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Music lovers will have lots to choose from this weekend including opera, hip-hop, Latin alternative, classical, and swing. Francophiles can celebrate Bastille Day on Smith Street on Sunday where the annual pétanque tournament will be played as the France vs. Croatia World Cup final is screened. Flatbush Caton Market will
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PROSPECT HEIGHTS – The Brooklyn Public Library kicks off its Plaza Swing Series [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/bpl-presents] on Wednesday, a summer music series featuring live performances and dancing at the Central Library Plaza. The weekly summer dance party debuts tonight, July 11, with Swingtime Big Band [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/
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via Kings TheaterLiving comedy legend, JOHN CLEESE, is heading in your general direction for a live and truly unforgettable evening of conversation and audience Q&A on July 22 at Kings Theatre [http://www.kingstheatre.com/calendar/john-cleese-with-monty-python-the-holy-grail/] . Absurd and/or ridiculous questions only, please. A limited number of
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A marching band in front of John Paul Jones Park last year (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)BAY RIDGE – Yo, Brooklyn! Here’s a chance to catch a classic movie under the stars tonight—Rocky will be playing in John Paul Jones Park. So pull up a camp chair under the Verrazano
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The weekend will be a bit on the quieter side for those who didn’t go away for the 4th of July, but Pioneer Works is presenting Software For Artists Day, the Brooklyn Museum is hosting its Target First Saturday, and the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival continues with dance and
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PARK SLOPE – After years of performing spectacular and campy musicals like Xanadu, Psycho Beach Party, and, most recently, Priscilla Queen of the Desert [/drag-extravaganza-priscilla-queen-desert-brings-fun-music-glamour-park-slope/] , Piper Theatre [https://pipertheatre.org/current-productions/] has revisited its mission to be “committed to being theater for all” for this year’s more family-friendly production of
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It’s hard to believe it’s already the last weekend of June. There are lots of events this week to get you outside to enjoy the fleeting summer days, as well as film screenings, the closing party for Haiti Cultural Exchange’s Selebrasyon!, a singalong to benefit immigrant families,
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BOERUM HILL – The NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/about/pr2018/062618.page] (LPC) approved the expansion of the Boerum Hill Historic District [https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/lpc/downloads/pdf/maps/HistoricDistrictMaps/Brooklyn/boerum_hill.pdf] earlier today. Bergen Street between Smith & Hoyt, Boerum
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The black-tipped reef shark is just one of the new species featured at the aquarium’s new exhibit (Via NY Aquarium)CONEY ISLAND – The sharks are almost here, and just in time for summer… The long-awaited Ocean Wonders: Sharks exhibit at the New York Aquarium opens this Saturday! The state
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Brooklyn Eats (Photo by Paul Stremple)DOWNTOWN – Brooklyn’s biggest food expo is back in downtown at a new location—Brooklyn Eats will be showcasing food from 57 vendors at City Point this Thursday, June 28! Brooklyn Eats features locally owned businesses serving up locally-prepared products from the borough of
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DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – As gentrification continues to steamroll through Downtown Brooklyn, one new project stands out as a crowd-pleaser with little controversy, the restoration of the old Paramount Theatre [/paramount-theater-construction-begin-later-year/] at Flatbush and Dekalb. Speakers standing in front of the lowered scoreboard. L-R: Brett Yormark, BSE Global CEO; Kim Cline, LIU
Announcements
On Wednesday, NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray, Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen, and the Department of Cultural Affairs [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/dcla/index.page] announced the launch of She Built NYC, an initiative to commission public artwork that honors New York City women and women’s history. Brian Tolle’