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The temperature’s starting to heat up and so are the events around Brooklyn! Celebrate Record Store Day with live musical performances at Rough Trade NYC or spend the day outside ringing in the Bengali New Year at Avenue C Plaza. Plus, this is the last weekend to check out
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DOWNTOWN/CONEY ISLAND – The New York Preservation Archive Project [http://www.nypap.org/] is hosting its third annual Preservation Film Festival [http://www.nypap.org/nypap-presents-the-2019-preservation-film-festival/] April 2nd to May 3rd, screening contemporary documentaries and historic classics across the five boroughs. The selected films address current themes such as climate
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The rack at St. Hrouda. Spring 2019The spring wardrobe, the most delicate of seasonal wardrobes to put together. With the often unpredictable and uncooperative winter season still lingering on, some might have reservations about when, where, and what clothing to get as we usher in the new spring season. Now
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Downtown Brooklyn back in 2013. Liena Zagare/BklynerJake Dobkin of Gothamist has a book of advice out (read our interview here [/just-ask-jake-park-slope-neighbor-has-advice-for-everyone/]) and offered to share his thoughts on the topic that has been driving Brooklyn residents mad over at least the last decade, more likely – much longer – gentrification. Enjoy,
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PARK SLOPE – Park Slope native Jake Dobkin has been sharing advice for newcomers to this city in true native New Yorker fashion since forever. The co-founder of the popular New York online news site Gothamist (that was acquired by DNA Info and has since become part of WNYC), traces it
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Nicco Soffiato, Zach Swanson and Deric Dickens at Erv’s in PLG during a band night. (Photo courtesy of Nicco Soffiato)PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDENS — There’s a burgeoning new music corridor growing and it’s in Central Brooklyn. PLG, a commercial/residential-mix, which sits just East of Prospect Park, is turning
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BROOKLYN – The 100 Most Jewish Foods, a book by Tablet’s editor in chief Alana Newhouse, is a perfect gift for this Passover — gorgeous and funny and well written. It is, if you like food and/or the Jewish tradition, a delight. Naturally heavy on Brooklyn, The 100 Most Jewish
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CARROLL GARDENS – After 35 years at the historic ASPCA building at 233 Butler Street in Gowanus, the vintage guitar repair shop and showroom RetroFret [http://retrofret.com/] has moved west to Carroll Gardens. Vintage guitar with inlay design on neck, RetroFret, 87 Luquer Street (Photo: Nathan Haselby)The business’s
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FORT GREENE – This weekend the Brooklyn Academy of Music [https://www.bam.org] (BAM) will present the 15th annual celebration of spoken word and hip hop with Word. Sound. Power [https://www.bam.org/literary/2019/word-sound-power]. BAM’s springtime performance will take place on Friday, April 5 and Saturday,
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Spend time with friends and family this weekend at a variety of local concerts, exhibits and more! Listen to folk music during the weekend-long Brooklyn Folk Festival or dance away at Lola Star’s Dreamland Roller Rink’s Discoteque. Plus, two exhibitions, Scoring the Stacks and BRIC’s Biennial exploring
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GOWANUS – ArtBuilt [http://artbuilt.org/artbuilt-mobile-studios/] and NYC Parks [https://www.nycgovparks.org/] are bringing the Studio in the Park residency program to Gowanus and are currently accepting proposals from artists. ArtBuilt brings arts and cultural programming to parks and plazas in underserved neighborhoods, transforming public spaces into creative venues.
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