ‘Raciality’
David Fenn. (Photo Credit: Sam Gillette) “Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will scar me for life,” reads a framed art installation, the white cursive letters bleached onto a black...
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Week in Film: Mom Without a Face and Revenge of the Teenage Girl
Sit back and enjoy some mind-rattling films screening this weekend and beyond. A new documentary brings us deep into the complex, overlapping layers of South Sudan’s contemporary social and political...
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10 Wonders of the Coney Sand Sculpting Contest, Returning This Saturday
(Photo courtesy of the Coney Island Sand Sculpting Competition) (Photo courtesy of the Coney Island Sand Sculpting Competition) (Photo courtesy of the Coney Island Sand Sculpting Competition) (Photo...
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Fatal Stabbing at Bushwick Party; W’burg Starbucks Serves Beer
(Photo: Scott Lynch) A 23-year-old man died from a stab wound sustained at a Bushwick party this weekend. [News 12 Brooklyn] No one suffered injuries Saturday night when a terrace fire broke out on the...
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See the Mad Men Exhibit, Then Hear Elisabeth Moss Talk About Her New One
Last week we tipped you off to a few upcoming Q&As with some of our fave filmmakers (you can watch Friday night’s chat with Greta Gerwig, at Sunshine Cinema, above and on YouTube). Now you can add...
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‘Chew-bacca On This’ and Other Highlights From Lightsaber Battle NYC 2015
(Photo: Andrew Moerdyk) (Photo: Andrew Moerdyk) (Photo: Andrew Moerdyk)Lightsaber Battle NYC 2015 (Photo: Andrew Moerdryk) (Photo: Andrew Moerdyk) (Photo: Andrew Moerdyk) (Photo: Andrew Moerdyk)...
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Straight Outta Brazil, Os Gêmeos Pay Tribute to Hip-Hop With This Mural
B-boy mural on 26 Second Avenue. (Photo Credit: Sam Gillette) A massive mural on the side of 26 Second Avenue was completed over the weekend by Os Gêmeos, “the twins” known to their mother as Gustavo...
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After He Was Arrested, A Street Artist Fired One Last Shot at Bill Cosby
If you’ve seen street artist Flood’s Bill Cosby series—colorful images of iconic Fat Albert cartoon characters that, in an ironic twist, comment on the comedian’s rape scandal—you might be tempted to...
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Five Years After Interpol, Carlos D Tells Us Where He’s Been Hiding
Carlos D, former bassist of Interpol is now Carlos Dengler, actor – here in his one-man show, “Homo Sapiens Interruptus” (Photo: Craig Johnston) Carlos D, former bass player of Interpol, was an...
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Pit-Bull Attacks in East Village; $4K-a-Month Williamsburg Commune
(Photo: Scott Lynch) This weekend a 32-year-old man crossing Grand Street in Williamsburg suffered life-threatening injuries when he was hit by a car. [News 12 Brooklyn] A trio of pit bull attacks have...
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