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Happy Black History Month! There are a couple of events lined up this weekend to celebrate the annual observance of African-American history including the return of Myrtle Avenue’s Black Artstory Month and BAM’s Black Comix Expo. Check the Bklyner Calendar [/calendar/] for more events happening around town or
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BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK – The Public Art Fund [https://www.publicartfund.org/] announced on Wednesday that it will exhibit artist Siah Armajani’s Bridge Over Tree (1970) at Brooklyn Bridge Park in the first re-staging of the installation in nearly 50 years. Siah Armajani, Bridge Over Tree (1970) Walker Art Center,
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FORT GREENE – Though its official grand opening isn’t for another couple of weeks, The Center for Fiction [http://www.centerforfiction.org/new-space-in-brooklyn] offered a preview of its new home at 15 Lafayette Avenue (between Rockwell & Ashland Place) Tuesday morning while crews were busy adding finishing touches. The Center
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By Megan McGibney/BklynerSince 2012, Black History Month has been celebrated along Myrtle Avenue’s retail area in Clinton Hill in an event called Black Artstory Month. Historically, visual artists create murals in storefront windows in the neighborhood, united around a common theme. This year, however, the Myrtle Avenue Business
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Happy Year of the Pig! February 5 marks the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year [http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/special-report/chinese-new-year/], a time for celebration, which includes family dinners, dragon and lion dances, lantern festivals, firecrackers, and lucky red envelopes (hongbaos) filled with cash. In Chinese astrology, each
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FORT GREENE – The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts [http://mocada.org] (MoCADA) is planning to convert a vacant lot at 48 Lafayette Avenue into a sculpture garden. Via Architecture + Construction PLLC presentation [https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/lpc/downloads/pdf/presentation-materials/20190205/48%20Lafayette%20Ave%20-LPC%20FInal%20%201-31-2019.
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Last night at the Kings Theatre on Flatbush Avenue, the royalty of Swan Lake took the stage in a gracefully high-octane production of the classic Tchaikovsky ballet by the National Ballet Theatre of Odessa. Making their first trip to the United States, as part of a 50-plus-city North American tour
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This weekend is packed with fun things to check out, including Target First Saturday at the Brooklyn Museum celebrating Black History Month and the closing days of the exhibit Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power. The Brooklyn Public Library is hosting the third annual “A
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DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The Public Art Fund [https://www.publicartfund.org/view/public_programs/6683_harold_ancart_subliminal_standard] announced on Monday that artist Harold Ancart [http://www.artnet.com/artists/harold-ancart/] will exhibit an interactive art installation consisting of a playable handball court in Cadman Plaza Park starting in the
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Old-timers may lament the death of New York nightlife, however, those reports are, perhaps, just a bit, exaggerated. While Manhattan still dominates the industry, Brooklyn and Queens are growing into destinations of their own, with liquor licenses to prove it. Last week, the Mayor’s Office of Media Entertainment released
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Mayor Bill de Blasio, the Department of City Planning [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/index.page] (DCP), The Municipal Art Society of New York [https://www.mas.org] (MAS), and Advocates for Privately Owned Public Space [https://www.mas.org/initiatives/advocates-for-privately-owned-public-space/] (APOPS) announced on Monday the kickoff to
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The Katra Film Series [http://katrafilmseries.com/tickets/]returns to the Alamo Drafthouse Theater in Downtown Brooklyn for its 7th Annual Grand Finale. Out of a total of 100 new works presented last year, 15 finalists have been selected to advance to this year’s grand finale. Named one of