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Red Shoe Diaries Creator Zalman King Dies
nymag.com Vulture
Feb 03THR is reporting that Zalman King, director of Red Shoe Diaries and Wild Orchid, has passed away at age 69. Around twenty years ago, King (who also produced 9 1/2 Weeks and the Showtime version of Red Shoe Diaries) was something of a mogul when it came... »
Bloomberg, Boston Mayor Make Friendly Bet On Super Bowl
WCBSTV Local Business
Jan 30If the Giants win, one New York City family will be chosen to get a super tour of Boston. »
Rise & Shine: Elite schools told to admit more disabled students
GothamSchools
Jan 30Chancellor Dennis Walcott has told selective schools to take more students with disabilities. (Daily News) A report by Public Advocate Bill de Blasio outlines problems with the city’s vocational schools. (WSJ) The percentage of freshmen at CUNY’s commu... »
The best places to chow down outside of Chinatown
GO Brooklyn
Jan 28See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Juliet Lindermanfor The Brooklyn Paper When we asked our friends and sources where to find good Chinese restaurants outside of Brooklyn’s Chinatowns in Sunset Park, Bensonhurst, and Sheepshead Bay, the response wa... »
DINING: The best places to chow down outside of Chinatown
The Brooklyn Paper
Jan 28See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Juliet Lindermanfor The Brooklyn Paper When we asked our friends and sources where to find good Chinese restaurants outside of Brooklyn’s Chinatowns in Sunset Park, Bensonhurst, and Sheepshead Bay, the response wa... »
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Plenty of Reasons Not To Be Quiet in the Library: Events at All the Branches
A Child Grows in Brooklyn
Feb 01We love the Brooklyn Public Library with all it’s free activities and educational events- not to mention their popular storytime. Forget being quiet at the library- this weekend lions will appear and next weekend: musicians and dancers! This February, ... »
How Do We Stop Hate? A Writer Muses On Sheepshead’s Local White Supremacist
Sheepshead Bites
Jan 31What would you do if you encountered a white supremacist in Sheepshead Bay? Would you walk away? Would you pick a fight? Or would you try to engage him and change his mind? WNET MetroFocus reporter Daniel T. Allen apparently isn’t the kind of man to st... »
A New Twist On The Mayoral Super Bowl Bet Tradition
Capital Tonight
Jan 30Boston Mayor Tom Menino and NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg have announced their friendly wager on the upcoming Patriots vs. Giants Superbowl, and they’ve added a new twist to this long-standing tradition. Usually, the executives of a team’s home city and sta... »
Sheepshead Bay H.S. Teacher Resigns After Allegedly Asking Student About Anal Sex
Sheepshead Bites
Jan 30Sheepshead Bay High School (3000 Avenue X) teacher Bart Ocuto resigned in September after complaints were filed of inappropriate and distasteful conversations with several female students, including an alleged incident in which he cornered one girl and... »
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