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Ona Abelis is a poet & journalist in Brooklyn.

Your Guide for Special Events This Weekend (6/8-6/9) for Greenpoint Open Studios!

by Ona A June 3, 2019June 5, 2019

Back for its sixth year and stronger than ever, Greenpoint Open Studios will bring the neighborhood an art-filled weekend this Saturday and Sunday (June 8th & 9th) with more than […]

COUNTDOWN: One Week Until Greenpoint Open Studios (Sat 6/8-Sun 6/9)

by Ona A May 31, 2019June 5, 2019

Get ready because in just one week Greenpoint Open Studios (GOS) is returning to the neighborhood June 8th – 9th with more than 350 local artists opening up their studios […]

A Labor of Love: Kim Masson Debuts Her Novel at WORD Tonight (08/03)

by Ona A August 3, 2016August 3, 2016

“Online dating can work,” insists Kelly Brixi, heroine of Kim Masson’s debut novel, Craig’s List Chronicles: byte-size tales. “I know a girl who met her husband that way. When they […]

The Best Haircuts? At Freddy Vazquez’s ‘Fade 2 Famous’ Barbershop

by Ona A October 30, 2015October 29, 2015

“I was born here, and I’ve lived here all my life,” explains Freddy Vazquez, the owner of Fade 2 Famous barbershop in Greenpoint, “and I just made twenty years cutting […]

Show Off Your Writing Chops at -The Prose Bowl- Open Mic (08/18)

by Ona A August 17, 2015August 15, 2015

It’s time to dust off your moleskine notebooks! There’s a new open mic series for fiction writers—The Prose Bowl—starting this Tuesday, August 18 at Pete’s Candy Store, and it’s going […]

‘Greenpoint: The Transition’ Is Your Little Slice of Polish Culture

by Ona A August 10, 2015August 10, 2015

Sure, you may have been a regular at Lomzynianka before they closed inexplicably “for renovations” a few months ago. And, sure, you’re always at Cafe Riviera in the mornings for […]

Working From Home? Check Out These Greenpoint Cafes

by Ona A August 4, 2015August 3, 2015

Our little neighborhood is home to a lot of cafes—from your quick go-to spot (that’s you, Cup) to your second-home-away-from home (thank you, Cafe Grumpy) to everything in between. If […]

Open Call at ROOT Studios for #WORKinPROGRESS

by Ona A July 30, 2015July 30, 2015

**August 5, 2015 deadline** “Because it’s summer and everyone is thinking about vacation,” writes Mickey Boardman, editorial director of Paper Magazine, what better time than the present to guest curate […]

Olek Crochets the Jan Karski Bench at the Polish Consulate

by Ona A July 25, 2015July 25, 2015

Polish crochet artist Olek—known for dressing the iconic Charging Bull of Wall Street and ‘yarn bombing’ everything from the Cube in Astor Place to a locomotive in Łódź to a […]

Eight Greenpoint Artists Working Their Magic with Ceramics

by Ona A July 24, 2015July 24, 2015

Humans have been making pottery objects for at least 27,000 thousand years—let that sink in for a moment—and the earliest ceramics were either made simply from clay or from a […]

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