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CLINTON HILL – Pratt Institute [http://pratt.edu] has chosen Frances Bronet [http://francesbronet.com/] as the Institute’s 12th president. Pratt Institute has been preparing its students for careers in art, design, architecture, information, as well as liberal arts and sciences on its campuses in Clinton Hill and Manhattan since
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BPL Midwood branch during Ride the Branches event 2017 / BKLYNERMIDWOOD – Located on East 16th Street, just off Avenue J, Midwood Library serves thousands of children each week, and now, thanks to $3.5 million approved by Council Member Greenfield, it’s second-floor children’s area will undergo a full renovation.
Arts & Culture
GOWANUS – Three hundred and fifty artists [http://www.agdir.org/artistdirectory.php?event=1]. Two days. From 12-6pm, Saturday 10/21 and Sunday 10/22, all are welcome to go from studio to studio in any order and see the work of three hundred and fifty local artists. Since you
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SUNSET PARK – Brooklyn is a hub-bub for entrepreneurs, with a wealth of opportunities for residents to start their own businesses. Timothy Nuernberger is one of them. This 27 year-old Midwesterner initially hoped to be a performer. Instead, he owns Nuernberger Piano Company [http://www.nuernbergerpianoco.com/], a piano repair, restoration,
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Meet Me Downtown is part of Culture Forward, and is on view this week at 80 Hanson Place (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)DOWNTOWN – The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership’s Culture Forward [http://www.downtownbrooklyn.com/cultureforward] festival launched last night with an exhibition of street photographs that documented the rapidly changing face
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Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/Flatbush-Artists-Studio-Tour-309055422518941/]DITMAS PARK – Check out “contemporary artists in Victorian Flatbush” this weekend at the 2017 Flatbush Artists Studio Tour [http://www.flatbushartists.org/]. Visitors will have the chance to meet 29 participating local artists in their homes and studios—many of which are located
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Founder Dee Poku welcomes the audience of female entrepreneurs at The Other Festival in downtown Brooklyn Saturday. The two-day Festival is a culmination of all-female panels, workshops, vendors and musical performances. (Photo Kalen Goodluck/BKLYNER)DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN—Growing up, Asmau Ahmed was on a quest to find her mother a
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Attendees at the opening reception for Stand4’s inaugural exhibit, Reconceived Notions, which runs through November 19. Photo by Anya van WagtendonkBAY RIDGE – You’d be forgiven for not recognizing Bay Ridge’s new Stand4 gallery [http://www.standconnect.com] right away. But for a small black sign posted to
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There is so much going on this weekend! Comedy fan? There’s the Park Slope Comedy Fest. Music lover? There’s a tribute concert honoring Louis Armstrong or the third annual BRIC JazzFest. Film buff? There’s the 10th annual Bushwick Film Festival, the 2nd annual Brooklyn Horror Festival, and
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BUSHWICK – Thursday marks the start of the 10th Annual Bushwick Film Festival [http://bushwickfilmfestival.com/], which promises to deliver a host of exciting new films and documentaries from a diverse set of voices and viewpoints. Last year, the festival welcomed more than 2,700 guests to take in feature-length documentaries,
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FLATBUSH – Every single seat at the massive Kings Theater in Flatbush was packed to hear a conversation between one of the leading public intellectuals of our time Ta-Nehisi Coates and Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of The Atlantic as more than 3,000 people turned up last night for the
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It’s the first weekend of October—a long one if you’re lucky. Celebrate Oktoberfest under the Archway in DUMBO or support hurricane relief in Puerto Rico at the Brooklyn Museum’s First Saturday event or Union Hall’s Comedy for Puerto Rico show. There’s also an organ