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- Thirty-year-old West Village spot Empire Szechuan is closing due to a rent hike.
- Shake Shack reportedly has its eye on a Williamsburg location.
- Case number 4,205 on rich people being insane.
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- The commentary in the Criterion Collection of Moonrise Kingdom is appropriately absurd.
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- Low income students are taking a trip to Broadway's hit Hamilton to learn about Alexander Hamilton's life.
- And finally, this capybara's more of a lover than a fighter:

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