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The death of local outlets for journalism is no longer a news story—we watched for years, as outlets for reporting city and neighborhood stories dwindled across the country. There is a more recent twist to the stories, however—online sources, which were often cited as the cause in the
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Andrew Neesley and Tim Emmerick had individually forged some impressive musical credentials before they met. Neesley was an acclaimed jazz trumpeter and performed with artists as diverse as Ray Barreto, the Roots, James Taylor, and Lady Gaga. Emmerick, one of the first musicians ever to earn a Master’s degree
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Ezra Gale has spent the past several years auditioning to replace James Brown as the hardest working man in show business, serving as founder, bandleader, and sideman in a series of genre-splitting projects (start with Afrobeat, jazz, classic country, dub reggae, and you’re just scratching the surface). Somehow along
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Dere’s no guy livin’ dat knows Brooklyn t’roo an’ t’roo, because it’d take a guy a lifetime just to find his way aroun’ duh goddam town. An’ even den, yuh wouldn’t know it all. Thomas Wolfe, “Only the Dead Know Brooklyn” Hunterfly Road Houses (Photo
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From Among Trees and Stones by Matthew JensenGREEN-WOOD CEMETERY – Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery [http://www.green-wood.com] is an iconic site both because of its scenic beauty and the histories of many famous New Yorkers buried there, including Leonard Bernstein, Jean-Michel Basquiat, “Boss” Tweed and more than 5,000 veterans
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Chet Doxas (Photo Credit: Evan Shay)For his latest project with his long-time band, Brooklyn musician Chet Doxas [http://www.chetdoxas.com] spent time visiting the Whitney Museum and the Museum of Modern Art, concentrating on works from the vibrant East Village scene in the 70s and 80s. Studying the
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Exploding Businessmen Bunnies/New York Times, 2017 (Courtesy of Mike Cockrill) The verve and wit of Exploding Businessmen Bunnies/New York Times, Mike Cockrill [http://mikecockrill.com/]’s contribution to The Times, the current exhibition at The FLAG Art Foundation [http://flagartfoundation.org/exhibitions/the-times/] (545 West 25th Street in
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Bicycling in Prospect ParkTemperatures are predicted to be in the 80s through the Fourth of July, but with partly cloudy skies and daily breezes, this could be a wonderful weekend for a bike ride. Brooklyn is blessed with several routes that combine dedicated bike paths with scenic views that pass
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Catharsis (photo by John Rogers)In the past 16 years, trombonist and bandleader Ryan Keberle said, he’s “lived in just about every possible neighborhood in all of central Brooklyn: North Slope, South Slope, Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Carroll Gardens, Greenwood Heights.” For both Keberle and his wife, their current
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Founder and Artistic Director Baba Chuck Davis enters with Artistic Director Designate Abdel R. Salaam (left) at DanceAfrica 2015: Brazilian rhythms, African roots at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn, New York, Thursday, May 21, 2015. (Photograph © 2015 Jack Vartoogian/FrontRowPhotos)Just days before DanceAfrica [http://www.bam.org/
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Trumpeter Adam O’Farrill (Photo courtesy of Caroline Wallis)Brooklyn’s own Adam O’Farrill [https://www.adam-ofarrill.com/] will debut a new quintet at the PLG Arts Music Festival [http://plgarts.org/events/plg-arts-music-festival/] on Thursday, May 18. The festival will also be making its debut; although the event’
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Mr and Mrs Clown at Chashama’s Flatbush party (Photo courtesy of C. Stephen Hurst)Mr. and Mrs. Clown were on hand to welcome springtime at a party the artist support group Chashama threw at one of Shamco Management’s Flatbush apartment buildings last Saturday. It marked the first time