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Nature turns strange and savage in `The Service Road’ at City Tech

Downtown
A nature guide attempts to find a lost child after a violent storm of mythic proportions hits Prospect Park in the world premiere of "The Service Road," a highly visual multimedia show to be performed from Jan. 11 through Feb. … Full Article

Bands hope their music raises money for Gerritsen Beach storm victims

Gerritsen Beach
Two months after Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast, the super-storm’s victims are still suffering as they try to repair their damaged homes and rebuild their lives. … Full Article

'Shit Brooklyn People Say'

This video, viewed more than 200,000 times in less than a year, attracted some interesting comments, including references to an obvious ethnic imbalance in the selection of Brooklynites Edward Heegan chose to shoot. … Full Article

'MY NAME IS JAY': Ellen meets Jay-Z on Brooklyn-bound subway

Atlantic Yards
Here's a holiday treat for anyone who might have missed the first YouTube post earlier this month. Jay-Z enters a Brooklyn-bound subway — accompanied by a large entourage and gawked at by loving fans — and sits next to an elderly woman who was oblivious to the rapper's fame. … Full Article

VIRAL SENSATION: 'Gangnam Style' acoustic by Brooklyn Heights teens an instant YouTube hit

Brooklyn Heights
An acoustic version of Psy's "Gangnam Style" by two Brooklyn Heights teenagers has become an instant YouTube sensation, drawing nearly 150,000 views. … Full Article

Brooklyn Bookbeat: 19th century Eagle gives author rich background on Slope's Sportsmen's Row

Park Slope
Lucas G. Rubin, director of the Sports Management program at Columbia University, has lived on Sportsmen's Row in Park Slope since 2003. … Full Article

Opera foundation holds Christmas concert and dinner

The charming and intimate Presidents Room with its wonderful views of Central Park South at the New York Athletic Club was the venue for a very special evening on Dec. 12. … Full Article

Brooklyn Bookbeat: Sports marketing expert Brandon Steiner credits his Brooklyn roots

The world knows Brooklyn is a special place, if only because devotion to the beloved Dodgers has endured decades after the team moved out west. But occasionally there are passionate writers who describe the Brooklyn spirit in other ways. … Full Article

Brooklyn Bookbeat: BAM gives boost to Brooklyn’s rep as literary haven

Fort Greene
One of the hottest events on BAM’s cultural calendar has become “Eat, Drink & Be Literary” — basically, dinners in the BAMcafé (Lepercq Space) with extraordinary s … Full Article

New art collective launched in Downtown Brooklyn

Downtown
At 11 a.m. on a December morning, Nasrene Haj, 22, met an actor, a dancer and a poet in the lobby of the NU hotel in Downtown Brooklyn. She made introductions, got a key at the front desk, and escorted them to Room 410. … Full Article
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