Author: Brooklyn Eagle
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Brooklyn Book Festival announces lineup of authors
The Brooklyn Book Festival. Photo by Jasmina Tomic The Brooklyn Book Festival and Brooklyn Literary Council recently revealed the expansive list of writers participating in this year’s Festival Day and Literary Marketplace (Sunday, September 29), Children’s Day (Saturday, September 28), and Virtual Festival Day (Sunday, September 22). The Festival additionally announced renowned cartoonist Roz Chast as…
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Brooklyn-based opera company hits the high note with locals
MARINE PARK — The Regina Opera Company recently presented approximately 300 Brooklyn residents with another one of its free, two-hour outdoor concerts, highlighting popular operatic and instrumental selections. The Marine Park concert on July 10 featured sopranos Nicole Magallón and Sabrina Palladino; mezzo-soprano Anna Viemeister; tenor Paolo Buffagni; baritone Eliam Ramos Fuentes; violinist Mikhail Parkhomovsky;…
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Jordi Fernandez seeking a medal in Paris
Nets coach Jordi Fernandez will lead Team Canada into the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Canadians will take on Greece Sunday in their opening game. AP Photo by Steve Marcus Newly hired Nets coach Jordi Fernandez keeps getting held up from assuming his full duties here in Downtown Brooklyn. But at least he’s still competing in…
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Premium ContentClimate Change Could Return Us to the Pre-Antibiotic Era
The extreme heat that recently blanketed the United States is a clear sign of climate change. But rising temperatures are fueling more than just hotter summers. Climate change is contributing to the spread of drug-resistant infections. And alarmingly, the medicines we use to fight those pathogens are losing their effectiveness. Antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, occurs…
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Two shootings, minutes apart, in Clinton Hill result in two dead, one critical
A NYPD van. Scott Roth/Invision/AP CLINTON HILL — Two men are dead and one is in critical condition after two shootings — separated by just seven minutes — took place just a block away from each other in Clinton Hill Sunday night, police said. At 10:44 p.m., police responded to a 911 call for a…
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Newly arrived migrants encounter hazards of food delivery on the streets of NYC: robbers
Sergio Solano, an immigrant from Mexico, gets ready for his next delivery, June 21, 2024, in New York. AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez Brad Song thought he was about to get his e-bike stolen a second time in a less than a month after delivering an order for Chinese food app Fantuan Delivery. Seven strangers surrounded…
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Dozens testify against development that would throw part of Brooklyn Botanic Garden into shade
BOROUGH HALL — At a three-hour ULURP hearing at Brooklyn Borough Hall on Tuesday, dozens of Brooklyn Botanic Garden supporters, volunteers and staff spoke passionately against a proposal that pits a 14-story, mostly-luxury rental tower at 970 Franklin Ave. against the beloved and internationally-recognized Garden. To be located just east of BBG in Crown Heights,…
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Pakistani-American Republicans hold interfaith dinner to educate and recruit ‘vital constituency’ in Brooklyn
KENSINGTON — To garner support among their constituents, Pakistani-American Republicans hosted an interfaith dinner on July 13 at Gourmet Sweets & Restaurant. Event organizers Qassarr Mustafa, president of the Pakistani-American Republican Society, and James William Cyprian, the group’s vice president, referred to the dinner as a night of unparalleled unity among all that attended. From…
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CENTER FOR BROOKLYN HISTORY PRESENTS: New book focusing on Amazon’s ‘Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power’ penned by WSJ reporter
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — The Center for Brooklyn History hosted a discussion on Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter and author Dana Mattioli’s new book, “The Everything War: Amazon’s Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power.” It documents Amazon’s relentless pursuit to dominate industries and reshape the global economy. Dana Mattioli’s “The Everything War:…
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Brooklyn Made Store puts the spotlight on street photography
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Art is alive and well at the Brooklyn Made Store in City Point — specifically the art of photography. Photo: Reuben Radding The newly-opened business hosted a reception on the evening of June 11 for an exhibition in their Corner Gallery entitled “They’re There.” It features six photographers who work in and…