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Celebrity
How a Jay-Z Exhibit Took Over the Brooklyn Public Library
Earlier this week, Jay-Z’s lyrical passages from songs like “Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)” and “Justify My Thug” charted the…
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Celebrity
Brooklyn Academy of Music Lays Off 13 Percent of Its Staff
of Brooklyn Academy of MusicNew York City, one of New York’s most important cultural institutions, has laid off 13 percent…
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Arthur Miller’s ‘The Hook’ Gets Its First American Staging in Brooklyn
On a barge in Red Hook, Brooklyn, dockers chant against corrupt union bosses. “We are attacking this ship!” shouts the…
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Movies
‘Brooklyn 45’ Review: A Little Something to Lift Their Spirits
In this ambitious but airless paranormal thriller, a group of World War II veterans have a thoughtless seance.
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Celebrity
With Hannah Gadsby’s ‘It’s Pablo-matic,’ the Joke’s on the Brooklyn Museum
Anyone who studied art history or other humanities in the 1990s or 2000s, say, the age of Australian cartoonist Hannah…
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Celebrity
Living the Golden Life: DanceAfrica Welcomes Ghana to Brooklyn
Abdel R. Salaam did not have a deep knowledge of Ghana’s music and dance traditions until he visited Ghana last…
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Movies
Onstage in Brooklyn, ‘Monsoon Wedding’ Tries to Capture the Film’s Spirit
Director Mira Nair stood inside the St. Ann’s warehouse last week, pointing to a marigold-covered archway being assembled near the…
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Celebrity
Ukrainian Children Bring a Play From a Bomb Shelter to Brooklyn
On Monday, in a converted Sunday school space in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood, eight recently arrived children from Ukraine gathered…
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Business
A Brooklyn Florist on How Every Season Is Now Wedding Season
To Julia Rothman When Shina Feinberg July 29, 2022, 11:30 am ET imageAccording to the wedding report, an estimated 2.5…
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