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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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PROSPECT HEIGHTS – The Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Branch launched NYC’s first Musical Instrument Lending Library Wednesday afternoon with a kick-off event featuring displays of the music-makers available to check-out and performances by the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Youth Ensemble as well as the BPL’s own house band
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We’ve made it through another week. Take advantage of the extra sunshine we’ve gained with daylight savings and get out and enjoy some of the events happening this weekend. There are lots of gallery openings scheduled and the Brooklyn Public Library is hosting a Comic Con at the
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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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Super Bowl Sunday is coming up—and we’ve listed a few parties down below where you can go check out the game—but there’s lots more happening this weekend aside from football. DUMBO’s First Thursday Gallery Walk is taking place tonight, the sixth annual Myrtle Avenue Black
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PROSPECT HEIGHTS – The Brooklyn Public Library is hosting a reading and reenactment of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s The Drum Major Instinct sermon on Sunday, February 4—fifty years to the day that he originally delivered the speech and two months before he was assassinated. Martin Luther King’s
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The weekend is almost here! There’s lots to check out starting on Thursday, from art exhibitions, performances, and film screenings. Feeling philosophical? The all-night Philosophy & Ideas event returns to the Central Library branch for twelve hours—from Saturday night into Sunday morning. Don’t forget to check out
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Photo via Wikimedia Commons [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USMC-09611.jpg]Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Monday, January 15, and various local organizations are celebrating what would have been the iconic civil rights leader’s 89th birthday with events featuring readings, talks, musical performances, movie screenings, and more.
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It’s freezing and treacherous outside! If you’re brave enough to head out and face the arctic temperatures and mountains of snow, there are some cool events to check out this weekend including the third installment of Brooklyn Art Song Society’s French festival, the Brooklyn Museum’s First
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Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library, 10 Grand Army Plaza (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) approved plans Tuesday to install electronic informational signs outside seven landmarked Brooklyn libraries. The Brooklyn Public Library commissioned the design firm LVCK LLC [http://lvckdesign.com/] to create a proposal [http:
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Head to Central Library to celebrate the opening of artist, illustrator and author Sean Quall’s exhibition on Wednesday night. (Photo via Sean Qualls / instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BMWt_8GBwDQ/?taken-by=sean_qualls&hl=en]) Weekday events, you ask? Check out a Sean Qualls exhibition opening, create
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Facade rendering for the Central Library. (Courtesy of Brooklyn Public Library) One of the borough’s literary and architectural jewels is hitting a major milestone Saturday — and looking elegant and majestic while doing so. Brooklyn Public Library’s iconic Central Library [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/central] is about to