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'Coney is back!' Mayor Bloomberg launches Coney Island summer season
Surrounded by beaming officials and business owners, Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Friday officially opened Coney Island -- including the new Steeplechase Plaza and the restored B&B Carousell – se … Full Article

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Brooklyn Bookbeat: Brooklyn Author Launches Highly Anticipated Novel

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Fiona Maazel, Brooklyn-based author of “Last Last Chance,” will appear at powerHouseArena in DUMBO tonight, April 3, to launch her  … Full Article

Harried dad’s book reveals ‘How Not To Parent’

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Walk into any bookstore and you’ll see plenty of self-help books on shelves. Writers offer advice on everything from how to find the perfect mate to how to lose 50 pounds. But writer Brad Manzo’s new autobiographical book can be viewed as the anti-advice book. … Full Article

Brooklyn Bookbeat: Brooklynite turns family folklore to novel

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For Brooklyn writer Amy Shearn, what began as a snippet of family lore has now turned into her second novel. … Full Article

Brooklyn Bookbeat: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout to speak at Brooklyn By The Book

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Elizabeth Strout, bestselling author of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize-winner “Olive Kitteridge,” will be the next featured speaker at  … Full Article

Brooklyn Bookbeat: Local author recalls worldly adventures in new memoir

Though she’s settled in Brooklyn, author Ellie Levinson has spent the majority of her life across the world. … Full Article

Brooklyn Bookbeat: ‘Paris Reborn': Brooklynite’s take on City of Lights

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Stephane Kirkland, a writer who splits his time between Brooklyn and Paris, will soon release his vivid and engrossing account of the greatest transformation of a major city in modern history. … Full Article

Coney’s Aquarium rebounds, rebuilds after Sandy

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The New York Aquarium has cherished its setting on the Coney Island Boardwalk half a century. But the ocean that is the aquarium's lifeblood dealt it a shattering blow last fall. … Full Article

Brooklyn BookBeat: Brooklynite writes novel he ‘always wanted to read that didn’t exist yet’

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Brooklynite Kristopher Jansma recently released “The Uncha … Full Article

Brooklyn designer suing Yoko Ono, but sexy concept dates to Barbra Streisand

'It came from burlesque'

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Barclays Center to host MTV video music awards

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After months of hosting blockbuster concerts by artists like Jay-Z, the Who, Bob Dylan, Barbra Streisand, Neil Young and others, Barclays Center will now host this year’s MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, Aug. 25. … Full Article
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