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THE CONEY ISLAND BOOM A RING CIRCUS Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey rolls into Brooklyn with a one-ring summer extravaganza. (Surf Ave. and W. 21st St. 800-745-3000. Through Sept. 7.) NYC MUSICAL SAW FESTIVAL The carpenter’s saw, which became a folk-music staple in the mid-nineteenth century, experienced . . . (link)

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