Oriana Leckert

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Oriana is a writer, editor, and cultural hipstorian [sic] who is kind of obsessed with Brooklyn. She is the author of "Brooklyn Spaces: 50 Hubs of Culture & Creativity" (Monacelli, 2015) and creatrix of the website of the same name. She is the events editor for both Brokelyn and Greenpointers, and her writing has appeared on Slate, Atlas Obscura, New York Post, Matador, Hyperallergic, Gothamist, Curbed, Brooklyn Magazine, Brooklyn Based, and more. Follow her at @orianabklyn.

Top 10: The best cheap things to do in Brooklyn this week, MADBALLS edition
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Top 10: The best cheap things to do in Brooklyn this week, MADBALLS edition

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1. Find your own kind of strange spirituality at Modern Rituals, where comedians present their own bizarre personal ceremonies, like Julio Torres’ […]

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Heat things up at a fire circus, and 20 more ways to have a hot weekend
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Heat things up at a fire circus, and 20 more ways to have a hot weekend

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1. We are very excited about the Parks Department’s outdoor October movies, which begin tonight at McCarren Park with Fright Night. (Friday, FREE) […]

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Top 10: The best cheap things to do in Brooklyn this week, sword-swallowing edition
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Top 10: The best cheap things to do in Brooklyn this week, sword-swallowing edition

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1. Get your literary fix at the latest installment of the Sackett Street Reading Series, featuring novelists Sophie McManus, Tracy O’Neill, Ioannis Pappos, and Patricia […]

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Set your mouth on fire at the Chile Pepper Fest, and 23 more ways to have a hot weekend
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Set your mouth on fire at the Chile Pepper Fest, and 23 more ways to have a hot weekend

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1. Meet some radical compatriots at the open house for new social-justice community hub Mayday Space. (Friday, FREE) 2. Hobnob with Brooklyn litterati at […]

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Top 10: The best cheap things to do in Brooklyn this week, boozy skee-ball edition
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Top 10: The best cheap things to do in Brooklyn this week, boozy skee-ball edition

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1. Feeling dark? Go to Branded Saloon for Murder Ballad Monday, an evening of ghoulish folk music with macabre duo Charming Disaster and a […]

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Sing along with the Spice Girls, and 25 more ways to get what you really, really want this weekend
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Sing along with the Spice Girls, and 25 more ways to get what you really, really want this weekend

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1. Get a head-start on the beeriest month at Die Koelner Bierhalle’s Brooklyn Oktoberfest Launch Party, kicking off weeks of beer, brats, and beats. […]

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Top 10: The best cheap things to do in Brooklyn this week, Yiddish bullfight edition
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Top 10: The best cheap things to do in Brooklyn this week, Yiddish bullfight edition

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1. It’s the most literary time of the year: the Brooklyn Book Festival approaches! The fest itself isn’t until Sunday, but there’s […]

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Bushwig! And 20 more ways to have a glamorous weekend
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Bushwig! And 20 more ways to have a glamorous weekend

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1. Go back to simpler days at Booklyn’s Last Squat City, an exhibit of zines and comix by Fly, an artist, activist, […]

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Top 10: The best cheap things to do in Brooklyn this week, Caribbean Carnival edition
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Top 10: The best cheap things to do in Brooklyn this week, Caribbean Carnival edition

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1. Don your feathers and sequins for the West Indian–American Day Carnival, the country’s largest celebration of Caribbean heritage, with a massive […]

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Save the last dance for Dolly, and 17 other ways to have a glittery weekend
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Save the last dance for Dolly, and 17 other ways to have a glittery weekend

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1. Get corporeal at UnionDocs with Kiss Me, Gentlemen, an evening of films about bodies: the destitute body, the incarcerated body, the body […]

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