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In Brooklyn – And Bored To Death – Everyone Is A Kid

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The new HBO series Bored To Death, based on the life of Brooklyn author Jonathan Ames, has a lot to offer in contrasts between Manhattan and Brooklyn.

October 5, 2009 Classic, Film, The Locals

Schumer, Beyoncé and Jay-Z Hang Out at Williamsburg’s Pool Party

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Senator Chuck Schumer, Beyonce and Jay-Z were the notable guests at Williamsburg’s final pool party of the summer. Check our our highlights, plus video.

August 30, 2009 Brooklyn Beats, City Politics, Classic, Music Profiles

Gay Pride Over Brooklyn

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A rainbow arched over the Manhattan Bridge during today’s erratic weather. Happy Pride Day!

June 28, 2009 Queer Life
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Rapper On The Mount: KRS-ONE Delivers The Gospel of Hip Hop

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On Friday night, as the Book Expo kicked off at the Javits Center, the crowd at PowerHouse Arena in Dumbo was kickin’ it with KRS-ONE, the zen master of their new imprint I Am Hip Hop. The first book to drop? The Gospel of Hip Hop.

May 30, 2009 Brooklyn Beats, Classic, Music Profiles, Read Features

Trust… Art?

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Apparently the only trustworthy investment left in New York these days is art. Or so say the folks behind, who are encouraging you to use your cold hard cash and social network to raise awareness and money for public art projects – a few of which will originate in Brooklyn.
Trust Art works like this. Ten artists have envisioned social art projects, which you, the money bags, can invest in. Once the projects are completed they will be auctioned off and the proceeds will be split between the artist and each project’s shareholders. They call it a “stock market for cultural renewal.”

February 11, 2009 Art n' About, The Art

Video: What We Learned About Crown Heights Today

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If you haven’t tuned in to Brooklyn Community Access Television you surely don’t know what you’re missing, but in non-crazy person TV news, the channel is now running a new episode of Neigborhood Beat, featuring Crown Heights. Here’s what we learned today.

February 4, 2009 City Politics
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Adventures of the Oblivious Manhattanite: Thirsty Frogs in a Snow Squall

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The Adventures of the Oblivious Manhattanite in the Other Borough are true accounts of spontaneous excursions by a natural explorer distantly descended from a Montauk princess and an infamous Dutch family that helped settle New York. Here, in the vein of Diedrich Knickerbocker, J.K. Van Tassell shares her feral tales in the Brooklyn. In Part Two she goes exploring St. Gumbo and Cider Hill with some thirsty frogs in a snow squall.

January 27, 2009 Featured Writers
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Adventures of the Oblivious Manhattanite: St. Gumbo Awaits

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The Adventures of the Oblivious Manhattanite in the Other Borough are true accounts of spontaneous excursions by a natural explorer distantly descended from a Montauk princess and an infamous Dutch family that helped settle New York. Here, in the vein of Diedrich Knickerbocker, J.K. Van Tassell shares her feral tales in the Brooklyn. Some names of Kings County’s charming burgs and establishments are misnamed because she is dyslexic and oblivious. In her expeditions she is always accompanied by Sophie Dulac, another oblivious character from France, and the sometimes present and much needed Frampton, their Brooklyn Sherpa. The Oblivious Manhattanite lives near City Hall and very rarely goes above Canal Street. Her view from this humble abode is of the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges which beckon her constantly, along with a chorus of hyped up articles that appear in New York Magazine and the New York Times about rejuvenated places like Blowanus and Yellow-Blue Hook.

January 20, 2009 Classic, Featured Writers
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