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FORT GREENE – The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership [http://downtownbrooklyn.com], BAM [https://www.bam.org], and Two Trees Management [https://www.twotreesny.com] are teaming up to host That’s Entertainment! [http://downtownbrooklyn.com/events/movies-300-ashland-singing-in-the-rain], an outdoor movies series taking place at The Plaza at 300 Ashland every Tuesday in
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It’s August! Get out and enjoy the dog days of summer before they pass us by. Catch a movie or a concert, celebrate Brooklyn’s diversity, adopt a furry companion, and more this weekend. Check the BKLYNER Calendar [/calendar/] for more events happening around town or to list one
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A workshop of Handel’s Ariodante at National Sawdust (Via Jill Steinberg/National Sawdust [https://nationalsawdust.org/])WILLIAMSBURG – The music and performance venue National Sawdust, located in Williamsburg, has announced the line-up for its fourth season, which will feature more than 25 new works. The non-profit venue on Wythe Avenue,
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The Brownsville Arts Center and Apartments rendering (By Aufgang Architects) BROWNSVILLE – A billion dollar development is headed for Brownsville, bringing an arts center and nearly 900 affordable housing units across three buildings to the neighborhood, to be built on city-owned sites. The Brownsville Arts Center & Apartments will contain 230
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This last weekend of July (!) is packed with events that the whole family can enjoy, including animation, food, music, and more! Check the BKLYNER Calendar [/calendar/] for more events happening around town or to list one of your own. Tinariwen via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/BRICcelebrateBK/photos/gm.245751616165689/
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GOWANUS/FORT GREENE – The 15th annual Animation Block Party [http://www.animationblock.com/#intro-section], the East Coast’s largest animation festival, returns for four days to showcase an eclectic selection of professional, independent, and student animated films. Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/animationblock/photos/a.450586582759.251079.20128952759/10150668358412760/
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FORT GREENE – BRIC announced on Tuesday that it has appointed artist, curator, and arts administrator, Kristina Newman-Scott, as its new president. Kristina Newman-Scott (Photo: Adam Coppola)The Brooklyn media organization’s Board of Directors launched a nationwide search for a new president last fall after former president, Leslie Griesbach Schultz
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PROSPECT PARK – Join the Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org/] and Brooklyn Arts Council [http://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/] (BAC) in celebrating the borough’s cultural diversity at the inaugural Brooklyn Roots Festival [https://www.prospectpark.org/news-events/events/2018/7/29#brooklyn-roots-festival] this Sunday at Prospect Park’s Children’
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SUNSET PARK – Before setting sail at the free community boating event [/free-community-boating-at-bush-terminal-park/] in Sunset Park tomorrow, head over to Bush Terminal Park early and help paint a new mural. The NYC Economic Development Corporation [https://www.nycedc.com/brooklyn] (NYC EDC) and Groundswell [https://www.groundswell.nyc/], a non-profit organization
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DITMAS PARK – In an age when digital distribution renders the avant garde just another playlist on Spotify, the Endangered Heart Quartet is making unique music not by going further out but by finding spaces in between. As violinist Jesse Mills [http://www.jesse-mills.com/JM/Jesse_Mills,_violin___Welcome.html]
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Brooklyn Public Library, New York Public Library, and Queens Library cardholders have a new perk—free access to a number of museums, public gardens, and cultural institutions across the city. Via www.culturepass.nyc [https://www.culturepass.nyc/]Culture Pass is a new program that allows cardholders aged 13 and
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Whether you want to hear jazz, Roots and Americana, or traditional Bengali songs, there’s something for everyone this weekend! Along with lots of music, there will be a dance class, block party, and pop-up markets to keep you busy. Check the BKLYNER Calendar [/calendar/] for more events happening around