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Local Poets Showcase: The Wind And I By Eugene Kharlamb

This is our Local Poets Showcase, which will be featured here every Saturday morning. This week we have a talented first-timer to our showcase, Eugene Kharlamb. Photo via Flickr/Nicki Varkevisser [https://www.flickr.com/photos/clickflashphotos/4480529708/in/photolist-7PVTod-8zZRYV-7VcjBZ-2iyyvr-9dTb4f-nXVNdV-mQudYf-eJ685X-t6MbNE-qjmurB-8wHqda-7fPNP5-5FGEDB-eu7r3-4THG7C-5LXDQV-8wgbTa-9qvPB7-ebYYQ9-6J2fbr-fAU7ZW-6k3iWJ-71hagc-9551sA-nwxE2n-fvtmq9-bwwGiw-qREYE-axyBGe-oiL85-acYwjj-acVjSv-mQsDHR-9DV

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Local Poets Showcase: Matt Deese, And Leona Garber

This is our Local Poets Showcase, which will be featured here every Saturday morning. This week we have two amazing local poets: Matt Deese, and Leona Garber. Photo via Flickr/Philip Dean. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/phild41/6209957186/in/photolist-asKDVm-3KG36s-3WT3kR-7zApoT-961Pp-bkomtP-9ixqhU-jHvgN-3G2y2-5PDvvb-7hYVby-62xzM-6eSFiL-6NbV8e-aSq5aZ-5wfHV-5JTbZx-9hfAsP-NAgcS-PvXHB-cTDjzQ-2acuS-5wfJj-9hYtg3-63Lt5R-7VegD4-c1HPgS-5wfJ8-8bwPU6-7dakJo-pS2pGw-4JUbGS-4UZ97i-4Mqrgs-GJzo8-2mjqEz-99upZ-

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Local Poets Showcase: Madelyn Krystal Hill, Leona Garber

This is our Local Poets Showcase, which will be featured here every Saturday morning. This week we have two amazing local poets: Madelyn Krystal Hill, and Leona Garber. Photo via Flickr/Kasia.Without a Map by Madelyn Krystal Hill Hearts dance to the music of spark-lit eyes Minds know what

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Local Poets Showcase: Zhanna Averbukh, And Leona Garber

This is our Local Poets Showcase, which will be featured here every Saturday morning. This week we have two amazing local poets: Zhanna Averbukh, and Leona Garber. Photo via Flick/Mario Mancuso.Don’t look back. by Zhanna Averbukh Breathe in the scent of mown grass. Make body do an

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Morning Mug: “In Three Words I Can Sum Up Everything I’ve Learned About Life: It Goes On.” — Robert Frost

Photo by Bella Karas.Morning Mug is our daily showcase of photographs from our readers. If you have a photograph that you’d like to see featured, send it to photos@sheepsheadbites.com. Also, follow us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/SheepsheadBites], Twitter [http://twitter.com/sheepsheadbites], and Instagram

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Local Poets Showcase: Carol Ragab, Irene Romanovsky And Leona Garber

This is the first of our Local Poets Showcase, which will be featured here every Saturday morning. We are starting off strong with three amazing local poets: Carol Ragab, Irene Romanovsky, and Leona Garber. Photo via Flickr/Mike BabcockPrimal Disconnect by Carol Ragab The baby cried itself to sleep And

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Calling All Local Writers: Would You Like To Have Your Work Of Fiction Or Poetry Published On The Bites?

Photo via Flickr/Fredrik Rubensson.Sheepshead Bites will begin showcasing works of fiction and poetry from local writers on the weekends. If you’re a writer and want to see your work published, here is the chance! We will be publishing short stories no longer that 2,000 words, so

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Events Roundup: The Hallelujah Train, Slammin’ Poetry, DIY And More

Patrons of Greenlight Bookstore (Photo by Menglin Huang)Below you’ll find information on events through the week in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Check back Thursday to see what’s scheduled this weekend! Submit your event listing [/calendar/] to our BROOKLYN-WIDE CALENDAR [/calendar/]. MONDAY JULY 18 Monday’s poetry

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Gentrification Dominates Cumbo’s State Of The District Speech

Councilmember Laurie Cumbo knows where to go for news.Gentrification and affordable housing dominated the discussion Monday night at Council Member Laurie Cumbo [http://council.nyc.gov/d35/html/members/home.shtml]‘s second annual [/blog/2015/03/02/cumbo-emphasizes-community-teamwork-state-district-address/] “State of the District” address. Cumbo updated her constituents in

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651 ARTS is Bringing Classically Black to Life this Spring (Sponsored)

Brooklyn’s premier presenter of contemporary performing arts by artists of African descent, 651 ARTS remains a leader in supporting and presenting dynamic black artists. The 28th season continues this focus by offering audiences four Classically Black evenings of dance, poetry and music. Photo courtesy of 651 ArtsDayton Contemporary Dance

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Former Park Slope Resident Ben Lerner Receives 2015 MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’

Photo via John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation/Wikimedia Commons [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ben_Lerner_2_-_2015_MacArthur_Fellow.jpg#/media/File:Ben_Lerner_2_-_2015_MacArthur_Fellow.jpgr] Long-time Brooklyn resident Ben Lerner has just been awarded a prestigious and rather mysterious 2015

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Ditmas Park Bloomed

> [https://www.instagram.com/p/5xjfWni_M1/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading] [https://www.instagram.com/p/5xjfWni_M1/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading] Despite living in what seems like a nonstop trail of sweat, we love these summer days in all their

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What To Do This Week: June 8-11

Punderdome 3000 [http://www.punderdome.com/]Looking for something fun to do this week? Look no further. Hear about Edwin Frank’s new poetry collection, play some trivia, mingle with neighbors, or find out if you have what it takes to become a “Pun-master.” Check out the details on those

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Roots Poetry Series Brings A ‘Magic Alchemy’ To South Slope

Hafizah Geter. Photo courtesy Roots Poetry Series.“We’re going to start with some fucked-up childhood poems and move on to some fucked-up later life poems,” Melissa Ahart said [https://www.facebook.com/rootspoetryseries/timeline/story?ut=43&wstart=0&wend=1427871599&hash=-5714729558354365103&pagefilter=3]

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The Singing Winds Presents Afternoon Of Yemeni Stories, Poetry, Music, and Dance At PS 230 This Saturday

Photo courtesy Jill Reinier‎Many thanks to Jill Reiner for letting us know about this fantastic sounding event [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10205523531146929&set=o.143224269148309&type=1&theater&notif_t=wall] from the Singing Winds that will be happening this Saturday, January

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Join Red Lantern Bicycles Tonight For “Poetry On Wheels”

Fix your bike, caffeinate you, make you a vegan grilled cheese — what can’t Red Lantern [http://www.redlanternbicycles.com] do? Tonight, Thursday, November 6, their list of skills grows to include “make your life more artful through the spoken word” with their Poetry on Wheels [http://www.redlanternbicycles.com/