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Photo via Sha-Doobie [https://www.facebook.com/300890483385429/photos/pb.300890483385429.-2207520000.1435594656./432715656869577/?type=3&theater] Looking to boogie down at your local park this summer? Senator Marty Golden has announced the lineup for his free summer concert series. The musical acts offer a little something for everyone
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Screenshot of map from Make Music New YorkMake Music New York [http://makemusicny.org/summer-schedule/2016/map/?] is a live, free musical celebration on June 21 [/arts-music/sign-perform-make-music-new-york-festival/], the longest day of the year, with over 1,200 concerts on streets, sidewalks, and parks across the five boroughs. This year,
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Construction equipment surrounds the West 22nd Street entrance to the Coney Island Amphitheater. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)The Coney Island Amphitheater sure doesn’t appear ready to host thousands of concert-goers in nine days for its first show with Ziggy Marley [http://coneyislandlive.com/events/ziggy-marley/]. In addition to
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Whether your kids have a creative touch with textile arts, an ear for music, or can’t wait to find their spotlight, Brooklyn is home to a number of fine arts camps you won’t want to miss. Courtesy Brooklyn Center StageBrooklyn Center Stage [http://www.brooklyncenterstage.com/] 495 3rd
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Whether your kids have a creative touch with textile arts, an ear for music, or can’t wait to find their spotlight, Brooklyn is home to a number of fine arts camps you won’t want to miss. Courtesy Brooklyn Center StageBrooklyn Center Stage [http://www.brooklyncenterstage.com/] 495 3rd
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AFROPUNK’s lineup has been announced. (Courtesy AFROPUNK/Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/AFROPUNK/photos/a.93811151622.90220.47016231622/10153551424596623/?type=3&theater] .)Ice Cube will be headlining the AFROPUNK festival [http://afropunkfest.com/brooklyn/] that will bring some much needed cool to the dog days of Summer 2016,
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Photo via Prince [https://www.instagram.com/p/BAyhRTQGLbk/?taken-by=prince&hl=en]Flashy. Sexy. Majestic. Soft-spoken. Private. Mysterious. Prince suddenly passed away on Thursday, April 21, and the news has brought an outpouring of sadness from fans. Massive celebrations took place near and far. In Brooklyn, a Spike
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(Photo: Willie Nelson / Facebook)The soon-to-open Coney Island Amphitheater [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/02/coney-islands-long-awaited-amphitheater-open-july/] has added another headliner to its already stacked summer lineup [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/04/coney-island-amphitheaters-summer-lineup-will-include-beach-boys-boston-sting-ziggy-marley/] . Country music legend Willie Nelson will play at the open-air entertainment venue on September 13, according the
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Cody Walker, frontman for Alouth. (Photo: Logan Frazier)Walking down the narrow streets of Gerritsen Beach on a Saturday afternoon the stillness and the quiet can put you at ill at ease. Many of the businesses have closed and people have retreated into their living rooms. But one basement on
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(Courtesy of Make Music New York [http://makemusicny.org/].)Ready to rock? Wanna warble? Yearning to yodel? Registration for Make Music New York [http://makemusicny.org], the free one-day outdoor music festival, is open now through April 29! Musicians of all ages and musical styles will perform on streets, sidewalks,
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(Courtesy of Make Music New York [http://makemusicny.org/].)Ready to rock? Wanna warble? Yes to yodeling? Registration for Make Music New York [http://makemusicny.org], the free one-day outdoor music festival, is open now through April 29! Musicians of all ages and musical styles will perform on streets, sidewalks,
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Photo by Benjamin Cohn/Bensonhurst Bean“Every painting is intrinsically a part of me,” says Bensonhurst-born tattoo artist and surrealist painter Vincent Castiglia [http://vincentcastiglia.com/]. The artist — whose works sell for up to $25,000 — creates his avant-garde art using a peculiar medium: his own blood. Castiglia’s website