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SUNSET PARK – A three-day crafts festival is taking place this weekend at Industry City featuring demonstrations and hands-on workshops as well as master classes led by experienced artisans. Via Craft In Focus Festival | Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/craftinfocusnewyork/photos/pcb.2298375773776042/2298374597109493/?type=3&theater] The Craft In
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475 Clermont – 9th-floor roof terrace. Rendering courtesy of RXR Realty.FORT GREENE – When one thinks rental in Brooklyn, one rarely thinks of getting to rent at a building that offers amenities akin to luxury hotels. However, that seems to be the trend for most new developments situated downtown and nearby,
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The New York Landmarks Conservancy [http://www.nylandmarks.org/] is hosting the Sacred Sites Open House from May 18-19, inviting the public to tour 150 churches, mosques, synagogues, temples, and meeting houses across the state, including 13 sites in Brooklyn. New Utrecht Reformed ChurchThe Conservancy began hosting the tours of
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May flowers have officially sprung from April showers in Brooklyn! Spend some time outside this weekend strolling around Ditmas Park as part of the Twilight Stroll on Cortelyou. There are also a variety of art exhibitions and productions opening this weekend including DreamStreet Theatre Company’s performance of Find Your
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GOWANUS/PARK SLOPE – Spoke the Hub [http://spokethehub.org/] celebrates 40 years of bringing community dance classes, performances, and flash mob routines to Park Slope and Gowanus. Spoke the Hub’s Prince Flash Mob at Local Produce event. Elise Long is on the right. (Photo courtesy of Spoke the Hub)
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PARK SLOPE – The 60th Annual Park Slope House Tour [https://parkslopeciviccouncil.org/the-60th-annual-park-slope-house-tour/], scheduled for Sunday, May 19, invites attendees to take self-guided tours of historic brownstones throughout the neighborhood. Montauk Club (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Advance tickets can be purchased for $25 online [https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4102301]
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FORT GREENE – Madonna is coming to Brooklyn! The Material Girl announced she is embarking on an intimate theater tour in support of her forthcoming album, Madame X. The new album will be released June 14, according to Brooklyn Vegan [http://www.brooklynvegan.com/madonna-announces-intimate-us-shows-including-7-nights-at-bam/] , and the three-city tour kicks off
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Model in Simone Imaani design (Photo: Gregg Richards/Brooklyn Library)PROSPECT PARK – The BKLYN Fashion Academy [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/bklyn-fashion-academy] (BFA) held its second runway show in the Grand Lobby of the Brooklyn Public Library on Friday. BFA designers showcased their Fall/Winter mini-capsule collections, interpreting the history and
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GOWANUS – An exhibition inspired by the dredging of “black mayonnaise [/see-what-was-found-in-the-gowanus-canal-during-the-4th-street-basin-dredging/] ” from the bottom of the Gowanus Canal will open next weekend at four locations. Dredging equipment at Gowanus Canal 4th Street Turning Basin (Photo: Nathan Haselby)Two Brooklyn-based artists, Sasha Chavchavadze [https://www.sashachavchavadze.com/] and JoAnne McFarland [https:
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Artist and sculptor Emin Guliyev helps student with the body of a horse. Photo courtesy of My Way CenterKENSINGTON – When a mom from Moscow suggested our sons try an art class together, I thought: Why not? Maybe he— unlike the rest of us Newsoms—can actually draw more than a
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By Antonio M. RosarioKENSINGTON – Antonio M. Rosario [http://www.amrosario.com] is a man of routines. Every morning he wakes up at 6:00 am and captures the sun rising above Brooklyn outside his office window. From the top floor of the white Trump apartment building on Ocean Parkway, his
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Start the summer early with a variety of outdoor Brooklyn events such as a Fort Greene pop culture walking tour or the Church Avenue Street Fair. If you’re looking to stay indoors spend some time at The Other Art Fair featuring a variety of art perfect for collectors or