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African Arts Fest, ‘Jaws,’ and the freedom to dance: 17 things to do this weekend
If you’re not reeling from yesterday’s July 4th celebrations — or if you haven’t cleared out of town — there’s plenty for you to do around the borough this weekend. On Friday, The International African Arts Festival continues at Commodore Barry Park with a full weekend of dance, fashion and music. That evening, Lakeside Roller Dance Night Series celebrates the…
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‘Every flavor of gay’: Ladyfag is the Queen Mother of New York nightlife
Sometime after midnight on Saturday, the attendees of LadyLand 2024 were treated to a very special surprise. As Dashaun Wesley, host of HBO Max’s “Legendary,” introduced the judges of the evening’s vogue ball competition at Under the K Bridge Park, four of whom had recently wrapped up their own energetic LadyLand performances: Tokischa, Arca, Bob the Drag Queen and Sevdaliza.…
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Fourth of July 2024: 13 ways to celebrate in Brooklyn and beyond
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Spike Lee’s ‘Do the Right Thing’ block party and Fishbone: 16 things to do this weekend
Manhattan’s big Pride March on Sunday celebrates the 55th anniversary of the Stonewall Riot with the theme “Reflect. Empower. Unite.” But you don’t have to leave Brooklyn to celebrate Pride, with events happening across the borough this weekend. We’ve highlighted some of the best below. Meanwhile, the Dumbo Dance Festival returns for its 23rd year this weekend. After their gala…
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At the Mermaid Parade, scores of sexy, scary, sweaty sea creatures strut their stuff
The temperature was climbing past 90 degrees on Saturday afternoon when the 42nd annual Mermaid Parade kicked off along Surf Avenue at around 1 p.m. Led by King Neptune and Queen Mermaid, the Mermaid Parade marks the unofficially official start of summer in a display of maritime mayhem. Since 1983, mermaids, mermen and mer-them have come from all corners of…
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A Bed-Stuy corner is renamed in honor of jazz pioneer Max Roach
The late Max Roach, a Brooklyn-raised jazz musician, composer and Civil Rights activist, was honored this week at a street-naming ceremony at an intersection near where he grew up. One of the most important and influential drummers in jazz history, Roach was born Maxwell Lemuel Roach in North Carolina in January of 1924. The Roach family moved to Bedford-Stuyvesant where…
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It’s a gas, gas, gas
It’s late on a Tuesday night and a mob of people stand outside the entrance to Brooklyn Steel holding clusters of balloons. With the colorful bundles and their eager eyes waiting for the venue doors to burst open, they resemble a crowd waiting for a guest of honor to arrive for a surprise birthday party. These are not, however, partygoers.…
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Congestion pricing: How something that was supposed to save our city ended up as roadkill
Governor Kathy Hochul shocked New Yorkers last week when she did a very public about-face on congestion pricing, halting the ambitious initiative “indefinitely.” Citing concerns about the city’s precarious post-pandemic economy and the struggles of working families, she said, “a $15 charge may not seem like a lot to someone who has the means, but it can break the budget…
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Juneteenth, Cardi B and Father’s Day weekend: 19 things to do
Juneteenth is on Wednesday, June 19, and Brooklyn is pulling out all the stops with early celebrations all weekend long. You’ll find events for kids and adults in our weekend round-up below. An exhibit about Brooklyn’s own seven-term congresswoman Shirley Chisholm comes to The Museum of the City of New York on Friday. You can savor the final weekend of…
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Scenes from Gov Ball’s wild weekend, with headliners Post Malone, The Killers and SZA
The Governors Ball Music Festival, which began in 2011 as a one-day affair on Governors Island and is today simply called Gov Ball, has been shuffled around to several locations in New York City over the years, but has really hit its stride recently at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens. This past weekend, featuring a stacked lineup of more…
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