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In this 2014 file photo, playwright Larry Kramer attends Acria's 19th Annual Holiday Dinner Benefit in New York. Bill Goldstein has been tapped to write the authorized biography of Kramer by Henry Holt and Company. The yet-untitled book will draw on interviews with Kramer; his husband David Webster; friends and foes; as well as papers in Kramer’s archives at Yale University. Photo by Donald Traill/Invision/AP, File

Biography of playwright, activist Larry Kramer in the works

October 4 | By Mark Kennedy, AP Entertainment Writer

The first biography of playwright and gay activist Larry Kramer will be...

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U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith is launching a weekly podcast and radio program called “The Slowdown.” Smith said in a statement on Tuesday that she wanted to inspire listeners to “make a daily space for poetry” in a world dominated by breaking news events. AP Photo/Mary Hudetz, File

Poet laureate Tracy K. Smith launching podcast-radio show

October 4 | Shlomo Sprung

The country’s poet laureate, Tracy K. Smith, is launching a...

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Pilgrim Surf Supply, a surf shop in Williamsburg, hosted Michael Scott Moore’s author event. Eagle photos by Alex Wieckowski

Author held captive for nearly 3 years tells his story in his newest book

October 3 | By Alex Wieckowski

On a Friday night in Pilgrim Surf Supply — a small surf shop...

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“Pride” author Ibi Zoboi. Photo by Joseph Zoboi

‘Pride’ retells Jane Austen’s classic with a New York twist

September 28 | Shlomo Sprung

From National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, the author of the critically...

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“Beer Hacks” author Ben Robinson. Photo by Kaitlyn Flanagan

‘Beer Hacks’: An emergency manual for beer lovers

September 27 | Shlomo Sprung

Have you ever come home dreaming of ice cold, refreshing beer only...

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"An Absolutely Remarkable Thing," a novel by Hank Green, takes readers on a sci-fi adventure, tackling social media obsession and global humanity. Dutton via AP

Robots take over NYC in ‘An Absolutely Remarkable Thing’

September 25 | By Lincee Ray

What if a huge, stagnant robot appeared out of nowhere on the...

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“Restoration Heights” author Wil Medearis. Photo by Holly Frisbee

‘Restoration Heights’ doubles as noir mystery and gentrification study

September 25 | Paul Frangipane

When debut author Wil Medearis adopted Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, as his home...

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Journalist Randy Kennedy uses his childhood in Texas as a backdrop for his debut novel “Presidio.” Photo by Marcelo Brukman

Seasoned NYC journalist Randy Kennedy talks Texas grit, debut novel

September 20 | Shlomo Sprung

A modern incarnation of a classic story from the Old West, “Presidio...

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From left: Tadzio Koeb, Katherena Vermette, Jaap Robben, Moriel Rothman-Zecher, Chaya Bhuvaneswar and moderator Uli Beutter Cohen discuss the authors’ debut novels, centering around themes of hope, dual identity and self-preservation. Eagle photo by Sara Bosworth

Five debut authors discuss hope and self-preservation at Brooklyn Book Festival

September 17 | By Sara Bosworth

In Katherena Vermette’s debut novel “The Break,” a small indigenous community...

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Keeping history alive in revival of key retail blocks of Montague Street: "What we really want," said Calfa brothers," is the Brooklyn Women's Exchange..."

Friday, July 1, 2022

CITY OF WATER DAY IN GOWANUS: A set of events centered around the Gowanus Canal will be part of the 15th annual City of Water Day coming to New York and New Jersey’s shores on July 16. 

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CENTRAL LAWN REOPENS AT FT. GREENE PARK: The Central Lawn at Fort Greene Park has reopened, just in time for the Fourth of July, but with different rules in two sections of the lawn.

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CAFFEINE APP FOR MOVIE SERIES: “Summer Movies Under the Stars,” hosted at Fort Greene Park in July and then in Prospect Park in August, will have a new Brooklyn-born culinary feature for coffee aficionados. 

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On Buddy Scotto

If Buddy Scotto had his way, there would be gondolas plying the waters of the Gowanus Canal...

— Helen Klein, opening remarks in a remembrance of Buddy Scotto, at the recent renaming of a Carroll Gardens Street

Ice Ages & Climate Change

Could humans live through another ice age? Probably. But like the frog in the frying pan, they may have more trouble with the man-made,  incremental warming of oceans and the LOSS of ice in glaciers.

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Red Winged Blackbird, spotted in Brooklyn Bridge park. Photo by Heather Wolf, text by Joseph Palmer.

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“In a bold move against a recent Supreme Court d “In a bold move against a recent Supreme Court decision striking down New York Pistol & Rifle Association v. Bruen, Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Senate passed a series of reforms, the most sweeping in recent years, to address a sharp increase in gun violence across the country. State Senator Andrew Gounardes spoke with the Eagle and mentioned that the Bruen decision indicates the “just cause” or “may issue” doctrines that many states use to regulate firearm licensing are considered too subjective for the Supreme Court, but change requires reform “driven by federal legislation” for significant impact.” Read the rest of our “State Senate Passes Sweeping Gun License Legislation, Gounardes and other Dems Strike Back Against SCOTUS” article, which is linked in our bio.
“New York Democrats are considering enshrining a “New York Democrats are considering enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution following the overturn of Roe v. Wade, possibly as part of a broader amendment that would also prohibit discrimination based on gender expression. Lawmakers held a special legislative session Thursday that Gov. Kathy Hochul called primarily to pass an emergency overhaul of the state’s gun permitting rules after they were struck down by a Supreme Court ruling.” Read the rest of our “NY faces calls to enshrine abortion rights in constitution” article, which is linked in our bio.
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