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(Photo via Stephanie Romano)An activist movement is blossoming in Bay Ridge — a blue enclave in a red sea, surrounded by the majority Republican-voting Staten Island, Bensonhurst, and Dyker Heights. But when Bay Ridge native Stephanie Spangler decided to stage a women’s benefit event at The Owl’s Head
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Photo by Friends of Park Slope Library via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/FriendsofParkSlopeLibrary/photos/a.289605454502995.1073741827.289590644504476/482473631882842/?type=3&theater] Get a head start on your spring cleaning and donate your gently used books and media to the Park Slope Library’s upcoming Spring Book Sale
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DUMBO’s First Thursday Gallery Walk is tomorrow, March 2nd, with a line-up including over a dozen openings and activities. Galleries will be open from 6 to 8pm, so there’s plenty of time to check out the new exhibitions. Below is a list of 3 picks—video artwork projected
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Photo by Andy Castro [https://www.flickr.com/photos/andycastro/5508353323/]Mardi Gras (French for “Fat Tuesday”) has spurred a city-wide night of dancing, indulging, and all-night partying. But you don’t have to go far from home to get in on the New-Orleans-style action. Party-hop around the borough tonight
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Kettle & Thread, 1219 Church Avenue. (Photo by Nathan Thompson)More events inspired by the call to political activism are popping up along Church Avenue. Kettle & Thread is hosting #resist nights every Tuesday from 6pm to 9pm [http://www.kettleandthreadbrooklyn.com], and owner Beth Barraclough is keeping the doors
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Image via Facebook [https://congregationbethelohim.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=6973]The White Helmets at Temple House of Congregation Beth Elohim [https://congregationbethelohim.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=6973] When: Tuesday, February 28th at 7pm Where: Temple House of Congregation Beth Elohim, 274 Garfield
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Photo via NYC Brewers via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BQ_XpvQDuR0/?taken-by=nycbrewers]New York City Beer Week [http://nycbeerweek.com/index/] kicked off this past weekend with a sold-out opening night bash [http://www.openingbash.com/] at the Brooklyn Expo Center in Greenpoint. Don’t fret if
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Kids for a Better Future members Freya Grant and Satya ShawKids for a Better Future members on the steps of Brooklyn Borough HallKids for a Better Future showing protest signs in front of Brooklyn Borough HallKids for a Better Future Freya Grant leading chantsKids for a Better Future parents at
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The Sonic Jungle Flyer via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/thesonicjungle/photos/gm.1253627338055187/1103980303064254/?type=3&theater] The forecast predicts unseasonably warm temperatures with some rain this weekend, but that shouldn’t keep you from going out and enjoying some culture. Here are 4 art events happening this
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Embrace Winter Festival 2017 Flyer via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/ThirdAvenueBayRidge/photos/a.256976094363131.64046.100786006648808/1381050781955651/?type=3&theater] EMBRACE WINTER FESTIVAL 2017 [https://www.facebook.com/ThirdAvenueBayRidge/photos/a.256976094363131.64046.100786006648808/1381050781955651/?type=3&theater] When: Saturday, February 25th from noon to 6:30pm
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Miguel Luciano’s Double-Phantom/Entro-P.R. and Pa-lan-te, 2017 [“Pa’lante, siempre pa’lante” or “Forward, always forward” was the mantra of the Young Lords Party, a Puerto Rican activist group] (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Ride or Die [http://www.bricartsmedia.org/art-exhibitions/ride-or-die-exhibition-newly-commissioned-work-miguel-luciano] When: On view February 2nd
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Borough President Eric Adams announced the 2017 edition of Dine In Brooklyn [http://brooklyn-usa.org/dine-in-bk/] at Brooklyn Borough Hall Tuesday morning. Dine In Brooklyn is the borough’s version of restaurant week, celebrating the “five-star flavors that make Brooklyn a ‘must-taste’ destination.” Kicking off on Monday, March 20th and