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Muslims praying. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Next week, Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS) will present its “Muslims in Brooklyn” [http://brooklynhistory.org/projects/muslimsinbrooklyn] oral history project to the world. “Muslims in Brooklyn” includes 50 oral histories from various Muslims across the borough. “These 50 people are not representative
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The first weekend of December offers loads of events to check out including art exhibits, plays, concerts, a holiday book fair, and even a styling dance party at the Brooklyn Pubic Library’s main branch. Check the BKLYNER Calendar [/calendar/] for more events happening around town or to list one
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CROWN HEIGHTS – Thanksgiving celebrations haven’t yet stretched to match the twelve days of Christmas, but in the last decade the holiday has been headed in that direction. First, with “doorbuster” sales designed to lure shoppers early on the morning after the Thursday feasting, retailers declared a Black Friday to
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A portrait of Frida Kahlo by Toni Frissell (Via Wikimedia Commons)The Brooklyn Museum has just announced the subject of their next major exhibition: Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. In one of the biggest exhibitions of her work in the last decade, the Brooklyn Museum will host the show, titled Frida
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SPONSORED: Beginning November 29th, the historic Kings Theatre in Brooklyn will be electrified by a seasonal spectacular like none other, as the critically acclaimed extravaganza Cirque Dreams Holidaze invades its timeless showroom. Set in a colorful winter wonderland of holiday cheer, audiences meet snowmen, penguins, candles, reindeer, toy soldiers, gingerbread
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CLINTON HILL – At a general board meeting Wednesday evening, November 14, Brooklyn Community Board 2 [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb2/index.page] voted to approve co-naming St. James Place between Gates Avenue and Fulton Street “Christopher Wallace Way” in honor of the late rapper Notorious B.I.G. The
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It’s the weekend before Thanksgiving! In the spirit of giving during Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week [https://hhweek.org], there are two “Empty Bowls” events happening this Saturday [/giving-back-neighbors-help-fight-hunger-at-two-empty-bowls-events-next-week/] in which local ceramic artists create and sell bowls to raise funds to help fight hunger. Also around town, SkyIce
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PROSPECT HEIGHTS – A musician with deep roots in Brooklyn returns to New York City on Thursday (November 15) to celebrate the release of his latest album Mask [https://daviddominique.bandcamp.com/]. David Dominique was born in Queens and spent time in Long Island growing up, but his father taught at
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WILLIAMSBURG – To commemorate the 75th anniversary of Betty Smith’s A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Public Library’s Leonard branch will be designated a literary landmark in honor of the classic coming-of-age novel. Leonard Library, 81 Devoe Street (Via Google Maps)Published in 1943, A Tree Grows in
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DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Several years ago, when the novelty of streaming videos and movies made “Netflix and chill” the ascendant option for socializing, filmmaker Geoffrey Guerrero [https://vimeo.com/geoffreyguerrero] decided to kick back against the zeitgeist. “I grew up in an age where you go out and chill, meet people
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Photo courtesy of Fodera GuitarsThe current incarnation of Industry City [https://industrycity.com/], Sunset Park’s manufacturing and technology hub, may have taken root in 2013 [https://www.6sqft.com/the-success-and-future-of-industry-city-as-told-by-its-innovative-manufacturing-tenants/] , but some tenants of the complex have been there longer than that. In the case of Fodera Guitars, a
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Bowls at Artshack. Photo by Megan McGibney/BklynerBED-STUY/BAY RIDGE – When Harvest Henderson joined the nonprofit ceramics studio, Artshack [http://www.artshackbrooklyn.org/] in Bed-Stuy, two years ago, she had in mind for the community studio take part in the grassroots fundraising event Empty Bowls. It was something she had