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UPDATED: Your guide to celebrating Halloween in Brooklyn, 2018 edition

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There are lots of amazing ways to celebrate Halloween in Brooklyn this year. We’ve already told you about the L Train Shutdown horror house and the Ridgewood Asylum. Megan’s got a great list of Halloween events for fans of EDM. And don’t miss Videology’s closing party, a Suspira Costume party. Here are some of our other top […]

Interactive haunted house, the Ridgewood Asylum, comes to Bushwick/Ridgewood border

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It’s that time of the year, so let the scares begin. The Ridgewood Asylum opens tomorrow at  The Deep End  (1080 Wyckoff Avenue, Queens NY 11385). From Ridgewood Social: Last year, The Deep End built a 1000 square foot room into a haunted house: The Ridgewood Slaughterhouse. It was 5 rooms filled with demented characters, gore, […]

This One Goes to Eleven: Weekly metal roundup

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It’s Halloween weekend, and that means there’s more metal records and shows than you can shake a King-Size Kit Kat at. I mostly find myself wishing metal would be more off-brand than on it these days, but today I’m willing to make an exception.

Listen Bar – a new pop-up, booze-free bar in Williamsburg

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If you’re sick of pesky hangovers and love a good mocktail, this is your place! Listen Bar, a pop-up establishment, opens Wednesday in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood for a four-night run. The concept is billed as a space that features all of a bar’s traditional offerings, from the late hours to the “sassy bartenders,” but simply without […]