CINEMA: Hipster loses his cool on Jamaican trip in hot new film — screening tomorrow!

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Published June 13, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.
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See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Stephen Brown ... The Brooklyn Paper ... A pair of Brooklyn filmmakers has taken two of the fundamental aspects of the borough — hipsters and West Indian culture — and thrown them together in a road trip-flick that is earning awards on the festival circuit ... “Wah Do Dem” — which means “what’s wrong with them” in Jamaican patois — tells the story of Max (played by Sean Bones), whose trip to Jamaica gets off to a rocky start before he

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Bee Day at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

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Published June 13, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.

On Saturday the Brooklyn Botanic Garden celebrated its centennial year with a giant “Bee Day” celebration. The free event featured bee-themed activities for all, including honey tastings in the Lily Pool Terrace. Pictured here is the highly popular Honey Gardens ...

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ART: Spend a night sleeping with an artist!

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Published June 13, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.
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Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Stephen Brown ... The Brooklyn Paper ... An art gallery in DUMBO isn’t the coziest place to spend a week, but it certainly could be worse ... The eco-provocateur/artist Mary Mattingly will be unveiling a prototype of her ambitious “Air Ship Air City” design at the art gallery “Smack Mellon” this week, and six volunteers will actually live in the elevated “flock house” for seven days each ... As

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BQE Construction Plans Bring Fears of Eminent Domain

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Published June 13, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.

Plans Are Preliminary, But Could Impact Heights Homes ... By Samantha Sherman ... Brooklyn Daily Eagle ... BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — The Brooklyn Heights Historic District may be facing threats of eminent domain within the coming decade ... Historic row houses near Willow and Middaugh streets might be in ...

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Brooklyn Today: Monday, June 14, 2010

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Published June 13, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.

This Morning’s News ... 24-Hour Read-In Protests Cuts to Libraries [New York Times] ... State Mulling Taking Heights Homes for BQE Repair [Brooklyn Paper] ... Habitat for Humanity Gets a Helping Hand From Absolut [Brooklyn the Borough] ... Brooklyn College, Residents Struggle Over Community Garden's ...

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EVENT: Hidden history

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Published June 13, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.
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See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Meredith Deliso ... The Brooklyn Paper ... History buffs, take note ... One of Brooklyn’s prized historical sites — the Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims in Brooklyn Heights — will be open to the public this month to learn about its role during in freeing slaves during the Abolition movement in the first annual “NYC Underground Railroad Festival.” ... Held fittingly on June 19 — aka Juneteenth, Emancipation Day — the day-long celebration

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BAY RIDGE: Pharmacy robbed by mullet- and gun-wielding thief

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Published June 13, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.
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See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Thomas Tracy ... The Brooklyn Paper ... Meet a one man prescription for trouble ... A mullet-sporting gunman is being sought for raiding a Bay Ridge pharmacy at gunpoint on June 8 — and then apologizing for his actions ... Police said the rail-thin renegade entered the A and V Pharmacy on Fourth Avenue between 84th and 85th streets at 7 pm with a bandanna over his nose and mouth. He flashed a pistol and gave the local alchemist a note ordering him to

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Markowitz, LGBT Community Celebrate Brooklyn Pride

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Published June 13, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.

BROOKLYN — On Thursday, June 10, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz celebrated the weeklong observance of Brooklyn Pride by honoring outstanding Brooklynites who have impacted the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community. Brooklyn is proud home to one of the city’s largest LGBT populations ... “I’ve always said that in Brooklyn we are proud home to everyone from everywhere. In fact, we are brimming with pride,” said BP Markowitz. “With the rainbow lights

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Brooklyn BroadsideThe Future of Fourth Avenue

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Published June 13, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.

By Dennis Holt ... Brooklyn Daily Eagle ... The concept of a complete overhaul of all 6.2 miles of Fourth Avenue from Flatbush Avenue to Fort Hamilton is both breathtaking and mind-boggling. And those thinking about it are calling it a “corridor,” no less ... A lot of streets have been and are being overhauled, but nothing has ever been attempted ...

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Born To Be a Brooklyn Judge, Justice Schneier Has Skills for Settling

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Published June 13, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.

Path to the Brooklyn Bench Began With a 1940s Bicycle Crash ... By Samuel Newhouse ... Brooklyn Daily Eagle ... ADAMS STREET — Sitting in the front row of the courtroom was a nervous and unsettled plaintiff. She was an elderly woman who had been in an automobile accident on Shore Road in Bay Ridge two years previous, but the ...

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