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The stage where the entertainers perform at the Mela celebration. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Sahib Gul, 50, a legendary Pashtun composer with a reputation for speaking his mind, has been living in exile in Midwood since 2008, working at a Gyro restaurant on Coney Island Avenue. Since he fled
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Photo via MCA DAY [https://www.facebook.com/MCADAYNYC/photos/a.269911189772047.58174.269906879772478/574858032610693/?type=1&theater] Fans of The Beastie Boys suffered a massive blow on May 4, 2012. On that day, Adam “MCA” Yauch succumbed to cancer of the salivary gland [http://nyti.ms/1DScRJG] which
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(Courtesy: Politics & Prose Bookstore / Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/politicsandprose/photos/gm.992975867464444/10155039188476110/?type=3&theater] )Writers of diverse backgrounds will take the stage this weekend in Fort Greene to read their stories of history, race, class and personal challenges in celebration of creative writing. This year’
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(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Music and food will fill Coney Island Avenue, between Avenue H and Foster Avenue, this Saturday August 20, for the annual Brooklyn Mela [/blog/events/brooklyn-mela-draws-thousands-of-people-to-coney-island-avenue-for-festivities-celebrating-pakistans-independence-day/] , which celebrates Pakistan’s independence day. Sponsored by the Pakistani American Merchants Association, the festival will be held from
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Full-scale Redwood trees. Photo Courtesy of Facebook/Redwood National and State Parks. [https://www.facebook.com/RedwoodNPS/photos/a.195972830413040.51547.152578104752513/1254298041247175/?type=3&theater] A tiny Redwood forest will soon be planted in Downtown Brooklyn, bringing a scaled-down version of the historical west coast national park to
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Ethiopian food at the NYC African Food Festival. (Courtesy: socinna / Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BJGbXLMDPik/?tagged=nycafricanfoodfestival])With temperatures at nearly 100 degrees over the weekend, foodies still made their way to the first annual New York African Food Festival [/blog/2016/08/10/new-yorks-first-annual-african-food-festival-debuts-in-brooklyn-this-weekend/] at the Brooklyn
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Sign on Westminster Road. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Now you don’t have to sneak around to catch ‘The Affair’, Showtime’s Golden Globe-winning drama, filming on Westminster and Argyle Roads today, tomorrow and next week. The tryst will sprawl between Albermarle Road and Church Avenue, and also along
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“There’s a sad lack of good, bright art around here for some reason,” she said. “There’s more in Ditmas Park proper” said Artist Al Najjar. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Kensington neighbor Al Najjar, of Al Zork’s Strange Art [https://www.facebook.com/itgetsstranger/?fref=ts], has
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Roxane Gay (right) and Dodai Steward (left) at Brooklyn Historical Society. (Photo courtesy Brooklyn Historical Society)“Feminism is not dead,” declared Angélique Roché, Ms. Foundation’s vice president of external affairs, standing before the sold-out auditorium at the first installment of Let’s Talk Feminism. Grunts of approval rippled through
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Photo via dianebondareff [https://www.instagram.com/p/BI85-HKDVO5/?tagged=captainamericastatue&hl=en] Captain America arrived in Prospect Park yesterday [http://parkslopestoop.com/blog/art-music/giant-statue-captain-america-coming-prospect-park/] — in the form of a 13-foot tall bronze statue which weights about a ton. And the base of the statue received a dusting
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Photo via dianebondareff [https://www.instagram.com/p/BI85-HKDVO5/?tagged=captainamericastatue&hl=en] Captain America arrived in Prospect Park yesterday [/blog/art-music/giant-statue-captain-america-coming-prospect-park/] — in the form of a 13-foot tall bronze statue which weights about a ton. And the base of the statue received a dusting of Marvel Comics
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Concert goers sitting on shoulders for a better view during Zeds Dead’s set. (Photo courtesy of Haley-May Block)MCU Park [http://www.brooklyncyclones.com/mcupark/mcupark/] was rocking last weekend as the Mad Decent Block Party [http://maddecentblockparty.com/]music festival rolled through Coney Island. Among Saturday’s performers