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PROSPECT PARK – BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! [https://www.bricartsmedia.org/events-performances/BRIC-celebrate-Brooklyn-festival] returns for its 41st year offering a diverse lineup of events at the Prospect Park Bandshell from June 4th though August 10th. BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! (Photo: David Andrako)Each year, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! offers a mix of music, film,
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The Fashion Institute of Technology is perhaps best known as a school for aspiring fashion creatives and entrepreneurs, with a campus located in the heart of Manhattan’s fashion district. But FIT offers so much more to New Yorkers, with courses and programs being offered in Brooklyn, too. FIT shows
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Discover the bold work of emerging fine arts talent at Pratt Shows [http://bit.ly/2W1yYKq]. New exhibits open every Monday from 5-8 PM on the Brooklyn campus through mid-May. Photos courtesy of Fiona VeroniqueEvery Monday night Pratt opens its doors and invites you into its gallery spaces to explore
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Spring is in full swing so it’s the perfect opportunity to check out all of the events happening around Brooklyn. Celebrate Earth Day as traffic is shut down at Albee Square or catch a free production of The Tempest at the North Brooklyn YMCA. Plus, this is the last
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PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDEN — The city, on Wednesday, announced the winning duo to create the Shirley Chisholm monument slated for the Parkside Avenue entrance of Prospect Park. Aerial view of Shirley Chisholm monument proposal. (Renderings: Amanda Williams and Olalekan JeyifousArtists Amanda Williams and Olalekan Jeyifous proposed “Our Destiny, Our Democracy” as
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DITMAS PARK – Join Brave New World Repertory Theatre [http://bravenewworldrep.org/] this Sunday, April 28 for Shakespeare on Stratford, a free spring celebration commemorating the 455th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s birth. The Bard was born April 26, 1564. Via Brave New World Repertory Theatre | Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/
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PARK SLOPE – Thursday, April 18, was National Poem in Your Pocket Day [https://www.poets.org/national-poetry-month/poem-your-pocket-day], but one group of seventh graders took their poems out of their pockets and onto the streets. Class 705 at M.S. 51 filled a block with colorful chalk illustrations of verse
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It’s Easter weekend and the start of spring break. There’s lots to do if you’re staying in town including the return of Morbid Anatomy at Green-Wood Cemetery and an immigrant heritage walking tour at Coney Island. It’s also the last weekend to check out Marjana and
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Coketta finale walk at Fashion Week Brooklyn. Photo by FWBK/Trudy Giordano BEDFORD-STUYVESANT – Fashion Week Brooklyn (FWBK)’s F/W 2019 Collections designer showcase was a sartorial mix of high and low fashion for the season. Five brands took the runway on Friday night at the 630 Flushing Avenue event
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BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK – Marking its 20th anniversary hosting free programs at Brooklyn Bridge Park, on Monday the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy announced its Spring/Summer 2019 schedule [https://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/press/2019-season-announcement]. Brooklyn Bridge Park, Movies with a View (Photo: Etienne Frossard)The Conservancy launched the Movies With A
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Nerdy Burlesque at the Nerdlesque Festival in Coney Island was a great attraction with talent from throughout the country. Paris Original of Seattle WA shows her personality in a Disney kind of way. Todd Maisel/BklynerCONEY ISLAND – Burlesque can be creative, sexually expressive and at times, gender fluid. In some
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Coney Island opensCONEY ISLAND – Yes, the Luna Park and the Cyclone opened last week to huge crowds, but this past Sunday was the traditional Brooklyn egg cream christening of the famed roller coaster, the bottle of chocolaty goodness broken by the Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, community leaders, and Luna