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Three Ladies of Chill Repute

Want a formula for getting your (totally deserving, yet under-appreciated) artwork out of your studio and into a larger context? Want to join that invisible art world phenomenon called “The Dialogue”? Find yourself a middle-aged lady who curates. Sorry to be so blunt, but it’s true. My own statistical research has proved it….

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The Best North Brooklyn Street Art of 2011

One of the pleasures for street art watchers is that every season a new batch of artists and work appear. New styles crop up, older styles wilt away, and there’s something for everyone.

Co-Op 87 co-owner Mike Catalano is something of a music maharishi. Photos by William Hereford

Co-Op 87 Putting a Good Spin on Vinyl

The sidewalk outside the entrance to Co-Op 87, covered with crates and boxes of $1 records, feels like your old college buddy’s apartment: stockpiles of stuff that live where it lands. But inside there’s a sense of cozy calm, like a warm library. That is, if libraries played loud post-punk albums.

Music: In Search of That Brooklyn Sound?

By Keith Higgons As we all recover from the CMJ Festival, which brings together bands from all over the world, I started thinking about bands like the recently retired R.E.M. and Pearl Jam,…

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Days of Blueberry Wine & Lobster Rolls

To be clear, this is a lobster “joint” not a “shack.” There are no dime store fish nets, colorful buoys, or sticky old ketchup stains permanently left on weathered picnic table, but instead it’s spic-and-span, with white tiled walls and picnic-style tables that are made of knotty old English pine and polished to a river stone smoothness.

Photos — Early Signs of the Season by Jim Prez

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Three-Meat Cavatelli Bolognese

Executive chef and master butcher Gennaro Virtuoso, owner of Lorimer Market, presents a tasty variation on the traditional Neapolitan bolognese sauce—using three different kinds of meat; along with Lorimer Market’s special signature marinara sauce.


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