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GOWANUS/FORT GREENE – The 15th annual Animation Block Party [http://www.animationblock.com/#intro-section], the East Coast’s largest animation festival, returns for four days to showcase an eclectic selection of professional, independent, and student animated films. Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/animationblock/photos/a.450586582759.251079.20128952759/10150668358412760/
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It’s Memorial Day weekend and the kick-off to summer! Check out our list of events happening over the long weekend to help you welcome the season and the (hopefully) warmer weather. Don’t forget to check the BKLYNER Calendar [/calendar/] for more events happening around town or to list
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February is Black History Month and there are a variety of events happening all around Brooklyn to celebrate—from art exhibitions, dramatic readings, musical performances, history tours, and movie screenings. Check out our list of events across the borough and find out how you can celebrate, commemorate, and learn about
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Invitation for Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams’ Black History Month Celebration [http://www.brooklyn-usa.org/event/black-history-month-celebration/] at Brooklyn Borough Hall, February 22ndFebruary is Black History Month and there are a variety of events happening all around Brooklyn to observe it—from panel discussions, poetry readings, musical performances, history tours,
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Image from the film Hausu. (Via YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1cFuATIF8I])If massive internet outage strikes this week, inadvertently cutting off our steady stream of grumpy and naked cat images, it’s a relief to know that in Brooklyn there will still be ample opportunity to experience
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(Courtesy Flickr/Ethan Oringel [https://www.flickr.com/photos/eoringel/2603594468/in/photolist-4Y56VN-9VbioV-eKyXk8-7wywuG-9Ve6SG-ckrbL3-9Vbn8x-9VboKe-9Vbdr2-9VdYWu-9Ved65-4DxbES-9Vbhqe-9Vbj7z-5fs9Zv-5BAZaz-9VearU-ehLcTG-9VebrE-ay7drN-9Ve1dw-5eNPi3-7bP4Zt-5bL7Rw-4HXjjv-8872ns-7bSUk9-7bP5Ba-ay4uez-7o4Vxj-ay4vq4-bp7Bwj-6ug38w-8C3o2K-nFmqZ6-48vsXW-6ubWov-8C3o7Z-8C3r4M-5xtDHo-7bP54x-6genQ2-7nzy8v-7bSSmj-6gixH9-6geo4H-89YG2j-6genvt-5xpgLR-8C3nWv] )WINE TASTINGS: here’s a list of seven [/blog/2015/10/
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Doing their best to balance, a small group of dedicated slackline walkers meet each week in Fort Greene Park. (Photo by Antonia Massa)By Antonia Massa Strung out and suffering from mild anxiety, Fernando Ruiz fled his office job in London to travel the world. The inner balance he sought
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Al Sharpton marches through the neighborhood in 1989 (from wikipedia.org)Did you know that the Bensonhurst scenes in Spike Lee’s movie Jungle Fever were shot in Old Mill Basin/Flatlands? Because the film’s producers were worried about ongoing tensions from the Yusef Hawkins murder [http://en.wikipedia.