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 20: The best cheap things to do in Brooklyn this weekend, surreal puppets edition
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Top 20: The best cheap things to do in Brooklyn this weekend, surreal puppets edition

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1. Have a cartoonishly good time at the 13th annual Animation Block Party, with screenings all weekend from international shorts to cartoon […]

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

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1. Put on your dancin’ shoes for Urban Bush Women: How We Got to the Funk, a participatory examination of history through the […]

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The 20 best cheap things to do in Brooklyn this weekend, hot rock edition
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The 20 best cheap things to do in Brooklyn this weekend, hot rock edition

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1. Learn how to protect yourself at the CryptoParty, a hands-on evening of email encryption, cyberpunk geniuses, and digital defense — plus […]

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

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1. Have a lovely literary time at the kick-off to this year’s Books Beneath the Bridge, where a different bookstore curates writers […]

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The 20 best cheap things to do in Brooklyn this weekend, skating ladies edition
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The 20 best cheap things to do in Brooklyn this weekend, skating ladies edition

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1. Be mischievous at the Cradle Theatre Company’s modern-day retelling of As You Like It. (Friday through Sunday, Prospect Park, FREE) 2. […]

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Top 10: The best cheap things to do in Brooklyn this week, hip-hop exhibition edition
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Top 10: The best cheap things to do in Brooklyn this week, hip-hop exhibition edition

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1. Go your own way — right to C’mon Everybody for their monthly Monday Night Tribute. This month more than a dozen […]

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Top 20: The best cheap things to do in Brooklyn this weekend, mind-reading edition
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Top 20: The best cheap things to do in Brooklyn this weekend, mind-reading edition

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1. Art it up at the Endangered Species book release and party, with NYC street artists displaying their work and doing art talks. […]

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

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1. Prove that all this sun hasn’t started to atrophy your brain at the launch of Nerd Nite’s Sunset Trivia, which will […]

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The 25 best cheap things to do in Brooklyn this weekend, Fourth of July! edition
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The 25 best cheap things to do in Brooklyn this weekend, Fourth of July! edition

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1. Get your culture on at the 45th annual International African Arts Festival, a four-day extravaganza with music, dance, symposia, workshops, a […]

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

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1. Nothing says Brooklyn summer more than eating Nathan’s on the Coney Island boardwalk. If you’ve ever wondered how the iconic hot-doggery came […]

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