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A lawn-art show, garden gnomes not included
Ditmas Park/ Midwood/ Flatbush

A lawn-art show, garden gnomes not included

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In an homage to yard flamingos everywhere, a Ditmas Park basement-turned-art-haven is launching “The Lawn Show”—an afternoon-long Brooklyn version of a sculpture […]

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Get an alternative use from your everyday stuff
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Get an alternative use from your everyday stuff

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What self-respecting Brokelynite hasn’t—at some point—gone for conditioner instead of shaving cream, or for baby powder in a deodorant-less pinch? Sometimes, in […]

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How much can I make doing hair?
Careers

How much can I make doing hair?

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The new Beyoncé Cosmetology Center at Phoenix House—offering recovering addicts seven months of cosmetology training—sounds like so much fun it’s almost worth faking […]

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Saturday: Field trip to Dead Horse Bay, other odd must-sees
Outings

Saturday: Field trip to Dead Horse Bay, other odd must-sees

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This Saturday (March 20) is Obscura Day, and the webs site atlasobscura.com has organized group tours for these BK treasures as well as all the other weird places they cover.

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See The Crucible in Park Slope’s shadows
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See The Crucible in Park Slope’s shadows

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Ready your crucifixes: some witches are coming to the Slope. Starting tomorrow, Mar. 4, the Brave New World Repertory Theatre—they of The […]

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The Scarlettiest lips for under $5
Shopping

The Scarlettiest lips for under $5

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Red lips have been the perennial go-to since Cleopatra. Perhaps that’s because anyone with enough nerve can really rock a true red—it […]

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Brooklyn tours for non-tourists
Outings

Brooklyn tours for non-tourists

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Why sit in traffic on the top deck of a big red tour bus through Times Square when you can take an […]

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The bedbug cure THEY don’t want you to know about
Services

The bedbug cure THEY don’t want you to know about

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It’s hard to convey the paranoia we flea-marketing, curb-side-spotting, Craigslisting folk feel about bedbugs—with good reason. Now is prime paranoia time: we’re […]

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How to raise $1M for your startup
News

How to raise $1M for your startup

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Would you take financial advice from someone who dropped out of Harvard Business School in the middle of a recession to start […]

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$25-and-under Brooklyn gift #21: Coney Island print
Shopping

$25-and-under Brooklyn gift #21: Coney Island print

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There are loads of iconic Brooklyn shots on sale around town, but this cotton-candy-colored take on a Coney Island landmark called to […]

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