A look at what it's like to be young, Black, and gay, a minority^3, in Brooklyn. Told through the narratives of two men in their twenties.
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December 17, 2009February 4, 2010Arts & Culture
Doing It Themselves at The Market Hotel
It's not a market or a hotel or even a conventional concert venue, but the Market Hotel has quietly established itself at the center of Brooklyn's DIY music scene.
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December 16, 2009February 4, 2010Brooklyn Life, Sports
Brooklyn Tech Swimmer Looks to London Olympics
A day in the life of Annie Zhu, a record-breaking swimmer and sophomore at Brooklyn Technical High School, who is vying for a spot on the Olympic team one day.
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December 11, 2009February 4, 2010Brooklyn Life, Religion
Getting the “Get”: An invisible prison between marriage and divorce
By Terry Baynes Agunah Hannah Nagila’s sons are 3 and 5 years old, and they already know what an agunah is. They have told their mother what their father tells them: “Daddy says you’re going to be an agunah until you pay back every cent.” Agunah is the term for a Jewish woman chained to...
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December 11, 2009December 17, 2009Brooklyn Life
Photo for 12/11/09: Giant Menorah
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December 10, 2009February 4, 2010Brooklyn Life
Crown Heights institution fights threat of closure
The building used was sold earlier this year with the expectation that all the tenants would leave. But the community — a term that encompasses everyone from elected officials to the bar’s regular stable of crotchety seniors who take the place over in the afternoons — is trying to find a way to keep the Starlite Lounge in business for another 50 years.
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December 10, 2009December 10, 2009Brooklyn Life
Health Care Comes in a Truck
A Medicare approved Health Maintenance Organization with a prescription drug program with the government visits Bedford-Stuyvesant... in a truck.
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December 10, 2009December 10, 2009Brooklyn Life
Photo for 12/10/09: Brooklyn’s Teachers Scandal
High school teachers cases is being investigated.
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December 9, 2009February 4, 2010Brooklyn Life
From the New Williamsburg to the Old Bushwick: A Real Estate Crisis
The recession is challenging Bushwick's ability to become the new Williambsurg.
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December 9, 2009December 19, 2009Arts & Culture
At the Brooklyn Book Club
With most people getting their news online and now their literature too, it might come as a surprise to learn that an endangered species is still alive and well in Brooklyn: the book club.