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GO Brooklyn: The Brooklyn Paper#8217;s essential guide to the Borough of Kings

Thursday, May 17, 2012

The Notorious MSG say they’re no joke

Williamsburg: Their geri curls may be wigs, but these rappers insist they’re the real deal. Comment.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Head under heels! Prospect Heights do-gooders do handstands

Prospect Heights: Now you can lend a hand — while standing on your hands. Comment.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Romeo and Juliet survive in modern take on Shakespeare’s classic

Williamsburg: Spoiler alert: in this adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet,” the star-crossed paramours live to love another day. Comment.

Monday, May 14, 2012

Celebrate Brooklyn’s riding obsession at Bicycle Fetish Day

Williamsburg: It’s a fetish fest — but the only chains you’ll find are the ones attached to bicycles. Comments (1).

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Bookworms and barflies come together for boozy lit crawl

Awesome: Put on your beer glasses, and join the exodus into the most literary borough of them all. Comment.

Friday, May 11, 2012

Coney gets brawny with strongman show

Muscle-bound stars with names like “Stainless Steel” and “Wonder” will bend your mind with their muscles. Comments (1).

This guy has a pencil to sell you

Books: Do what you love — even if its just sharpening pencils. Comments (3).

Youth chorus turns 20

Music: Consistent for 20 years, these young singers have shared the stage with the stars and are performing in their home town this spring with relish. Comment.

Sad clowns, mad scientists

Theater: There are scientists, there are mad scientists, and then there are mad-clown scientists. Comment.

Williamsburg dive bar is a little naughty

Bar Scrawl: Our bartoonist visits a pub that keeps condoms, lubricants, and adult diapers behind the bar. Comments (1).

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Women at play: Troupe performs classic Greek theater without men

Williamsburg: An all-female acting troupe is challenging theatrical norms with its rendition of the classic Greek “Antigone.” Comment.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Boro’s ramen men unite

Dining: The greatest minds of Brooklyn’s Japanese culinary scene are getting together to host a series of very special dining events. Comment.

Folk dance revolution hits Downtown

Dance: So they think they can dance — and they’re right! Comments (1).

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

New shuffleboard bar will let Brooklynites party like their grandparents

Nightlife: Now you can have all of the fun of retirement without giving up your job. Comments (2).

It’s food gossip time!

Foodie-in-Chief: Chew on this week’s most mouth-watering food news — including talk of a take-out Habana Outpost expansion. Comments (1).

Monday, May 7, 2012

Molecular menu at Williamsburg restaurant

Foodie-in-Chief: An el Bulli-schooled chef is bringing bite-sized concotions to the spacious My Moon. Comments (5).

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Folkin’ around!

Downtown: The fourth annual Brooklyn Folk Festival showcases the county of Kings as a powerhouse for banjos and twang. Comments (2).

Friday, May 4, 2012

There’s more to Jewish baseball than Sandy Koufax

Books: Brooklyn-born Jewish big leaguers who helped shape the national pastime — and inspired baseball fans across the borough — recall their playing days in “Jewish Major Leaguers in Their Own Words,” a new oral history edited by Park Slope writer Peter Ephross. Comment.

This Windsor Terrace bar wins big

Bar Scrawl: Our bartoonist finds his go-to spot for drinks and grub on Prospect Park West. Comments (4).

Thursday, May 3, 2012

‘Rebel’ bingo is the ultimate numbers game

Nightlife: Don’t bring your grandma to this bingo party. Comments (3).

Brooklyn’s best bingo ‘classic’ spots

Twenty-something partiers can’t get enough of the Underground Rebel Bingo Club, which hosts wild bingo-themed soirees in Williamsburg and Gowanus every two months. But Brooklyn still has plenty of high quality, traditional bingo contests for the purists out there. Here are some of the most popular bingo spots across the borough. Comment.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Attention deficit theater

Theater: You’ll laugh, you’ll scream, you’ll cry — but make it quick because each of these plays are ten minutes long. Comments (3).

Play tackles Brooklyn’s anti-slavery movement

Fort Greene: The Irondale Ensemble’s new show brings the borough’s abolitionist movement to life — with surprising results. Comments (4).

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Kafka’s daddy issues take center stage

Theater: The master storyteller had a father — and you can learn all about his guilt, affection, and resentment for that man in this one-actor show. Comment.

Monday, April 30, 2012

Good clean fun: Artist coats gallery in laundry detergent

Art: One artist transforms a Park Slope gallery into a laundromat while another converts a Prospect Heights art space into an indoor landfill with all the charm and ambience of Wall-E’s apartment. Comment.

One man’s trash is another man’s art installation

Art: Garbage has never looked this good. Comment.

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