Last weekend’s warm spell was a tease, and though it hardly feels like spring has settled in, Earth Day is upon us. We celebrate our blue marble this Sunday, April […]
Posts by Author Archives: Billy McEntee
Billy McEntee has been fortunate to work for arts non-profits in Boston, Denver, Berkeley, and now New York. His writing has appeared in The Brooklyn Rail, Vanity Fair, American Theatre, HowlRound, Observer, and others. He's usually getting wine at Dandelion or eating cookies at Archestratus.
Art Roundup 4/19-23: Earth Day and Greenpoint Gallery Night!
Spring is here, at long last, and Earth Day is just around the corner. Art kicks into high gear this season — there’s Greenpoint Gallery Night (with a guide to the […]
Thursday Spotlight: Creating Homes for Plants with Not Work Related
Not Work Related may boast the Picasso of ceramists: Sarah Hussaini, a mainstay Brooklynite, a pottery virtuoso, and a Greenpointers market favorite. (Catch her and her ceramic wonders at our […]
Weekly Roundup April 3–7: Openings at Cleopatra’s, Lucas Lucas, and More
Is spring here yet? Debatable, but at least the snow is already clear, and galleries are opening their doors to let in fresh light, fresh sun, and fresh art. Tons […]
Weekly Roundup March 28–31: Groupmuse and Rooftops and Egg, Oh My!
If you’re gonna be a heathen this Holy Week (happy Easter and Passover to those of you do-gooders), might as well indulge in some of the artistic, culinary, and musical […]
Art Roundup 3/23-3/25: Exhibit Openings/Closings, Holy Week, and Comedy
Has spring sprung? Based on the umpteenth nor’easter we endured this week, it might not seem so — but the cold is not stopping these galleries from being in full […]
Park Church Co-Op Exhibition Highlights Female Voices this Holy Week
We all know the Twelve Apostles’ reactions to Jesus’ resurrection. From joyous celebration to Thomas the Doubter’s human skepticism, you might say their responses were the original OMG. But it […]
Peace, Love, and Dopeness in The Bushwick Starr’s New Spaceship Spectacular
“An Unidentified Flying Boombox has landed in Bushwick.” This announcement, along with a pre-show layer of purple haze, are harbingers for Brobot’s cosmic arrival. Cast out of the planet Nubian, […]
Thursday Spotlight: The Cosmopolitan Yet Hyperlocal MRToll
He might be the last cowboy in Brooklyn. Like those adventurers of yesteryear, Jamie Toll (that’s MRToll to you) wandered to a new land seeking adventure and opportunity. An immigrant […]
“Dandy Be Good” Offers Sizzling Tales in Bitter Weather
Vital Joint’s venue is tiny, but the amount of pre-show audience chitchat was enormous. Most was facilitated by a a suit-donning and larger-than-life Rhinelander (more on him later), but some […]