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Brace Yourself For The Porn Version of Girls

Virginia K. Smith — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:15:10 -0400

Now, I know what you're thinking. "There's so much sex on Girls, it's already like a porn!…

No, The Levee Isn't Closed Forever

Virginia K. Smith — Thu, 23 May 2013 10:28:49 -0400

Well, this has been sort of an emotional 12 hours or so! Last night, news started circulating that Williamsburg mainstay (and probably the first Brooklyn bar I ever went to regularly) The Levee had closed its doors, never to return.…

The 3 Best Brooklyn Dates This Week

Mike Conklin — Thu, 23 May 2013 10:22:00 -0400

If you're single and hating it, leave it to your friends at The L to help. We've teamed up with the minds behind HowAboutWe to create Brooklyn Dating, a service that will (hopefully) help change online dating and find you the Brooklynite of your dreams.…

Art Picks From Print

Paul D'Agostino — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:07:54 -0400

Matt Freedman's deviled tricks and Matthew Barney's drawing feats factor into these highlighted shows for the coming weeks. From our 5/22 issue.

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That's It, I'm Done With Facebook

Henry Stewart — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:57:00 -0400

I was talking to a social-media expert over the weekend, complaining to her that my Facebook feed had become totally worthless. She suggested it was partially my fault, because I haven't been managing it well (unfollowing but not unfriending some people, setting it to receive only important updates from others, etc.), but it's not entirely.…

More Bands Added to the Northside Festival Lineup: Chance the Rapper, A Place to Bury Strangers, Bleached, Weekend and More

admin — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:42:00 -0400

The countdown to the Northside Festival has officially begun! In less than 30 days, more than 350 bands will descend on Williamsburg and Greenpoint for four long days and even longer nights.…

Frances Ha, Friendship, Wankers, and the Oboe: Talking with Greta Gerwig and Mickey Sumner

Kristin Iversen — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:28:00 -0400

In Noah Baumbach's latest film "Frances Ha," Greta Gerwig (who co-wrote "Frances" with Baumbach) and Mickey Sumner play Frances and Sophie—the closest of close friends. It's the kind of friendship where they fall asleep watching movies in bed together, have the same fantasies of being invited to universities to receive honorary degrees, play-fight in the middle of the street with a loose and intimate physicality, and even pick up each other's phone calls without letting it go to voicemail.…

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The Best Old Movies On a Big Screen This Week

Aaron Cutler — Wed, 22 May 2013 09:00:00 -0400

Elmer Gantry (1960)
Directed by Richard Brooks
“Elmer Gantry was drunk. He was eloquently drunk, lovingly and pugnaciously drunk.” From these words, shown on a book page onscreen, the revivalist preacher played by Burt Lancaster bursts to life.…
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Dispatch from Cannes: The Movies that Left Audiences Confused

Jon Robbins — Wed, 22 May 2013 08:55:00 -0400

A Touch of Sin
Jia Zhangke channels Chan-wook Park in this film, which left some at Cannes confused. Combining elements of the South Korean revenge genre and American western with his more typical focus on the effects of urbanization and globalization on everyday Chinese citizens, it lasts an insistent two hours and 15 minutes, during which a respectable number of characters are killed and/or thoroughly humiliated.…
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Which 90's Nostalgia Tour Is Right For You?

Virginia K. Smith — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:06:00 -0400

A few months back, we talked you through your options for two different upcoming 90's nostalgia cruises, one held by Summerland ringleader Mark McGrath, and the other with just... Matchbox 20.…
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The Doors Don't Suck

Henry Stewart — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:05:00 -0400

There's no band in lower regard within hip circles these days than the Doors. They're like the anti-hipsters.…
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Interview: Greenpoint Comics Artist Lisa Hanawalt and the View From My Dirty Dumb Eyes

Jeff Klingman — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:42:00 -0400

In the comics of Greenpoint artist Lisa Hanawalt, familiar things get very odd, very fast. The award-winning artist, who's been published in The New York Times, The Believer, VICE, and Vanity Fair (to name a few) draws straight from her own dark Id, yet manages to turn subjects that could be icky into whimsical nonsense that can't help but confuse and delight.…
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Tackling the Iraq War... in Song!

Henry Stewart — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:38:00 -0400

Quagmires and the Known Knowns, a song cycle about the Iraq War by composer Marie Incontrera, has its world premiere tomorrow at Galapagos Art Space in DUMBO. The Brooklyn Art Song Society's first commission draws its text from political speeches.…
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PHOTOS: Artists Invade Fifth Avenue With Storefront Installations

Henry Stewart — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:10:00 -0400

The fourth annual Bay Ridge Storefront Art Walk, presented by the Fifth Avenue BID, kicked off on Saturday. The project connects artists with local business owners, "offering Bay Ridge residents and visitors a unique opportunity to engage with the visual arts and explore the dialogue between commerce, art and community," according to its website.…
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Sex, Love, and Brooklyn: Putting On My Big Girl Pants

Lacy Warner — Mon, 20 May 2013 09:45:00 -0400

Let me tell you a story. Once upon a time, a beautiful, smart, and funny young woman went on a blind date with an attractive, intelligent gent who also happened to be semi-humorless.…
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Game of Thrones: Tyrion and Sansa Get Married, More Bad Things Happen to a Penis

Kristin Iversen — Mon, 20 May 2013 09:30:00 -0400

What did I learn from this episode? So much, really.…
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Great GoogaMooga Canceled

Henry Stewart — Sun, 19 May 2013 12:56:00 -0400

The parks department, the Prospect Park Alliance, and the organizers of the Great GoogaMooga, the music and local food festival that's been going on in Prospect Park all weekend, decided earlier to cancel the festivities today, the last day of the festival, citing the poor weather and potential for damage to the park because of how soggy it was out there. People who paid for VIP passes will have the cost refunded; the rest of us just won't have a thing to go to today, I guess.…
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Should You See the Star Trek Sequel?

Jesse Hassenger — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:01:00 -0400

Star Trek Into Darkness: Much of the thrill of the J.J. Abrams refresh of Star Trek in 2009 came from his non-fan willingness to mix in outside influences: the multicolored creatures and hurtling pace of Star Wars, the lens-flared post-Bay visual sheen, and the snappiness of funny/serious TV ensembles like Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It wasn't quite as cerebral as the Trek of the past, but you could forgive the filmmakers their excitement at getting to play with factory-fresh models of Kirk, Spock, Bones, and all the rest—and doing so with a bit more bounce and swagger than the previous, older cast configurations would allow.…
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The "Smallest Penis In Brooklyn" Pageant Is Now A Thing

Virginia K. Smith — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:04:00 -0400

Sure, why not. Well, "why" is also a pretty valid question, but regardless, this is happening.…
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RIP to the Best Used Bookstore in Brooklyn

Henry Stewart — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:49:00 -0400

A few years ago, a girlfriend and I moved into a Park Slope apartment together and were so serious we combined our books, which led to quite a few redundancies. What to do with these duplicate copies of Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Hitchock/Truffaut, and others?…
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Titus Andronicus Desecrated Confederate Flags on Stage in Georgia

Henry Stewart — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:50:00 -0400

Apparently confusing The Monitor's Civil War references with a sympathy for the rebel states, a fan brought Confederate flags to a Titus Andronicus show in Athens, Georgia, on Wednesday and proceeded to hand them out to the crowd during the band's performance of "A More Perfect Union." It made frontman Patrick Stickles "made enuff 2 kill," he posted to Twitter, adding, "These flags ended up in my mouth, on fire, and on my sweaty asshole."…
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RSVP to the Third Literary Upstart Reading!

admin — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:16:00 -0400

You are cordially invited to the third semi-final reading of Literary Upstart: The Search for Pocket Fiction, The L Magazine's annual competitive reading series in which the city's finest unknown writers read and compete for an enormous novelty check worth $250 and publication in our Summer Fiction Issue.

We've changed locations!…
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The 10 Worst Pick-Up Moves of All Time: Political Edition

Kristin Iversen — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:37:00 -0400

So, there I was today, minding my own business, getting coffee while on my way to work, when I was basically assaulted by the cover of today's Daily News, which featured a picture of disgraced politician Vito Lopez and the headline "Feel My Tumor." Which, what?…
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6 Annoying Things You Should Never Do at a Theater

Henry Stewart — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:39:00 -0400

When I saw Golden Boy on Broadway last year as press I was so moved that I went and bought myself a ticket to see it again before it closed. I especially wanted to see a particularly affecting moment near the end, in which the main character is in tears, slumped on the floor, his lover draped around him weeping, and he assesses how his entire life has been a failure.…
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The Northside Festival Needs Volunteers!

admin — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:56:00 -0400

The Northside Festival is quickly approaching (mark your calendars for June 13-20) and early bird badges are totally sold out. Bummer!…
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