Your Brief Guide to This Weekend's Lit Crawl

Get drunk, talk about books, etc.

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Watch: Three Wiggly, Adorable Baby Otters Born At Prospect Park Zoo

DAWWW.

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Want to Show Your Art at the Brooklyn Museum? Just GO.

An almost absurdly open-ended open studio 'contest' of sorts could land you an exhibition in December.

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Ovenly Opens Retail Shop in Greenpoint

The creators of the Bloody Mary scone and spicy bacon caramel corn are setting up shop.

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The Saddest News: Handsome Furs Break Up

The duo have unexpectedly called the band quits.

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At Cannes: Moonrise Kingdom, Mekong Hotel, Paradise: Love

Our first dispatch from the South of France features Wes Anderson, Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Ulrich Seidl all striking out for the territory, in their own way.

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CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY Dumbo, Brooklyn

Water Street Restaurant & Lounge

DUMBO's best kept secret. Doors open around 9 p.m. and stay open til late. No cover. Come early and enjoy dinner at the Water Street Restaurant. Food Service in the UnderWater Lounge goes until midnights. There's a full bar and waitress service, banquet and couch seating. Friday night specials are $6 cosmos, DJ Andre playing Disco, 80s and Top 40s all night for your listening pleasure.

CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY Park Slope, Brooklyn

Two Boots Brooklyn

NIGHTLIFE Lower East Side, Manhattan

Nurse Bettie

Inspired by the notorious Bettie Page and pin-ups for the 1950s, Nurse Bettie is a local favorite bar nestled in the Lower East Side. With great specialty cocktails, fun music and a free burlesque show every Wednesday & Thursday night, Nurse Bettie has something for everyone. Nightly happy hour featuring $4 well cocktails/draughts all night on Sun/Mon, from 6PM-10PM on Tues/Weds and from 6PM-9PM from Thurs-Sat. Complimentary pizza provided by San Marzano Brick Oven Pizza from Monday to Friday at 6:30PM. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and foursquare for drink specials and event updates.

SHOPPING All Boroughs, All Boroughs

Girl Painters Rock

CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Carino Restaurant and Cantina

Yes, we are a taqueria. Full on! Cariño Restaurant and Cantina is proud to announce the change we were all waiting for.....a la carte tacos!17 different taco choices now grace our menu along with classic favorites like our Enchiladas Suizas and our delicious 1/2 Roasted Chicken and Arrachera. Each taco has been paired with one of our 7 salsas and/or our house pickled jalapeños with carrots or house pickled radishes and nopal (cactus paddle). We are very happy to be serving honest, well sourced Mexican food to our neighborhood and friends. Come by for Happy Hour Monday - Friday 4pm-7pm and Fridays and Saturday from 11pm-12am. Take Out and Delivery available.

CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY Bushwick, Brooklyn

Bushwick Community Darkroom

CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY Bushwick, Brooklyn

Shinobi Ramen

We are proud to serve our ramen with house made 7-hour slow cooked chicken broth. Come try our popular spicy ramen, stewed pork rib ramen, pork ban sliders, and homemade kimchee. We have also added two new summer dishes-cold whole wheat noodle ramen topped with grilled vegetable skewers in a homemade miso and soy milk sauce, and cold ramen topped with pulled chicken, cucumber and tomato in an original spicy sesame sauce. Vegan options are also available.