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The Plot to Seed Bomb Brooklyn

  Some like the below-the-waist, underhand lob. Others use an inconspicuous flick of the wrist – after a couple of furtive glances around – while walking past an empty lot. A few prefer to deliver the payload over fences with an arcing overhand throw. Many more are satisfied with simply stuffing the marble-sized balls into...

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[VIDEO] Artists Trade Time and Talent for Treatment

A new program at the Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center in the Bronx provides artists with medical coverage in exchange for their time and talent. Inspired by a similar initiative at Brooklyn’s Woodhull Medical Center, the Lincoln Art Exchange hopes to narrow the gap between the insured and the uninsured in the Bronx’s artistic...

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Burying a Romance? Bring Extra Caskets

Jin Moon (left) and Cathryn Harding (right) spoke about breakups, but with a twist. “Before I experienced my second adolescence in New York City, I grew up a lost child,” Jin Moon said to the packed room. The audience in the tiny, cramped, but well-lit basement of the WORD bookstore in Greenpoint, Brooklyn listened in...

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At Life’s End [Video]

All pet owners know that saying good-bye to a beloved animal companion is a painful and difficult process. The Hope Veterinary Clinic in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn helps local and out-of-borough residents come to terms with their loss through hospice care and on-site counseling. Produced by Michael V’inkin Lee and Rebecca Ellis