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Saturday, Jan. 6, 2007

Book mark: Dine with famous authors at BAM

Books: Eat Drink & Be Literary Festival returns to the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Jan. 11 with Pete Hamill, Kurt Andersen and more literary lions. Comment.

Classically cool

Music: Chiara String Quartet wants to attract a more youthful crowd to their hip, cool chamber music concerts, so they’re taking their set list to a Williamsburg club. Comment.

Italian sojourn

Dining: Cobble Hill’s Bocca Lupo wine bar triggers memories of Venice — and a hangover Comment.

Bold strokes

Art: “Solo Flight,” an exhibition of Ed Rosko’s graphic depictions of boxers — on unconventional surfaces like corrugated building materials — is on display now in Prospect Heights’ Gallery on Dean. Comment.

Bridging the divide

Music: The “Brooklyn Jazz Underground Launch Festival” starts Jan. 11 … in Manhattan? Comment.

Sofa so good

Shopping: Bo Concept, the sleek Denmark-based home furnishings retail chain, just opened an outpost in DUMBO. Comment.

Tasters’ choice

Dining: Following the wine bar trend, Tini opens in Red Hook. Their twist: a list of vino that is predominantly organic and biodynamic. Comment.