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Park Slope-based comedian Eugene Mirman will present the 7th annual Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival in Brooklyn from Sept. 18-22.

Park Slope comedy pioneer presents Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival

“Don’t blame an audience for not laughing,” Brooklyn-based comedy pioneer Eugene Mirman says, when asked what advice he would offer to emerging comedians. No matter how unusual the humor, Mirman says comedians should “figure out how to convey [their humor] to audiences.”  … Full Article
 
Brooklyn Hospital Center. Courtesy Google Streetview

Brooklyn Hospital Center affiliates with Mount Sinai

The battle by health care providers for the Brooklyn territory once served by now-shuttered Long Island College Hospital (LICH) continues. … Full Article
 
Rendering of 470 Fourth Avenue by Aufgang Architects.

Fourth Avenue undergoes transformation

After a pause during the recession, new residential developments are again rising on Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue and more are on the way along the 120-foot-wide corridor that separates the historic brownstones of Park Slope from the emerging neighborhood of Gowanus. … Full Article
 
Darrell M. McNeill, associate producer of music programming at BAM, has curated BAMcafé live for the past several years.

BAMcafé Live reflects ‘dynamism of Brooklyn music scene’

Celebrating its 15th year, BAMcafé Live returns this season with a vast array of performances, including everything from jazz and Celtic to hip-hop and rock, and featuring artists from Brooklyn and around the world. … Full Article
 
V Cha$e, left, of the rap group Cheer$ Club, talk about the upcoming festival at Borough Hall.

‘Multi-cultural’ hip hop festival coming to Brooklyn

SOURCE360 Expo, a three-day hip-hop festival, will have its inaugural run later this month across multiple venues throughout Downtown Brooklyn. … Full Article
 
Brooklyn family Beth Handman (left), her daughter Antonia Bruno, and her husband Kenny Bruno co-authored “Josie and the Fourth Grade Bike Brigade,” a children’s book inspired by P.S. 321 students.

Brooklyn family authors children’s book inspired by Park Slope students

Nine-year-old Josie Garcia is an ambitious girl from Brooklyn who becomes an advocate for preventing disastrous climate change and other environmental threats. The feisty heroine in “Josie and the Fourth Grade Bike Brigade,” Josie was inspired by the children of P.S. 321 in Park Slope. … Full Article
 
Bishop DiMarzio and interfaith community leaders join in chorus of “We Shall Overcome.” Second from left: Jashaan Brown, who read a prayer on behalf of all the African American youth. Photo Credits: Marie Elena Giossi/The Tablet.

Interfaith clergy leaders gather at service for peace, reconciliation

Brooklynites are responding with prayer and compassion to the recent events involving the deaths of black males in police custody. … Full Article
 
September 11 memorial service on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade

September 11 gathering to take place on Brooklyn Heights Promenade

A poignant community ritual has taken place each year since 9/11 on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, as members of the Brooklyn Heights Interfaith Clergy Association and neighborhood congregations gather there on the anniversary of the terror attacks. … Full Article
 
Canning involves long hours of work with heavy, potentially dangerous materials.

Bushwick canning collective needs $3.9 million to stay put

A collective of canners — those who fish out glass and metal from garbage cans and recycling bins — have been asked by their landlord to purchase the Bushwick property upon which they operate if they want to stay in place. … Full Article
 
Meet Mario Rizzuto, who has owned his Carroll Gardens row house since 1981. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

Carroll Gardens row houses are worth a bundle — for willing sellers

Viva Italia, baby! Mario Rizzuto, an old timer from the old country, would never part with his Carroll Gardens row house. … Full Article
 

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