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6.27.13  Collective Retrospective  Starting tomorrow, the Brooklyn Museum will celebrate one of the city’s most enigmatic art collectives, Bruce High Quality Foundation, with a large retrospective of the group’s work titled “Ode to Joy, 2001–2013.”  MORE  ›  Ye Olde Train Ride Coney Island is synonymous with vintage New York and now the New York Transit Museum is offering patrons an appropriately old-timey way to get there. On Saturday, the Coney Island Nostalgia Train ride will depart from the museum at 10 a.m.MORE  ›  Talking Shop  On Friday, the Center for Architecture and the New York chapter of the American Institute of Architects will mix business and pleasure with the sixth talk in their Cocktails & Conversation series.MORE  ›

SPACE OF THE WEEK Home, Sweet Home Inside boutique owner Valerie Smith’s perfectly quaint East Hampton abode. SEE MORE › This is her bedroom, with rose wallpaper from Colefax and Fowler. Valerie installed a mantel in the winterized screened-in porch. One of the guest rooms is my dream of a summer bedroom. The Best Bet Copper Watering Can Kontextür’s solid-copper watering can mimics the angularity of a vintage German moped.MORE  ›