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By and courtesy of Nancy LunsfordWe all need art. Especially now. The experience of viewing creativity can soothe, challenge…and remind us of our culture’s generosity. Enter the annual Park Slope Windsor Terrace Open Studios [https://parkslopewindsorterraceopenstudio2016.wordpress.com/] which begins Saturday, November 12 and runs through Sunday, November
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Vampire Diary by Arturo GarciaThe weekend is finally here and we’d like to help you unwind or get riled up just blocks from your home. Whether you’re hungry for theater, music, or early morning bird watching — this is your spot for the hottest weekend events in (and around)
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(Photo via Sean Casey Animal Rescue [https://www.facebook.com/SeanCaseyAnimalRescue/photos/a.378832716482.159179.17669251482/10154135040896483/?type=3&theater] )Looking for a new companion? Good luck going on with your day after seeing this adorable puppy. Sean Casey Says: > Meet September, a 1-year-old pocket pittie/boxer mix
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(Photo via Jewish Daily Forward [https://www.facebook.com/BrooklynBreakingNews/photos/a.10152220115617280.1073741825.269037602279/10154837144167280/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Yaffa Eliach, Holocaust survivor, photographer, historian, and Brooklyn College Professor, died Tuesday at age 79, reports the New York Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/10/nyregion/yaffa-eliach-died-holocaust-memorial-museum.
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With the weather starting to turn colder, we’re veering into the most wonderful time of the year — and that magic begins with Disney On Ice! Disney On Ice presents “Follow Your Heart” [http://www.disneyonice.com/ticket-info/Follow-Your-Heart/110715]will be at the Barclays Center [/?s=barclays+center] (620
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(Photo by Nora Whelan / Ditmas Park Corner)Aside from election season, November is also the beginning of holiday pie season. And since we could really use some sweet thoughts this week, we’re looking ahead to our local Thanksgiving pie options to plan for the epic dessert course. These local
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Photo via Green Party NYC Facebook Page [https://www.facebook.com/gpnyc/].As she did across the state, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein [http://www.jill2016.com] secured a percentage and a half of Brooklyn’s vote. Stein received 11,165 votes from Brooklynites in Tuesday’s historic election,
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(Photo via annanovv [https://www.instagram.com/p/vULKyEsLH4/?modal=true] / Instagram)This weekend, the NYC Department of Sanitation [http://www.cb14brooklyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/DSNY-2016-Leaf-Collection.pdf] is collecting your fallen leaves for composting, which they will use to support street trees and parks. Composting is part of
Arts & Culture
Shun, painting by Eliza MooreThe Flatbush Artist’s Open Studio tour returns this year with new work by 26 incredible local artists, exhibiting painting, photography, multi-media work, sculpture, jewelry and more in fourteen homes around the neighborhood this weekend. In this free, self-guided open studios tour between Newkirk Avenue and
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Muslim women studying English said they are nervous about anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)There was an eery silence on the streets during the gray, rainy morning after voters elected Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States. Many people stayed up late last
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Photo courtesy e.ann.s / InstagramCandidate for President / Vice President Donald J. Trump / Michael R. Pence [http://votersedge.nyccfb.info/ny/en/ballot/election/44-fcc614/address/null/zip/11218/contests/contest/12806/candidate/129869] (Republican) [Updated 11/10 with complete totals from the NYC Board of Elections] In Brooklyn, 595,
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A surge in development is transforming greater Flatbush, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, and Kensington — three neighborhoods where historic homes [/blog/education/murder-house-33-hinckley-place-torn-make-way-new-school/] are being razed and replaced with multi-story apartment buildings [/blog/real-estate/modern-apartment-complex-replaces-single-family-home-east-18th-street/] , forever changing the density and physical fabric of this corner of Brooklyn. While some neighbors celebrate the