ART: ‘I painted over Andy Warhol’

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Published June 11, 2010 at 7:48 a.m.
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See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Meredith Deliso ... The Brooklyn Paper ... Andy Warhol wasn’t much of a bird watcher. The iconic pop artist had a house out on Long Island — the closest thing we have to the county here — that was used mainly for parties ... For Bushwick-based artist Mel Smothers, that facet has inspired him to conduct a (metaphorical) dialogue with the pop icon in his series, “Dear Andy: Postcards from Montauk.” ... In his paintings, the artist, and nature

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FOODIE-IN-CHIEF: Hot food gossip — including a new biergarten

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Published June 14, 2010 at 11:20 a.m.

See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Kristen V. Brown ... for The Brooklyn Paper ... Better rev up that appetite — it’s been a tasty few weeks in the county of Kings. Here’s the best of the borough’s openings, closings, and of course, restaurant rumors: ... • Yes, more beer gardens for Williamsburg: Finally, North Brooklyn’s newest biergarten, Loreley Williamsburg, has opened, bringing traditional German grub and imported German brews to the borough — thankfully without

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Head to the Brooklyn Tavern — the one in Washington State

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Published June 9, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.
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Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Andy Campbell ... The Brooklyn Paper ... The secret location of Brooklyn’s undisputed greatest bar of all time has been revealed: hang a left past the cow pasture in Oakville, drive about 10 miles up an old gravel logging road and stop when you see pickup trucks and flannel ... Brooklyn Tavern doesn’t cater to many hipsters, but it is indeed the best watering hole in its now-unincorporated logging town:

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ART: Studio city! Bushwick artists throw open their aeries this weekend

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Published May 31, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.
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Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Aaron Short ... The Brooklyn Paper ... Brooklyn’s premier artists’ studio tour returns this summer — and it is entirely free ... Bushwick Open Studios, the two-day arts festival in June, is larger than ever with 275 individual shows in studios, galleries, and streets, featuring some of the most exciting artists in Bushwick and Williamsburg ... Seeing so many people on the street in her neighborhood is what

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WILLIAMSBURG: CB1 to city: Get CB3’s garbage trucks out of our hood!

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Published June 2, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.
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See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Aaron Short ... for The Brooklyn Paper ... Community Board 1 has a message for the Sanitation Department — it’s time to take out the trash ... Last Tuesday night, the board’s Land Use Committee unanimously rejected the city’s request to renew its lease on Johnson Avenue East Williamsburg garage in its district because it houses garbage trucks that serve Bedford-Stuyvesant and Bushwick ... “The equitable thing to do is put everyone’s trash

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Greenpoint Library: Closed for the Summer

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Published May 28, 2010 at 12:40 p.m.
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The Greenpoint branch of the Brooklyn Public Library will be closed beginning on Saturday June 5th and will not reopen until Tuesday September 7th in order to replace the roof ... Schedule for Work ... The last day of service at Greenpoint is Friday, June 4, 2010. Greenpoint will temporarily close to the public starting on Saturday, June 5; we plan to reopen on or before Tuesday, September 7 at 10:00 ... Scope of Work ... The City’s Department of Design and Construction’s contractor will

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A Jailhouse Lawyer Says a Top Brooklyn Prosecutor Rigged His Murder Conviction

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Published June 1, 2010 at 12:00 a.m.

The last time Jabbar Collins asked a judge to order a new trial to prove that he wasn't the one who had shot down a rabbi collecting rent on a Sunday afternoon in Bushwick in 1994, he earned only scorn ... Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Robert Holdman laughed the papers straight out of his c ...

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SHOPPING: Eat fresh this summer, thanks to your local farmer’s market

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Published June 3, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.
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See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Aaron Short ... for The Brooklyn Paper ... Summer is here, and that means fresh produce at Brooklyn’s farmer’s markets ... Grand Army Plaza hosts the borough’s largest — the greenmarket’s crown jewel — with scores of vendors featuring day-boat fish from Montauk, LI, turkey, ground beef, freshly baked bread, and lots of fruits and vegetables ... Markets in McCarren Park in Williamsburg, on Cortelyou Road in Flatbush, 15th Street in Windsor

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WILLIAMSBURG: Gunman steals the tip jar!

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Published May 11, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.
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See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Aaron Short ... The Brooklyn Paper ... Tipped off ... A gun-toting robber stuck up a Bedford Avenue restaurant for the waiters’ tip money on May 9 ... The perp entered the restaurant, which is near S. Second Street, at just after midnight and pulled out a black handgun before pointing it at the cashier, who handed over $150, sending the gunman on his way ... Beer run ... A thirsty burglar lifted five cases of beer from a beverage truck on Havemeyer

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WILLIAMSBURG: Graham Avenue goes crackers over Fiesta

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Published May 10, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.
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See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Stephen Brown ... The Brooklyn Paper ... This fiesta needs a siesta! ... That’s what merchants on Graham Avenue in Bushwick are saying about Saturday’s multi-block party that brings as many as 50,000 people to the thoroughfare — but doesn’t bring any money ... “It doesn’t help the businesses!” said Jose Reiser, who owns a menswear store between Moore and Varet streets. “You know who it helps? The guys who sell hot dogs, shish kabobs, and

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