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Albert Marques on keyboards, joined by Israeli bass player Ran Livneh. (All photos by Chris Farrell)Ditmas Park musician Albert Marquès doesn’t boldly go where no artist has gone before, but he is on a mission to seek out — well, not new life and new civilizations, but new venues
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Fort Greene Park (Courtesy Wikimedia Commons/David Shankbone)WINE TASTINGS: here’s a list of seven [/blog/2015/10/14/seven-places-to-enjoy-wine-tastings-in-fort-greene-clinton-hill/] weekly options! Myrtle Avenue’s KIDS GUIDE [http://myrtleavenue.org/kids-guide-to-myrtle-avenue/] also has great listings. Submit your event listing [/calendar/] to our BROOKLYN-WIDE CALENDAR [/calendar/] or by emailing editor@
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(Photo via Lefrak Center at Lakeside [https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2016/07/22/lola-stars-dreamland-roller-disco-party-roll-bounce] )The weekend is finally here, and we’d like to help you have a great one blocks from your home. Whether you’re looking to rock out outside, make therapeutic art, or drink beer for
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A rehearsal of ‘All American Boys’ should work. (Courtesy of Off the Page Education)Teaching artists, public school students, award-winning authors and professional actors have combined their talents to produce All American Boys [http://pipertheatre.org/event/all-american-boys-2016-07-26/2016-07-26/], a theatrical drama exploring the impact of police violence on black
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Green Acres Community Garden (Courtesy Instagram/greeneacrescommunitygarden [https://www.instagram.com/p/uTK-USgL1h/])Community gardens are a place for gardening, getting to know your neighbors, and, it turns out, filmgoing. BAM [/?s=bam] and the New York Restoration Project (NYRP) are bringing the arts to community gardens [/blog/2016/03/
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(Photo: iorunner / Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BIF0rotDDKF/?tagged=captainamerica])What do you get a superhero who has three box office hits, has fought in World War II and has protected the American people from villains for their birthday? A 13-foot-tall bronze statue [http://parkslopestoop.com/blog/art-music/giant-statue-captain-america-coming-prospect-park/
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Jeff Lederer. (Courtesy of the musician)Stop me if you heard this one before: Popeye the Sailor, Herman Melville and jazz legend Albert Ayler [http://www.ayler.co.uk/] walk into a bar. Actually, that’s not the set up for a joke but a shorthand description for a recent
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Jeff Lederer. (Courtesy of the musician)Stop me if you heard this one before: Popeye the Sailor, Herman Melville and jazz legend Albert Ayler [http://www.ayler.co.uk/] walk into a bar. Actually, that’s not the set up for a joke but a shorthand description for a recent
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(Photo via OMNI ensemble / Facebook)The OMNI Ensemble, a chamber music group founded and directed by neighbor David Wechsler, will perform their sixth annual Midsummer Night’s Benefit Party on Thursday, July 21. Come out for a night of music, barbecue and drinks, and dancing under the stars in Ditmas
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Patrons of Greenlight Bookstore (Photo by Menglin Huang)Below you’ll find information on events through the week in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Check back Thursday to see what’s scheduled this weekend! Submit your event listing [/calendar/] to our BROOKLYN-WIDE CALENDAR [/calendar/]. MONDAY JULY 18 Monday’s poetry
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The chicken burrito at Pequeña. (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox.)Here’s a recap of what went down this week. Follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/ftgfocus], like us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/FortGreeneFocus], and check out our Instagram [http://instagram.com/fortgreenefocus], and subscribe to
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Poster design by Eric Adams. (Courtesy of South Brooklyn Shakespeare.)Have you passed by the old Aaron’s at the corner of 5th Avenue and 18th Street lately? It may seem quiet on the outside, but you’d be surprised at what’s going on behind those walls. Illyria, of