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Little Poland Just Like Dublin: Happy St. Patrick’s Day From Apollo St!


Here is an excerpt from an interesting article  in Voices of NY about an Irishman who admires the Polish community in Greenpoint:

“…living among Poles reminds McDonagh of Ireland.

Greenpoint, similar to pre-boom inner-city Dublin, is littered with old factories, warehouse buildings and loft-spaces primed to be re-envisioned by architects and city-planners … In 2011, the Polish in Ireland superseded the British as the largest non-national community in the state. They are now part of the genetic landscape back home. 

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Mulchfest: Annual Tree Abandonment & Slaughter – This Weekend! (1/12 & 13) – VIDEO!

Don’t trash your tree, abandon it at McCarren Park, where it will be slaughtered in a chipper in the spirit of Christmas!

Mulchfest takes place Sat. & Sun. January 12-13th from 10am-2pm, in McCarren Park (Driggs Ave & Lorimer St) where they will chip your tree and give you a free bag of mulch!

Or you can drop if off from Wed. 1/19 – Sun. 1/13 at McGolrick Park (Driggs Ave & Monitor St) or McCarren Park (Driggs Ave & Lorimer St)

Even easier, just abandon your tree curbside for sanitation to pick-up anytime until Sat. 1/12 to be chipped and mulched.

Watch our short video below for a great way to get your tree out the door window without making a huge mess!

Why mulch? According to the city, “all of the trees will be chipped into mulch that will be used as ground cover to nourish plantings across the City.”

Remember: remove tree stands, tinsel, lights, and ornaments from trees before dropping them off or placing them out for collection. DO NOT PLACE TREES IN PLASTIC BAGS. 

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Prohibition Yeah Right, Lingerie Party, Popping Pop-Ups, Affordable Art, Holiday Market Mania: What’s Happening Greenpoint? 12/5-12/9

There is so much art and pop-ups to do this weekend! For a full list of Brooklyn Holiday Market, click here.

There are more events in our weekly calendar. Submit Greenpoint events, too!

WEDNESDAY 12/5

• Repeal Anniversary Party @ Huckleberry Bar (588 Grand St) 4pm, celebrate the anniversary of The end of Prohibition with $4 beers and $8 cocktails.
• Big Terrific Comedy Sandy Benefit @ Cameo Gallery (93 N. 6th St.) 8pm, $10, Max Silvestri / Gabe Liedman / Hannibal Buress / John Mulaney / Bob Powers / Brent Sullivan, RSVP

THURSDAY 12/6

* Oral History & Public Health: The Newtown Creek Community Health and Harms Narrative @ Columbia Law School (701 Case Lounge, 7th Fl) 6-8pm, oral historian Suzanne Snider discusses the use of community-based oral history to politicize victims of environmental injustice and to establish a collaborative public health report and map, based on the testimony of long-term residents in Greenpoint and East Williamsburg and Maspeth., More info
* Private Vintage/Lingerie Sale @ (303 Kingsland Ave #3R) 6-10pm, after work private sale featuring White Dove Vintage apparel and accessories, NaïS Lingerie and wine, RSVP
• KRRB Home for the Holidays Housewarming Party @ Area 17 (99 Richardson St, 2nd Fl) 7-9pm, KRRB is building a cozy apartment in their HQ and everything is for sale. Find jewelry, furniture, home decor, of both vintage and handmade, plus cider and eggnog, RSVP Congeneric @ Brouwerij Lane (78 Greenpoint Ave) Opening Reception, 7-10pm, Artwork by TFUK (Francis Christie), Proceeds donated to Rockaway Renegades for Sandy Relief
Wood Sculptures by Merijn Hos @ Beginnings (110 Meserole Ave) 7-10pm, Enter a lively forest of shapes and colors, enjoy a feast of immersive sculpture and three-dimensional charm, More info
Sarah Neufeld, Lone Wolf, Colin Stetson, Holly Miranda @ Zebulon (258 Wythe Ave) 9pm, Free

FRIDAY 12/7

Postcards to North Brooklyn @ Arts@Renaissance (2 Kingsland Ave) a group art show to benefit St. Nicks Alliance’s, Over 100 artists have donated their vision of North Brooklyn through 4 × 6” postcards created especially for the event, More info
Holiday Show @ Clay Space 1205 (1205 Manhattan Ave. Ste 2-4-1), 5-9pm, Ceramic art show, RSVP
Calicornucopia @ Calico (67 West St #206) 7-10pm, an evening of wintry festivity close to 100 pieces of artwork by artists from Brooklyn and beyond, all priced at $300 or less, RSVP
Booklyn Bookshop Pop-up Exhibition @ Booklyn (37 Greenpoint Ave, 4th Fl) 7-10pm, celebrating a weekend long pop-up to celebrate the holiday season and the launch of their new online store.
Year Two: Postcard Exhibition, BDay & Raffle Fundraiser @ Fowler (67 West St, #216) 7-10pm, Artists from all over have sent postcard-sized works that are $80 and under, Globular Cluster performs, local raffle, RSVP
• HO HO HO & Mistletoe: Holiday Party with Self-Portrait Project @ Old Hollywood (99 Franklin St) 8-11pm, Andy Lin’s Self Portrait Project will have an Old Hollywood makeover so come dressed to impress and get your holiday photos made, RSVP
Gary War / Purple Pilgrims / PC Worship / Alan Watts @ Death By Audio (49 So. 2nd St) 8pm, $7

SATURDAY 12/8
• Greenpointers Holiday Market @ From The Source (69 West St) noon-6pm, do all your local gift shopping, over 40 designers, makers and artists, DIY gift wrap, photo booth and refreshments, RSVP
• ManufactureNY X Love Us Holiday Pop-Up @ The End (13 Greenpoint Ave) noon-6pm, everything is 100% Made in the USA by local designers, RSVP
• NYC Beard & Moustache Competition @ Warsaw (261 Drigg Ave) 6:30pm, $15, Compete for best in 13 categories, like “styled mustache,” and “women’s most realistic.” Bands, belly dancers, raffle, drink specials and pierogies. Proceeds donated to local NYC MS Society chapter, Buy Tix

SUNDAY 12/9
• Photos with Santa to benefit Badass Brooklyn Animal Rescue @ My Two Dogs Inc. (434 Manhattan Ave) 10:30am-3:30pm, $6/picture donation, raffles and prizes! Santa is back- bring your dog, your kids, the whole family and have your picture taken with Santa for a good cause, photos will be emailed.
Holiday Art Auction @ (240 Broadway #303) 4-8pm, artists auction their work, silently, bids start as low as $30 bucks, all profit goes directly to the artist, Brooklyn Brewery beer!

* Greenpointers’ Pick
♫ Music
♥ SANDY BENEFIT
♦ Art Event

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Keep it Local Greenpoint : Greenpointers Holiday Market (12/8)

Greenpointers Annual Holiday Market is this Saturday, December 8th at From The Source (69 West Street) from noon-6pm!

There are so many wonderful local artisans, designers and creators – all under one roof! Check out the roaster below and click on a vendor to find out more!

PLUS
· Free Greenpointers Tote for the first 20 shoppers!
· Holiday Photobooth (manned by Rocco, Jen’s crazy Sicilian dad!)
· DIY gift wrapping station
· Bar with festive holiday drinks!

See ya on Saturday – keep it local Greenpoint!

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2nd Annual Greenpointers Holiday Market (12/8) @ From The Source

Greenpointers is excited to announce our 2nd Annual Holiday Market on December 8, 2012 from noon-6pm at From The Source (69 West St). 

We are passionate about local shopping especially during the holidays and excited to bring together over 30 Brooklyn vendors with unique handmade items so you can keep it local this holiday!

Facebook RSVP

Below is a sneak peak of some of the awesome vendors! And stay tuned because Krrb.com will be putting together a full online preview of all the vendors!

Greenpoint Trading Company

Domestic Construction

Hecho en Brooklyn 

Artswilde

Eagle Street Rooftop Farmers

Kordal

Clean Wash Letter Press

I’m So Brooklyn Apparel

O Live Brooklyn

Lolla James

Couch Sleepers Association of North America

Miss Havisham Vintage

Cinnamon Girl Granola

harMonica Design

HideNY

Little Scappy Aprons

Right Tasty LLC

Susan Marie 

Grayskyes

Mike’s Hot Honey

Simple Soap

Cat Gilbert

Closet Quilts

Manor House Soaps

Tom Wilk  Wilk Apiary

Long Play Coasters

Smithereenes

Wendy Fung Calligraphy

Min Choi

Creatively Crocheting

Stainless Stories

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What’s Happening? (July 4th Edition)

WEDNESDAY 7/4
♫  Sounds of Jamaica @ Secret Project Robot (389 Melrose St) 3-9pm, $4, all vinyl musical selections by Queen Majesty, Grace of Spades and Sweet V, RSVP
♫  SummerJam @ Shea Stadium (20 Meadow St) 4:20pm, $10 Afu Ra/Shea Stadium All Stars/Dope Body/Roomrunner/ Fuck Ton/Alan Watts/Ami Dang/Eleven Swords,
♫  Gunfight/Family Photos/Free Advice/Spirit Family Reunion Playing All Credence Clearwater Revival Set @ Alaska (35 Ingraham St) $5, FREE

Artwork: Elissa Levy

THURSDAY 7/5
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Giglio Feast Begins – Thru July 16, 2012 (275 N 8th St)

FRIDAY 7/6
♦ Cut-Up @ Storefront Bushwick (16 Wilson Ave) 6-9pm, “Cut Up” features 11 artists who shred, chop, clip, paste, and reconfigure a variety of materials to make collages, sculptures, and paintings, RSVP
♦ Modus Vivendi @ The Boiler (191 North 14th Street) 6-9pm, Nina Katchadourian, David Kramer, Jude Tallichet More info
• Raise the Roof! Farm In The Sky @ Brooklyn Fireproof (119 Ingraham St) 7pm, DIY Rooftop Farming Workshop, Drink Specials, Food, Live Music, RSVP
♫  Northern Spy Festival w/ Colin L. Orchestra/Bird Names/Guardian Alien/K Salvatore @ Death By Audio (49 S 2nd St) $7, 8pm, All Ages, Country

SATURDAY 7/7
• Intensati in the Park @ McCarren Park, 10am, a new workout method that combines “high-energy aerobics, martial arts, yoga and strength conditioning,” along with “spoken affirmations.” Email Evangelias411 (AT) hotmail.com
♫  Lemuria/The Wild/Kudrow @ Europa (98 Meserole Ave) 6pm, $8, All ages, Pop-Punk

* Greenpointers’ Pick
♫ Music
♥ Pheremones Likely
♦ Art Event

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Ay Papi: Kill ‘Em With Kielbasa

This is my Dad, Rocco. Yes, he is giving you the finger over grilled spiral sausage and hot dogs. I learned not to be embarrassed after he came to every high school basketball game and was my own personal Sicilian cursing cheerleader. I love my Dad more than anything in the world! He gave me his stomach. (That’s a weird Sicilian phrase that doesn’t translate well, but means I am a good eater.) And it’s because of him that I am a photographer and an unapologetically inappropriate curser and middle finger giver.

For father’s day, what do I get for the man who says, “I got my dog, what else do I need?”

In this fine town, there are a lot of great gifts, but edible gifts are the best, and the first and easiest thing that comes to mind in Greenpoint is Kielbasa! Right down the road on Nassau is Steve’s Meat Market (104 Nassau Ave). If you’re on the “other side” check out Kizka Meat Market (915 Manhattan Ave). I hear they have a mean Babka, too. Continue reading

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What’s Happening? (5/23-5/28)

WEDNESDAY 5/23
* Is Greenpoint Safe? – Public Discussion @ Anella backyard (222 Franklin St) 7-8:30pm, 40% of NYC’s garbage is sent to North Brooklyn. Newtown Creek is a designated Superfund site. Greenpoint is home to one of the largest underground oil spill in the continental U.S., and the Meeker Ave contaminant plumes release hazardous vapors into residences, drink specials, Q&A focused on making the neighborhood a safer place to live, RSVP
♦ Energy Erupting @ Yes Gallery (147 India St) Opening Reception 6-10pm, works by Charles Hecht
♦ We Are All Anonymous @ Triple Canopy (155 Freeman St) 7pm, $5, Gabriella Coleman, David Auerbach, and James Grimmelmann discuss the culture and politics of anonymity online, More info

THURSDAY 5/24
• Newtown Creek Public Health Assessment Meeting @ Warsaw (261 Driggs Ave) 7-9pm, NYSDOH & ATSDR will present the Newtown Creek public health assessment, More info
♫ Elliot and The Ghost/The Wicked Tomorrow/The Dead Roses @ Union Pool (484 Union Ave) 9pm, RSVP
♫ Brooklyn Bass presents Nooke Jones @ Kinfolk Studios (90 Wythe Ave) 10pm, Nooka Jones of Percussion Lab will be laying down the deepest of house and the lowest of bass music, RSVP

FRIDAY 5/25
♦ 3rd Annual Brooklyn Bridge Birthday Celebration @ Brooklyn Tattoo/Urban Folk Art Gallery (101 Smith St) 7-11pm, A Brooklyn Bridge themed group artshow. Artists of varying mediums and background converge to honor the Brooklyn Bridge. Graffiti artists, illustrators, photographers, comic makers, painters, printmakers and on and on.
♫ The So So Glos / Lost Boy / Life Size Maps / Big Ups @ 285 Kent, 8pm, All Ages, $10, RSVP

SATURDAY 5/26
♫ Black Dice/Extreme Animals/Call of the Wild @ Secret Project Robot (389 Melrose St, Bushwick) 3-8pm, Outdoor yard party and show with watermelon drinks and BBQ, RSVP
♦ Weather Eye @ Fowler Arts (67 West St, #216) 6-9pm, a collaborative exhibition of paintings and poetry by brothers, James Vanderberg, a Brooklyn based artist, and Peter Vanderberg, a poet from Long Island, More info
♫ Country And Blues Night @ Pete’s Candy Store (709 Lorimer St) 8pm, Tito Deler (Harlem) / Hick’ry Hawkins & The Panty Sniffers / Los Bastardos Magnificos (Miami, FL) / Brownbird Rudy Relic

SUNDAY 5/27
♫ Allison Weiss/Conversations with Enemies/Automotive High School @ Death By Audio (49 S. 2nd St) 8pm, All Ages, $7, RSVP

MONDAY 5/28 
• Memorial Day – Eat a hot dog, it’s good for you!

* Greenpointers’ Pick
♫ Music
♥ Pheremones Likely
♦ Art Event

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