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GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY – Strolling along its miles of pathways, relaxing by one of its ponds, or just admiring the scenery, Green-Wood Cemetery [https://www.green-wood.com] is a peaceful respite from the chaos of the city. Designated a National Historic Landmark in September 2006, Green-Wood Cemetery boasts 478-acres of lush landscapes
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GOWANUS – As Spoke The Hub [https://spokethehub.org] readies to open its new 2,900-square-foot home at 298 Butler Street, the organization is planning a month of Oktoberfest events to celebrate its grand opening and help pay for the costly renovations at the space. From October 5 through October 27,
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CLINTON HILL – As hundreds gathered on Sunday to celebrate to co-naming of part of Lafayette Avenue in honor of Brooklyn-born jazz musician Randy Weston, NYS Attorney General Letitia James took advantage of the occasion to call for a “permanent home to promote jazz” in the borough that would equal Manhattan’
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DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The second annual Downtown Brooklyn Arts Festival [http://www.dbartsfestival.org] kicks off on Friday, celebrating the Brooklyn Cultural District [https://gcdn.net/member/brooklyn-cultural-district/]‘s vast array of artists and cultural institutions. Courtesy of Downtown Brooklyn PartnershipHosted by the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership [http://downtownbrooklyn.com], many of
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SUNSET PARK – Carroll Gardens’ Court Tree Gallery [https://www.artsy.net/court-tree-collective/overview] is expanding. On Friday evening, the gallery debuted its second space at Industry City’s Innovation Alley. Court Tree Gallery at Industry City, Building 5, Innovation Alley, 67 35th Street (Pamela Wong/Bklyner)“We just found out
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FORT GREENE – The bubbly flowed Thursday evening as BRIC celebrated the opening of its new 3,500-square-foot Community Media Incubator. BRIC Community Media Incubator, 75 Rockwell Place (Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Located steps away from BRIC House (647 Fulton Street) on the second floor of 75 Rockwell Place, the Community Media
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CARROLL GARDENS – The 2019 MacArthur Fellows [https://www.macfound.org/programs/fellows/] were announced on Wednesday. The twenty-six honorees work in various disciplines—the arts, literature, law, science—and hail from all across the country, including Annie Dorsen [http://www.anniedorsen.com/index.php], a Brooklyn resident. 2019 MacArthur Fellow
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Enjoy the first weekend of fall with exhibits, movies, opera, and more. Morbid Anatomy returns for another pop-up exhibit at Green-Wood Cemetery and the Brooklyn Public Library is hosting an open house. If you’re looking to get outdoors and enjoy the autumn weather, click here [/outdoor-events-mexican-independence-day-parade-3rd-avenue-festival-atlantic-antic-more/] for our list
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BUSHWICK – Tickets are on sale for the 12th Annual Bushwick Film Festival [https://www.bushwickfilmfestival.com/] taking place October 2-6. In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the theme for this year’s festival is “space” and “time.” Festival organizers received a “record-breaking” 1,500
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WILLIAMSBURG – Lions and tigers and dinosaurs? A menagerie of animals from different classes, climates, and eras mingle in artist Alexis Kandra [http://www.kandra-art.com/index.htm]‘s surreal paintings currently on view at Lucas Lucas [https://www.lucaslucasnyc.com/] in Williamsburg. Migration, 2019, by Alexis Kandra on view at
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BUSHWICK/BED-STUY – Arts in Bushwick [https://artsinbushwick.org] hosted the 13th annual Bushwick Open Studios [https://artsinbushwick.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/BOS19-MAP-final_WEBSITE.pdf] over the weekend, welcoming the public into the workspaces of more than 200 artists in and around the neighborhood. Bklyner visited the studios of nine
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FORT GREENE – Fort Greene was alive with music and excitement Friday morning as NYC Parks [https://www.nycgovparks.org], Downtown Brooklyn Partnership [http://downtownbrooklyn.com], and Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the official opening of Betty Carter Park. L-R: NYC Parks Brooklyn Borough Commissioner Marty Maher,