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Photo via cmykpz_z [https://www.instagram.com/p/BGiFnK_Hpjv/?tagged=brooklynpride&hl=en]Only hours before the despicable attack took place in Orlando Saturday night [http://nyti.ms/25Svj4b], our neighborhood celebrated Brooklyn Pride 2016 [http://brooklynpride.org/], a festival which culminated in a celebration of the
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(Photo via Avenue C Plaza / Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/avecplaza/?fref=ts])For a neighborhood that’s home to almost 30 ethnic groups and with dozens of languages spoken on its streets, Kensington has a real scarcity of outdoor space. But since early June, neighbors have been planting roots
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(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 our newsletter [http://eepurl.com/
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Cooling off in Fort Greene Park on a hot summer day. (Photo by Francisco Daum [Trilok Fusion Center for the Arts]The weather has turned warm, but the news emerging from the County of Kings is positively scintillating. Take a look and see! Following a community outcry, DOT completed changes
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Edward R Murrow High School student Pauline Xu presenting her artwork to actress Lena Dunham. (Photo: ArtsConnection [http://artsconnection.org/2016-benefit-celebration-smashing-success/])An Edward R. Murrow High School student was chosen to present her artwork to actress Lena Dunham at a Park Avenue benefit gala last month. Pauline Xu, a 17-year-old
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Be a cool cat and take a free bike ride this weekend. (Courtesy Brooklyn Bridge Animal Rescue Coalition.and Who’s Your Doggy)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
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Vejigante mask at Puerto Rican Parade. Courtesy of Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/events/844914982259803/].The annual Puerto Rican Day Parade and Festival [https://www.facebook.com/events/844914982259803/] is returning to Sunset Park for the second official year this weekend. A procession of music and dancing will salsa up
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These figures have indeed appeared in Prospect Park. (Photo via prospect_park [https://www.instagram.com/p/3hD5gxL1bI/?taken-by=prospect_park&hl=en])Something mysterious happened in Prospect Park last weekend, and This Week In Prospect Park [https://this-week-in-prospect-park.tumblr.com/] was the only site to report about the
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1st Place Winners Kat Snoddy for Poetry, and Stina Trollbäck for Prose. (Photo Credit: Gregg Richards)> “I heard the cacophony of footsteps and clicking heels and the whir of machines and fans. I took a sharp left, walking down the alabaster hallway — empty offices, doors strewn open, and piles
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Photo via Claustrophobia [https://www.facebook.com/ClaustrophobiaBK/photos/a.927080010740869.1073741828.879454485503422/927079900740880/?type=3&theater] When I asked Managing Partner Regina Shafir about her new business, I wasn’t quite sure how to begin. “So it’s called Claustrophobia. Is it a game or something?” I asked.
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Photo via Claustrophobia [https://www.facebook.com/ClaustrophobiaBK/photos/a.927080010740869.1073741828.879454485503422/927079900740880/?type=3&theater] When I asked Managing Partner Regina Shafir about her new business, I wasn’t quite sure how to begin. “So it’s called Claustrophobia. Is it a game or something?” I asked.
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Photo by Megan McGibneyThe final Community Education Council 20 (CEC 20) meeting of the 2015-2016 school year was held Wednesday evening at P.S. 264 Bay Ridge Elementary School for the Arts [http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/20/K264/default.htm] (371 89th Street). It was a meeting marked with