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Looklyn: Meet Zion, a double-denim diva

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By Johnny Cirillo &

In this installment of our street-style series, we meet a high school senior who had a ‘random’ fashion breakthrough just this March.

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Gentle guitar giant: Bill Frisell is still learning

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By Allison Rapp &

The jazz guitarist discusses emerging from lockdown, his surprise pop-up shows in Brooklyn, collaborating with Elvis Costello and more.

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These photos of legendary Gleason's Gym get up close and personal

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By Brian Braiker &

Photographer Fiona Beswick has been shooting (and training) at Gleason’s Gym for six years, resulting in an intimate body of work.

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Looklyn: Meet Jaylor, who is ‘glamorous, but always prepared’

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By Johnny Cirillo &

In this installment of our street-style series, we meet a ‘pretty mixed thing,’ on his way to do some hot girl shit.

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Brooklyn Tweets of the Week: Magical $100K homes edition

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By Brooklyn Magazine &

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Brooklyn Tweets of the Week: Magical $100K homes edition

Citywide 'Open Boulevards' program is coming to Vanderbilt and Fifth Ave

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By Amelia Anthony &

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Citywide 'Open Boulevards' program is coming to Vanderbilt and Fifth Ave

Women do it too: New billboards in Brooklyn celebrate the joys of jerking off

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By Allison Rapp &

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Women do it too: New billboards in Brooklyn celebrate the joys of jerking off

Your unofficial guide to what's in and what's out in the New Normal

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By Nick Youssef &

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Your unofficial guide to what's in and what's out in the New Normal

Rough Trade announces location for new record shop—in midtown

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By Allison Rapp &

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Rough Trade announces location for new record shop—in midtown

For Red Hook's Tiffiney Davis, art is a human right—and then some

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By Brian Braiker &

Podcasts & Video 

For Red Hook's Tiffiney Davis, art is a human right—and then some

In praise of reality TV as ‘postmodern art par excellence’

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By Tara Kenny &

This Brooklyn writer says don’t feel guilty about loving reality TV (even though it may give us our first ‘Real Housewife’ president).

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Amant Foundation to open a sprawling hub for artists in East Williamsburg

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By Amelia Anthony &

Art collector Lonti Ebers is launching the $40 million Amant Foundation contemporary arts compound for artists to create and display work.

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Governors Ball 2021 lineup announced: Billie Eilish, A$AP Rocky, Post Malone to headline

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By Amelia Anthony &

Tickets go on sale Thursday for the three-day event. Also performing are Megan Thee Stallion, Phoebe Bridgers, DaBaby and others.

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Excerpt: 'It Had to Be You,' a modern New York love story

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By Georgia Clark &

Novelist Georgia Clark’s fifth tells the story of five couples that intersect with one doomed wedding planner duo.

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Shoe fetish: Revisiting stiletto style from NYC's grimier era

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By Brian Braiker

Frank Rispoli’s photography documents the high heels and hedonism of the new wave 1970s-‘80s—plus the Bushwick of today.

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The Brooklyn Nets are this week’s New Yorker cover boys

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By Jake Samieske &

Artist Mark Ulriksen’s ‘Hoop Dreams in New York’ celebrates the surprising reemergence of New York as a basketball Mecca.

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A self-care beacon for Black women and Brooklyn moms

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By Emily Burns &

Joire Spa’s Nikita Gibson reflects on parenting, holistic healing and treating yourself—especially on Mother’s Day.

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Looklyn: Calling all cat-loving corseted content creators!

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By Johnny Cirillo &

Meet Ani, a ferry-bound tattooed thrifting wizard.

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Nets clinch playoff spot, with ‘eyes on bigger things’

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By Jake Samieske &

Still, James Harden remains benched for now with a hamstring sprain.

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Meet the Brooklyn filmmakers at the 50th New Directors/New Films Festival

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By Joshua Encinias &

Trans, queer, Black, and API filmmakers bring movies to the innovative film festival, which returns in-person this week.

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The scene at DMX’s Barclays Center memorial: 'chaotic, beautiful, iconic'

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By Jake Samieske &

The service itself was closed to the public, though hundreds of his Ruff Ryder fans turned out in the streets.

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Looklyn: Ballad of a 'beautiful broken-hearted brown boy'

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By Johnny Cirillo &

Meet Julián (and Whitney): ’50 percent high fashion, 50 percent hood rat, 100 percent silly.’

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Barclays Center to host a memorial for DMX

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By Jake Samieske &

The memorial, which will be closed to the public but streamed live, is set for April 24, two weeks after the death of the legendary rapper.

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Revisiting photographer Harvey Wang's Brooklyn of the 1970s-'80s

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By Bill Shapiro &

Amid a pandemic that has hit New York City incredibly hard, there is some comfort in revisiting beautiful images from previous trying times.

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The Nets and other NBA peers weigh in on LaMarcus Aldridge retirement

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By Jake Samieske &

After announcing his retirement over health concerns, one of the all-time great power forwards is finally getting his due.

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Eating Korean food with Japanese Breakfast

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By Gabe Friedman &

Brooklyn’s indie rock darling—and author—finds comfort, community and a little comedy in food.

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Here's proof that ‘We Don’t Deserve Dogs’

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By Amelia Anthony &

Park Slope filmmakers Matthew Salleh and Rose Tucker discuss their documentary about man’s too-good-for-us friend.

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A bookstore on a mission to preserve Latinx and Black Bushwick

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By Gabriella Canal &

How Mil Mundos—a bilingual cafe, bookstore and bulwark against gentrification—fights for cultural preservation, even during Covid.

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Cautious Clay drops video for 'Karma and Friends,' and discusses his debut

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By Robert Frezza &

‘I didn’t start singing until my early 20s, but been playing instruments since I was 7,’ says Clay, whose ‘Deadpan Love’ is out June 25.

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Looklyn: Molten street style

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By Johnny Cirillo &

Meet lava girl: ‘Everything is hot hot hot.’

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The National's photographer discusses 20 years of shooting the band

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By José Simián &

Graham MacIndoe’s new book, ‘Light Years,’ documents the transformation of the Brooklyn band into global stars over two decades.

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After a rollercoaster of a year, the Cyclones are ready to play ball

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By Peter Kropf &

The 2020 minor league season was canceled due to Covid, but the championship ‘Baby Bums’ return to the diamond on May 4.

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Looklyn: At the intersection of architecture, fashion and divahood

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By Johnny Cirillo &

Meet Mariah: ‘My friends call me Storm. Why? Because when I walk into a room, I make a statement.’

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7 things to know about newest Net LaMarcus Aldridge

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By Jake Samieske &

He plays piano—but only because Shaq once gave him good advice; he built a house just for his shoes, and has a soccer pro cousin.

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Shantell Martin walks—and draws—the line

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By Robert Frezza &

The British-born artist has collaborated with Kendrick, Adidas and the Whitney—and is currently working on her choreographic debut.

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Looklyn: Life through rose-colored prescription glasses

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By Johnny Cirillo &

Meet Elias, a Bedford Ave. flâneur with a thing for Western wear, cowhide, denim and jewelry.

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A year after his death, Pop Smoke is breaking records

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By Jake Samieske &

Pop’s 2020 posthumous ‘Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon’ broke Billboard’s record for the longest running rap No. 1 Tuesday.

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Get to know Kid Cudi's producer, Brooklyn's Dot da Genius

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By Jake Samieske &

Kid Cudi’s righthand man may not take center stage with the rapper on SNL next month, but his music will. Our cheat sheet to Dot’s career.

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This moving video collage captures a year of New York pandemic life

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By Brooklyn Magazine &

One year in, New Yorkers of all ages, boroughs and backgrounds share their thoughts, hopes and fears during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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'Bizarro' cult director tackles anti-Asian racism in a way that only he can

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By Amelia Anthony &

Eric Spade Rivas, the quirky auteur of the ‘Vamp Biker’ trilogy, is at work on ‘Duke of New York,’ which is … sort of about the pandemic.

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Looklyn: Where personal style meets 'oneself reflection'

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By Johnny Cirillo &

Stylist JaBarie Anderson on being a little bit André Leon, a little bit Kenzo and all JaBarie Anderson.

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6 things to know about newest Net Blake Griffin

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By Jake Samieske &

The team announced Monday that the veteran All-Star forward signed on for the remainder of the season.

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Patti Smith live at Brooklyn Museum: 'It's very moving to be here'

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By Allison Rapp &

‘Our story began in Brooklyn,’ Smith said Tuesday as part of a celebration of the life of her one-time partner Robert Mapplethorpe.

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Bob Guccione Jr. isn't done talking

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By Christopher Heine &

The recidivist Spin publisher calls out Rolling Stone’s ‘prostitution,’ Larry Flynt’s alleged hit on his dad, and why 99% of digital media sucks.

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What's next for Bobby Shmurda?

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By Jake Samieske &

The king of Brooklyn drill is out on parole, back at work and ready to make some shmoney.

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Borough's indie cinemas take different approaches to re-opening

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By Amelia Anthony &

New York’s movie houses have opened back up for indoor viewing at 25 percent capacity, and different theaters are taking different tacks.

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Patti Smith to stream a live show from Brooklyn Museum March 9

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By Amelia Anthony &

The punk icon will perform in tribute to her one-time partner, the late Robert Mapplethorpe, as a treat to museum workers.

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BODEGA makes Art Rock for a 'Broken' World

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By José Simián &

One of the borough’s more exciting rock bands talks about Heidegger, history, and recording a ‘thinking party’ album during the pandemic.

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Meet the millennial with plants for parents

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By Greg Hildreth &

Having houseplant problems? Submit your questions to us as part of a new series on caring for your domestic vegetation.

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You think New York is dead? These artists are betting everything it isn't

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By Anna Rahmanan &

South Williamsburg creative collective The Locker Room has rolled out a residency program urging creatives of all stripes to stick it out.

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Brooklyn Nets fans flash an ‘Excelsior Pass’ to prove Covid status before game

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By Amelia Anthony &

The new QR code ticketing system was also given a trial run at Tuesday’s Rangers game.

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Looklyn: A Williamsburg artist flaunts her amazing technicolor dreamcoat

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By Brooklyn Magazine &

Kira Ryter, an artist and designer who recently moved from Chicago, shows off a coat of many colors she made from an old blanket.

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'Biggie: I Got A Story To Tell' reveals new truths about the iconic rapper

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By Joshua Encinias &

The new Netflix doc about Notorious B.I.G. relies heavily on never-before-seen home video footage and has the blessing of his estate.

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The Hold Steady: Rocking on as the world 'simmers into a boil'

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By Brian Braiker &

The Hold Steady’s Criag Finn and Franz Nicolay discuss their new album, ‘Open Door Policy,’ a year of lockdown and, well, holding steady.

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Check out Pop Smoke's posthumous track, 'AP'

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By Brian Braiker &

The song, which features in the new movie ‘Boogie,’ dropped at midnight, a year after the face of Brooklyn drill was murdered in LA at 20.

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Meet the man behind the man behind Guided by Voices

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By José Simián &

Musician-engineer-producer Travis Harrison discusses Dumbo studio life, getting ahead of the Covid curve and more.

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A new book offers never-before-seen photos of the LAPD in 1994

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By Brooklyn Magazine &

Two years after the LA riots, Brooklyn photographer Joseph Rodriguez embedded with the LAPD which was attempting to fix its image.

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Looklyn: From 'soft colors' to 'extremely extreme'

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By Brooklyn Magazine &

In this series we hold a mirror up to the borough to ask what we can learn about what we’re wearing. Today, meet Darnell Bernard.

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Rewriting the formula on Formula One race photography

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By Brian Braiker &

Photographer Josh Paul discusses shooting the “elegant circus” of Formula One racing for the past eight years—with a camera from 1913.

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Coney Island to re-open for the brave on April 9

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By Amelia Anthony &

The amusement park will open at 33 percent capacity, while indoor attractions will operate at 25 percent.