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Week in Film: STP Freak-Outs Plague the Hippies; an Xmas Demon Stalks ‘Non-Believers’
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Friday Dec. 18 and Saturday Dec. 19, midnight at Nitehawk: $11
Everyone knows the only sufferable holiday films are Xmas-themed horror movies. This 1984 genre classic Silent Night, Deadly Night tells the story of a young boy who witnesses the murder of his parents at the hands of a psychopath dressed as Santa. Traumatized by his exposure to such unspeakable violence, the boy grows into a truly screwed-up young man whose thirst for blood knows no bounds. Oh, and of course he feels the need to don a Santa outfit during his mayhem sprees.
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B+B Exclusive:The Bedford Stop Simply SantaCan’t
What’s the holiday season without The Bedford Stop? It’s hard to imagine how we’d get through this consumerist feeding frenzy without the girls’ mantra: “hashtag credit card debt, hashtag fuck it, hashtag YOLO!” Well, thankfully we don’t have to face such an awful scenario because the painfully realest show in all of Brooklyn is back with another new clip wherein the girls celebrate the holidays. Will they drink the SantaCon revelers under the table? Will their ugly sweater party plans be thwarted by this unseasonable season? Are you biting your nails yet? We thought so.
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New LES Digs for David Chang; Applicants Overwhelm Bushwick Housing Lottery
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In Bushwick, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development announced that 180K people applied for a lottery to live in 14 units of affordable housing. [DNA Info]
Chef David Chang signed a decade-long lease on the ground floor  at 196 Stanton Street, which will be the newest kitchen for his food delivery app, Maple. [Commercial Observer] Clinton Street between Grand Street and East Broadway will be the site of a new mid-block crosswalk and traffic signal this spring. [Bowery Boogie] More →
LES Rape and Robbery; B&H Dairy Now Delivers
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NuHart Building Co-Owner on the Superfund Rave: "I Panicked"
The NuHart Plastics Building (Photo: Nicole Disser)
The building of interest, 280 Franklin Street (aka the NuHart Plastics building) is a Superfund site that was recently bought by a group of developers (DuPont Street Developers, LLC) hoping to turn it into a residential and retail site. Things got pretty, pretty weird at the meeting– to the point that Michael Roux, a geologist hired by the developers as an environmental consultant, fielded most of the questions about why on earth nearly 5,000 ravers were almost allowed to party on a Superfund site. At one point he slipped up, referring to the former plastics factory as a “venue.” The audience erupted back. “It’s not a venue!” one neighbor shouted. “It’s a toxic waste site!”
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Missing Woman in Williamsburg; "Bushwick" Typeface Takes Shape
Williamsburg resident Elizabeth Clarke, 45, has been reported missing from her Graham Avenue home. [CBS NY]
Near Tompkins Square Park, asbestos is currently being removed from Peter Brant’s soon-to-be gallery. [EV Grieve]
Developer Joel Goldman picked up the second portion of the former Rheingold Brewery site. [City Limits]
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Know Wolf Eyes From Lazyeyes Lest You Get Stink Eye
Bands Apart is a new weekly column wherein we outline the sometimes vast differences between bands with not-so-different names. Soak up this super important knowledge and we guarantee you’ll impress your friends, bore your mother, and alienate your dog. Up this week: Lazyeyes versus Wolf Eyes.
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Puppies N’ Pints! Brooklyn Brewery Went to the Dogs Last Night
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Week in Film: Embrace This Festival Madness and Ye Will Be Rewarded
Is it just me or are there actual butt loads of film festivals taking place all over our dear city. Happening right now in Gowanus is the Motorcycle Film Fest and last week we were graced with a Coney Island Film Festival. Well, I hope you’re not totally infested just yet because there’s even more fests and marathon of shorts coming down the pipeline, and they’re getting closer to us than ever.
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