By Karen Butler
Acclaimed filmmaker Larry Clark plans to
celebrate the upcoming release of his new skater movie, "Wassup
Rockers," at a block party Saturday in Bushwick.
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By Tina Barry
So many factors go into a great party.
It takes someone with good organizational skills, the right venue,
terrific food and booze and a convivial blend of people for an
event to soar. All of those things came together on June 13,
when many of the borough’s restaurants and wineries, artists
and writers, fashion designers, models and partygoers, gathered
for a spirited arts festival.
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By Kevin Filipski
Finishing its
current season on a stylish note, One World Symphony will travel
all the way to Egypt for its final 2006 concert.
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By Alessandro Cassin
"No signs
of help, only chaos and this boat, wrong side up, a few pairs
of hands gripping its keel in the dark and cold Atlantic,"
writes ABC World News Tonight producer and Brooklyn Heights resident
Tom Nagorski in his debut nonfiction book, "Miracles on
the Water: The Heroic Survivors of a World War II U-Boat Attack."
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By Tina Barry
The latest arrival on ever-changing Myrtle
Avenue is Los Pollitos III, which had its grand opening on May
18. Among the VIPs who welcomed their new neighbor were Dr. Thomas
F. Schutte, president of Pratt Institute and chair of the Myrtle
Avenue Brooklyn Partnership, and Azola O’Neil, representing state
Sen. Velmanette Montgomery. These and other Brooklyn community
officials nibbled on half-priced margaritas and appetizers while
tapping their feet to mariachi music.
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By Eleazer Gorenstein
The Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival is back for
the second straight year, and this time it promises to be even
bigger and better.
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In the May 20 issue of GO Brooklyn, the photographer credit for
"Lookin’ for love" was incorrect. Rachel B. Schwartz
took the photo. We regret the error.
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By Rebecca Migdal
"Transformations," the 2006 edition
of the Pier Show coordinated by the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists
Coalition in Red Hook, features the work of hundreds of local
artists. A few of the pieces are well worth the trip, but visitors
will have to sift through a lot of material to find the gems,
such as Janice Mauro and Joanne Pagano Weber’s narrative installation,
"The Man From Brancheville."
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By Jovana Rizzo
On June 23, the revolution comes to Williamsburg.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Atlantic Yards: How much would you pay to see this view out your window? Too late: Someone already paid $2.4 million for it.
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By Ariella Cohen
Development: City Councilman David Yassky is under fire for asking city taxpayers to underwrite a promise that Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner made to a handful of community organizations.
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By Louise Crawford
Smartmom: Teen Spirit turned 15 last week. Smartmom knew enough not to suggest a party, but she did ask if he wanted to invite some friends over.
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Editorial: Brooklyn’s real-estate market — already red hot for the last 20 years — has gone truly insane. Here’s the latest evidence.
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By Ariella Cohen
Development: Mayor Bloomberg wants opponents of the current plan for Brooklyn Bridge Park to sue him, too.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Chuck E. Cheese has a cute mouse for a mascot — and lots of dirty mice in the kitchen.
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By Ariella Cohen
Red Hook: Busses would speed down traffic-clogged Flatbush Avenue — or other congested routes — under a proposed “Bus Rapid Transit” program unveiled by city officials this week.
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By Ed Shakespeare
Cyclones: Where have you gone, Scott Kazmir? A Cyclone Nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
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By Ariella Cohen
Bridge ‘Park’: Hop a fence with permission from the state.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Development: One of the city’s most-respected urban planning organizations weighed in on Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards last week, saying it simply “does not work” for Brooklyn.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Brooklyn Angle: Let me explain. Yes, that’s your humble columnist above flanked by Gavin MacLeod — best known as Captain Merrill Stubing from “The Love Boat” — and Captain Andrew Proctor of the new ship, the Crown Princess.
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By Gersh Kuntzman and Ariella Cohen
Borough President Markowitz is recovering at Maimonides Medical Center after experiencing harrowing chest pains that required the insertion of two cardiac stents.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Cyclones: The voice of Keyspan Park has gone silent.
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