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Sep
27
Two Great Events For Brooklyn Food & History Lovers

Two Great Events For Brooklyn Food & History Lovers

1917 photo of employees at the Defrancisci & Son Macaroni Machines factory at 219 Morgan Avenue in East Williamsburg. Standing
1 min read
Sep
26
Icon Patti Smith Declares Herself Fit To Be President, Sings Velvet Underground At Congregation Beth Elohim [Photos & Video]

Icon Patti Smith Declares Herself Fit To Be President, Sings Velvet Underground At Congregation Beth Elohim [Photos & Video]

“Because The Night” performed by Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye at Congregation Beth Elohim. (Video by Donny Levit / Park Slope
4 min read
Sep
26
Things To Do In Southern Brooklyn This Week: Stress Coloring, Menopause, And More

Things To Do In Southern Brooklyn This Week: Stress Coloring, Menopause, And More

Photo by anatolenyc [https://www.instagram.com/anatolenyc/]Do you want to color, crochet or talk about routes to happiness
2 min read
Sep
26
Two Great Events For Brooklyn Food & History Lovers

Two Great Events For Brooklyn Food & History Lovers

1917 photo of employees at the Defrancisci & Son Macaroni Machines factory at 219 Morgan Avenue in East Williamsburg. Standing
1 min read
Sep
19
Two Great Events For Brooklyn Food & History Lovers

Two Great Events For Brooklyn Food & History Lovers

1917 photo of employees at the Defrancisci & Son Macaroni Machines factory at 219 Morgan Avenue in East Williamsburg. Standing
1 min read
Sep
16
Two Great Events For Brooklyn Food & History Lovers

Two Great Events For Brooklyn Food & History Lovers

1917 photo of employees at the Defrancisci & Son Macaroni Machines factory at 219 Morgan Avenue in East Williamsburg. Standing
1 min read
Sep
09
Ready To Don Your Party Hat? Help BPL’s Central Library Celebrate Its 75th Birthday On Saturday

Ready To Don Your Party Hat? Help BPL’s Central Library Celebrate Its 75th Birthday On Saturday

Facade rendering for the Central Library. (Courtesy of Brooklyn Public Library) One of the borough’s literary and architectural jewels
3 min read
Sep
09
Ready To Don Your Party Hat? Help BPL’s Central Library Celebrate Its 75th Birthday On Saturday

Ready To Don Your Party Hat? Help BPL’s Central Library Celebrate Its 75th Birthday On Saturday

Facade rendering for the Central Library. (Courtesy of Brooklyn Public Library) One of the borough’s literary and architectural jewels
3 min read
Sep
09

Jug Bands, Festivals, 5K Runs & More This Weekend In Ditmas Park

(Photo courtesy Friends of Greenwood Playground / Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/223014854379847/photos/a.224896474191685.73559.223014854379847/1401616413186346/?type=3&
5 min read
Sep
01
What To Know Around Town This Labor Day 2016

What To Know Around Town This Labor Day 2016

Labor Day Parade, Union Square, New York, 1882 (Source: Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Labor_
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