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Yeehaw: Brooklyn’s country scene is blowing up
If you’ve found yourself trotting by a tipsy cavalcade of cowboy booted Brooklynites, or foisted into a line dance at your favorite watering hole, you’re not alone. The country undercurrent in Brooklyn isn’t new — it’s always been here. But the music genre is undergoing a vibrant renaissance. Since the tailend of 2020, when Covid lockdown restrictions slackened, honky tonk…
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On display at Photoville: Stark exposures of our shared humanity
Wildlife photography from Africa’s savannas, scenes from 45 years of New York City theater, explorations the interconnection of nature and man, an unblinking look at the drug epidemic, a playful celebration of local journalism and countless other compelling themes from around the world are on display across dozens of storage containers beneath the Brooklyn Bridge this weekend — the centerpiece…
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Strange Delight brings the ‘oyster disco’ party to Fort Greene
When we first heard about Strange Delight in 2023, it was being billed as an “oyster disco.” Which: say no more! Instantly sold! The team — Anoop Pillarisetti, Ham El-Waylly, and Michael Tuiach — has since dropped the “disco” part of tag for their New Orleans-style seafood restaurant that finally opened last weekend on Lafayette. Pillarisetti tells me they feared NYC…
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The Beach is back: 19 things to do this Memorial Day Weekend
Memorial Day Weekend ushers in the summer season with events at Coney Island, Governors Island and everywhere in between. Here’s what’s in store for the long weekend: Governors Island rings in the season on Friday with two weeks dedicated to live music at We Belong Here, a series of 6 concert-driven parties. Vanderbilt Avenue Open Streets is happening all weekend…
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Quick Bites: Amazing aguachilies, a restorative congee brunch, sandwiches at Oh Mercy
The city’s best aguachile is coming to Greenpoint It was a year ago that Alonzo Guzman and Amy Hernadez opened Mistica on the northern edges of Greenpoint’s Franklin Avenue, surprising everyone by going for an ambitious “Mexican steakhouse” here in Brooklyn instead of an outpost of their justifiably adored Jackson Heights aguachile spot, Mariscos El Submarino. And Mistica had a…
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The Boris & Horton dog-friendly cafe in Williamsburg is shutting down
Boris & Horton, a dog-friendly cafe with outposts in Manhattan and Brooklyn, has announced it will be closing its Williamsburg location this week, despite a fundraiser earlier this year that raised $250,000 for both. Owners Logan Mikhly and Coppy Holzman wrote on Instagram that after “much consideration and evaluation, we’ve made the difficult decision” to close the Brooklyn location at…
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The Brooklyn Night Market kicked off its third season with rain and revelry Monday
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Tweaking the quotidian: 30 years of street art pranksters Skewville
The house that street art built (Courtesy of Skewville) One eye-catching blue rowhouse on Starr Street blends into the colorful cacophony around the Jefferson L stop. You might not notice the neat yellow trim on its windows, or the scarlet door crowned with the name “Skewville” in geometric print. Just up the discrete driveway and behind the house sits a…
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‘All together, looking beautiful’: Scenes from Eid al-Fitr in Bed-Stuy
Wearing their finest outfits, the women came with hennaed hands, draped in gold jewelry, long colorful skirts fluttering with the breeze. The men wore white turbans and other colorful traditional garb. Muslims from across the borough and beyond arrived to the loudspeakers booming the revered words “Allah al Akbar,” God is great, and converged at the Masjid at Taqwa in…
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Park Slope will get a new record store courtesy of Depeche Mode founder Vince Clarke
Park Slope diggers can thank their own personal Jesus: The neighborhood is getting a new record store at Fifth Avenue and Sterling Place. The aptly-named Sterling Records, which aims to open by May 19, is the brainchild of Gary Giddens and Ray Gish, two longtime Brooklyn business owners, Brooklyn Paper reports. Giddens owns the Gowanus Gardens bar and restaurant, and…
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