By Vince DiMiceli
Cyclones: The long-awaited statue commemorating one of baseball’s most legendary moments was finally unveiled Tuesday morning outside Keyspan Park.
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By Ed Shakespeare
Cyclones: Walk past the new Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese monument outside Keyspan Park in Coney Island, and you’ll see a moment frozen in time.
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By Ed Shakespeare
Play’s the Thing: Walk past the new Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese monument outside Keyspan Park in Coney Island, and you’ll see a moment frozen in time.
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A missing Jack Russell terrier — who may have been dog-napped —
prompted a desperate search of Prospect Park, an outpouring of help from
Brooklyn dog lovers and a flood of bizarre telephone calls to the pup’s
anxious owners.
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By Tina Barry
If the sitcom version of "My Big Fat
Greek Wedding" hadn’t been such a flop, I’d suggest that
a television writer head immediately to Spartan Souvlaki in Dyker
Heights and start taking notes. The restaurant is the Brooklyn
version of the show, with a twist: this family affair is a seven-year
success story.
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By Tina Barry
Restaurateur Giovanni Tafuri launched his
latest venture, Sette Enoteca e Cucina, in May and named it for
the Park Slope avenue on which it sits: sette means "seven"
in Italian. The new eatery adds much-needed glamour - and a lot
of good cooking - to a strip known for mediocre dining.
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By Lisa J. Curtis
On Nov. 7, WNYC Radio’s Leonard Lopate
will moderate "Brooklyn on My Mind," Brooklyn College’s
reading series that examines the borough’s impact on writers
and the American experience.
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By Lisa J. Curtis
’ As part of BAMcinematek’s film series,
"Gena Rowlands: An Independent Spirit," the acclaimed
actress will participate in audience Q&As following the screenings
of John Cassavetes’ films "A Woman Under the Influence"
on Nov. 10 and "Opening Night" on Nov. 12.
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By Lisa J. Curtis
After selling over 100 million albums worldwide,
performing more than 2,500 concerts in 50 countries before more
than 32 million people, rock gods Bon Jovi finally invaded DUMBO.
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By Lisa J. Curtis
Before opening in theaters this weekend,
Kevin Jordan’s indie film "Brooklyn Lobster" has already
garnered both the "Audience Award for Best Long Island Film"
at last month’s Hamptons International Film Festival and the
heart of Borough President Markowitz, who proclaimed Nov. 1 to
be "Brooklyn Lobster Day."
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By Lisa J. Curtis
As part of its silver jubilee anniversary
season, Balam Dance Theatre will perform at White Wave’s John
Ryan Theatre in DUMBO this weekend.
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By Lisa J. Curtis
The words of Portugal’s poets, rich musical
collages and the choreography of Vasco Wellenkamp come together
in a performance of "Amaramalia Abandono" on Nov. 11
at Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts.
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By Ariella Cohen
Atlantic Yards: A dispute over the number of affordable housing units planned for Forest
City Ratner’s proposed Atlantic Yards mega-development surfaced several
times in a short speech given Oct. 28 by Fernando Ferrer, Mayor Bloomberg’s
Democratic opponent in next Tuesday’s election.
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By Ariella Cohen
Brooklyn might lose its best necklace.
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By Ariella Cohen
Later this month, the member states of the United Nations will vote on
a plan that will decide key details of their impending five-year relocation
— and it may still lead it to a temporary home in Brooklyn.
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