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Siobhan O’Loughlin in a December 12 performance in Park Slope. (Photo by Jason Speakman)After a sold-out run in the Park Slope bathtub circuit earlier this month, writer, performer, activist, and award-winning playwright Siobhan O’Loughlin [http://siobhanoloughlin.com/about/] will be returning to neighborhood [/blog/art-music/slope-apartment-bathtub-is-setting-for-one-woman-play/]. Indie
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Fireworks At Grand Army Plaza (Photo by Andrew Gardner [https://www.instagram.com/p/xSI-rxr1SO/])What are you doing to ring in the new year? If you haven’t made plans yet, here are some great events happening in our area! If you have an upcoming event you’d like
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Fireworks At Grand Army Plaza (Photo by Andrew Gardner [https://www.instagram.com/p/xSI-rxr1SO/])What are you doing to ring in the new year? If you haven’t made plans yet, here are some great events happening in our area! If you have an upcoming event you’d like
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Photo via margarytzj [https://www.instagram.com/p/-EP8ngNWdO/?tagged=moviecamera]It’s no surprise that filmmakers love our neighborhood. We had our fair share of busy film crews in 2015 — including a host of tv shows and commercials. Martin Scorsese, James Spader, John Turturro, and many others were either
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Photo by Heather Chin/Fort Greene Focus.“Change the law so that people who are sober and take lives are prosecuted like the drunks.” Those words were the first out of Elsa Nicodemus’ mouth at the vigil held Tuesday night (December 22) for her daughter Victoria at the spot where
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Brian Harkin for The New York TimesGertrude Stein, Picasso and W. H. Auden all had one thing in common; outside of being exceptional artists, they spent time in creative communes at some point in their lives. Andrew Thomas Reid, inspired by them, founded The Clubhouse, where young emerging artists have
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Campaign poster featuring Staten Islander Katora Jones, on display with a Life Camp member. (Photo by George Goss/Fort Greene Focus)BY GEORGE GOSS Several New York City Council members and dozens of activists are seeking to raise awareness—and money—for a program to end gun violence through art,
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Steiner Studios hopes to bring in the new year with six new soundstages — all in one new, three-story, 179,000-square-foot building that they are hoping to build on the Williamsburg side of their border, along Kent Avenue. If approved by the Department of Buildings, the new building would have room
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It’s the week of Christmas, but there are still some fun and interesting things to do in Ditmas Park and throughout the borough. Have a drink with some geeks, bake Challah, check out the green market and more. If you have an upcoming event you’d like featured in
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Catch the latest episode of Opera on Tap and if you’re interested they will performing up and down Cortelyou Road and at Sycamore from 3-5pm on Sunday!
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The reporter cleaned up. Finds include “Radio City” by Big Star, a Carl Reiner/Mel Brooks comedy record, and The Who’s “Tommy” in fantastic condition. (Photo by Donny Levit / South Slope News)And there it was — a beautiful copy of the album Radio City [http://www.allmusic.com/album/
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As your kids grow out of some of their beloved books, other kids are looking to enjoy them as well. Senator Jesse Hamilton [https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/jesse-hamilton] has teamed up with community partners for a holiday book drive that lasts until Friday, December 31. The Book Drive is