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

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1. Snap your fingers and feel like a beatnik: tonight at Threes Brewing, the Out of Your Head Jazz Collective puts together […]

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Get super-soaked at our 80s Splashback Party, and 19 more ways to have a wet & wild weekend
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Get super-soaked at our 80s Splashback Party, and 19 more ways to have a wet & wild weekend

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1. Get wet & wild at Pour Some Water on Me: A Brokelyn 80s Splashback Party, an adults-only takeover of the splash […]

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Photos: People beating up Donald Trump piñatas
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Photos: People beating up Donald Trump piñatas

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Last night, as Donald Trump made news by having Univision journalist Jorge Ramos removed from a press conference, Brooklynites gathered in McCarren […]

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

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1. Surely you’ve always thought your face was too empty, so why not check out Steve Girdrd’s evening of short films at Videology, […]

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Express yourself for Madonna’s birthday, and 22 more ways to get into the groove this weekend
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Express yourself for Madonna’s birthday, and 22 more ways to get into the groove this weekend

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1. The four-day, 30-act Brooklyn Country Music Fest is already under way! Head to the Bell House to get in on it. […]

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

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1. Start your week off sexy with a new monthly cabaret at C’mon Everybody, featuring sultry burlesquing from the Maine Attraction, Gal Friday, Voodoo Onyx, and Storm […]

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See a slew of sand sculptures, and 21 more ways to have a summery weekend
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See a slew of sand sculptures, and 21 more ways to have a summery weekend

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1. Go wild at Thunder Gumbo’s Night of the Disco Pig, a whole-pig BBQ and barrage of spectacles, including performances, installations, DJs, […]

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

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1. It’s the summer finale of one of the most consistently exciting Bk lit events: Franklin Park Reading Series. This month readers […]

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Thrash with Latino punks, 22 more raucous weekend ideas
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Thrash with Latino punks, 22 more raucous weekend ideas

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1. Gather your rings and things and fine array and head to the Navy Yard for The Taming of the Shrew, starring students from the […]

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Top 10: The best cheap things to do in Brooklyn this week, getting the scoop edition
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Top 10: The best cheap things to do in Brooklyn this week, getting the scoop edition

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1. It’s your penultimate chance for the waterfront lit series Books Beneath the Bridge. This week Word Books showcases fantasy novelists Naomi […]

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