Thursday, December 9, 2010

Anarchy in the U.K.

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Tuition hike protestors attack car containing British royals, set fire to giant Christmas tree in TrafalgarSquare here ... Vandals hack do...
Wednesday, December 8, 2010

John Winston Lennon - October 9, 1940 - December 8, 1980

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30 years after the passing of a legend. I still remember that December night. I was in my early 20s, in my first apartment on Prospect Park ...
Monday, December 6, 2010

GIMME SHELTER by the Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin Released in NYC in 1970

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40 years ago today the landmark film, Gimme Shelter, directed by Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin was released in NYC, recordin...

Snow Flurries in Brooklyn@ Around 7:25 AM

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* * *   * * *   * *     *      *     * Well, not exactly "Jingle Bells," but this is an interesting winter song, spiritual bu...
Friday, December 3, 2010

Friday on My Mind: Lua Soberana ("Sovereign Moon")

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The wonderful "Lua Soberana" from Sergio Mendes album Brasilero. I think originally composed by Brazilian composer Ivan Lins.
Thursday, December 2, 2010

NASA: SURPRISE! LIFE CAN TAKE MANY UNEXPECTED FORMS

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 NASA PRESS RELEASE: 10-32 NASA-FUNDED RESEARCH DISCOVERS LIFE BUILT WITH TOXIC CHEMICAL WASHINGTON -- NASA-funded astrobiology research ...

CODA 1: "Aliens" from Right Here?

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The time has finally come for NASA's heavily anticipated press conference, which has generated quite the Internet buzz since the space a...

Space is the Place: NASA News Conference 2PM Today on Extraterrestrial Life Stirs Excitement

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It might be an overhyped bit of scientific minutiae, but NASA's astrobiology team plans to have an important announcement for today, Th...
Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Brooklyn Knows: Free HIV Testing/Counseling and AIDS Memorial Quilt Display to Mark World AIDS Day at Brooklyn Borough Hall

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On Wednesday, December 1, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Deputy Borough President Yvonne Graham will host events at Brooklyn...
Tuesday, November 30, 2010

NYC Public Schools: Now, A Chimera at the Helm

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Andrew Wolf on the Mayor's latest education maneuver: "So (Deputy Chancellor for Instruction) Mr. Polokow-Suransky hasn’t been w...
Monday, November 29, 2010

The Annual YWCA Christmas Day Event Seeks Angels

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The annual YWCA Christmas Dinner Event, formerly at the YWCA on Atlantic and Third Avenues in Brooklyn, and now relocated to the Park Slope ...

Fred Tomaselli@ The Brooklyn Museum: From the inner mind to the outer limits..and back

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Image: Fred Tomaselli, Super Plant, 1994. Psychoactive plant material, acrylic, and resin on wood panel, 74 x 54 inches. Hort family collect...
Sunday, November 28, 2010

Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: 30 Years Later

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I n the fall of 1980, Rainer Werner Fasbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz was first broadcast on West German television It was  a 14-part  t...
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Leave (Lots of) Room for Dessert: 11/28 Pie Social/Benefit at the Art Room in Bay Ridge

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While, following the Thanksgiving Festivities, you may be totally stuffed and dreaming of nothing but fat-free yogurt and two hours of hard ...

Ain't Talkin': Bob Dylan @ Terminal 5

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Village Voice's Rob Harvilla on Bob Dylan and Band at Terminal 5 last night here Set List: Gonna Change My Way of Thinking Shooting...