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Visiting Mazon: This is Hunger

Via MazonThere is a large trailer sitting inside of Prospect Park, across from the temporarily defunct Pavilion movie theater, and it will be there all weekend. From the outside, it looks similar to many of the movie trailers that camp out across the city, but this one is different. Inside

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El Chapo Comes to Brooklyn

Metropolitan Detention Center on 2nd Avenue via Google Street ViewJoaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the notorious Mexican drug lord whose net worth is estimated at well over $1 billion, may now be residing in Brooklyn. Unlike many expats in Brooklyn, El Chapo is in NYC (and possibly Brooklyn) not of his

Arts & Culture

Art Slope Festival Review: Brooklyn’s Big Tent Show At ShapeShifter Lab

Brooklyn’s Big Tent Show was part of Art Slope’s Opening Night Party at ShapeShifter Lab. (Photo by Mishele Begun)Is Brooklyn too big to play host to a small-town art festival? Not if Art Slope has anything to say about it. Last weekend kicked off the 9-day art

Arts & Culture

On Display Now: Tribute To Coney Island Signs At Brooklyn Museum

Whether you are walking in and out of the galleries of Bushwick, perusing the graffiti art of storefront metal gates on Avenue U or stepping over thoughtful spray paint stencils on your local street corner, this borough’s creativity is effused throughout its infrastructure. This often neglected urban art is

Arts & Culture

On Display Now: Tribute To Coney Island Signs At Brooklyn Museum

Whether you are walking in and out of the galleries of Bushwick, perusing the graffiti art of storefront metal gates on Avenue U or stepping over thoughtful spray paint stencils on your local street corner, this borough’s creativity is effused throughout its infrastructure. This often neglected urban art is

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Ever Visited A Russian Banya? Here’s What It’s Like

The pools in Sandoony USA. (Photo: SANDOONY USA / Facebook)With the passing of Blue Monday the darker side of winter has truly begun. The days are short and the wind doesn’t so much pull the heat from your body as rip all warmth and happiness from your soul. It