By Aaron Short
Williamsburg: Finally a film about hair that is not a musical!
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By Aaron Short
Williamsburg: Beyond noshing on hamentashen from Lee Avenue in Williamsburg and attending an all-day reading of the Book of Esther, there are four events to fill your weekend with Purim activities where you can shake your graggers and take in the whole megilah without wandering more than a few blocks from the L train.
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Williamsburg: The Greenpoint Branch of Citibank invites area residents to “Polish Day at Citibank,” February 27, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 836 Manhattan Avenue at Noble Street.
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By Aaron Short
Williamsburg: It is down to the final four!
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By Aaron Short
Williamsburg: East River State Park has dodged Albany’s budget cuts like the hipsters who play dodgeball during the park’s popular summer concert series.
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By Aaron Short
Williamsburg: The protracted effort to redevelop the former Domino Sugar refinery stumbled unexpectedly on February 24, as a key committee disapproved of a plan to rezone 11.2 acres of the Williamsburg waterfront.
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By Aaron Short
Williamsburg: Crime remains low in Northside Williamsburg and Greenpoint, with an assist from the region’s winter storms which depressed criminal activity throughout North Brooklyn.
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By Aaron Short
Williamsburg: They may be small in number, but they have a disproportionate influence over environmental conservation in Brooklyn.
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By Aaron Short
Williamsburg: PERC may be even more dangerous than previously thought.
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By Aaron Short
Williamsburg: Is this the end of the Bushwick Trailer Park?
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By Aaron Short
Williamsburg: Williamsburg’s transportation advocates are raising questions about the expansive New Domino project’s effect on the region’s infrastructure, if approved in the coming months.
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By Aaron Short
Williamsburg: For the sixth Williamsburg Fashion Weekend, founder and designer Arthur Arbit has ironed out the wrinkles for what is expected to be the smoothest fashion weekend ever.
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By Aaron Short
Williamsburg: A Williamsburg condominium may be saved from foreclosure.
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Williamsburg: If you are in search of a roommate in the Williamsburg/Bushwick area, a new program called Roommates Wanted will host a “mixer,” February 21, 8 p.m. at the DuckDuck Bar, 161 Montrose Avenue at Humboldt Street in Williamsburg.
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By Aaron Short
Williamsburg: A much-loved deli owner’s sudden death has brought a period of momentary pause and reflection this week to Williamsburg’s busiest corner.
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Williamsburg: The Brooklyn Record Riot storms into town with a kielbasa and pierogi-fest(think a “giant 12 step meeting with records, beer, DJs and polish food”), February 28 at The Warsaw, featuring a number of new dealers, along with old stalwarts and local heroes.
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By Aaron Short
Williamsburg: Few dispute that the way to a woman or a man’s heart is through his or her stomach.
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By Andy Campbell
Crime: Two bandits steal 116 fur coats from a Bayard Street shop. Plus all the other crime news from Greenpoint and Williamsburg’s 94th Precinct.
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By Andy Campbell
Northeast Greenpoint groundwater — now with more industrial dry-cleaning chemicals!
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By Kristen V. Brown
Dining: In Japanese gambling, the term “one or eight” means “all or nothing” — but there’s no risk at all on the menu at the new 1or8 Japanese fusion restaurant in Williamsburg.
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Music: Everyone needs a reason to groove from time to time — but how about 10 nights of straight funk?
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By Andy Campbell
Music: Yuri Landman makes guitars like this — and you can, too.
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