‘Progress is messy:’ Why this production of ‘Hair’ in BK Heights is perfect non-escapist entertainment
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‘Progress is messy:’ Why this production of ‘Hair’ in BK Heights is perfect non-escapist entertainment

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Looking at the internet lately has been like wearing a little doggie shock collar while you have the stomach flu. If you’re […]

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The 10 best cheap things to do this week, rage against love edition
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The 10 best cheap things to do this week, rage against love edition

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1. Hear a new perspective on a very useful skill at Best Friends Forever: The Science of Cooperation, a talk by evolutionary […]

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This week in anti-Trump activism in NYC: Know your rights (and party for them too)
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This week in anti-Trump activism in NYC: Know your rights (and party for them too)

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If Trump’s electoral win and the Patriots’ somehow Super Bowl victory can teach us anything, it’s that sometimes the bad guys come out […]

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The week in Broketown, 1/30-2/3
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The week in Broketown, 1/30-2/3

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Like us in website form? You’ll love us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and don’t forget to sign up for our mailing list! Our new 2017 Beer Books […]

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Swing dance your singleness away at Greenpointer’s Valentine’s market next Sunday
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Swing dance your singleness away at Greenpointer’s Valentine’s market next Sunday

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The world is a cold, dark, place with months till summer but that’s not stopping our friends at Greenpointers from throwing their […]

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As workers went on strike, the rest of America wonders: ‘What the hell is a bodega?’
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As workers went on strike, the rest of America wonders: ‘What the hell is a bodega?’

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As you know, thousands of Yemeni bodega workers across the city yesterday fed their cats, turned off their coffee pots, shut their […]

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‘Bodega cats grab BACK!’ Scenes from yesterday’s bodega strike protest at Borough Hall
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‘Bodega cats grab BACK!’ Scenes from yesterday’s bodega strike protest at Borough Hall

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We’re just 14 days into the Donald Trump presidency and we’ve reached the point that bodega owners — and, presumably, their cats — […]

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Beloved Smith Street bodega at center of mafia investigation now has its own T-shirt line
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Beloved Smith Street bodega at center of mafia investigation now has its own T-shirt line

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Carroll Gardens’ 72-year-old Smith and Union Market now officially has its very own T-shirt line.

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The 20 best cheap things to do this weekend, bloody striptease edition
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The 20 best cheap things to do this weekend, bloody striptease edition

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[Ed note: Reminder, we now have a separate roundup for activism-focused events, which we encourage you to check out here. If you […]

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1,000 Yemeni bodegas across NYC are striking tomorrow to protest Trump’s Muslim ban
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1,000 Yemeni bodegas across NYC are striking tomorrow to protest Trump’s Muslim ban

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Stock up on BECs, toilet paper and Goya products while you can because Yemeni bodega workers across the city are going on strike […]

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