Mondo.NYC returns to New York City October 2-5 with a new Brooklyn home. The global emerging music and frontier technology conference moves to North Brooklyn — the daytime conference HQ […]
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.
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Tantalizing Exhibit SKINS Opens on Friday
Nudity is a theme no stranger to the artist. As Greenpoint Terminal Gallery states, “The nude is our most essentialized form. It is us at our most vulnerable, without emblematic […]
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Thursday Spotlight: Christopher Carr Continues to Foster Community through Brooklyn Wildlife Summer Festival
The Brooklyn Wildlife Summer Festival is accepting of multiple art forms, diverse creators, and unique storytellers, but it has a few things it does not tolerate: hate speech, promotion of senseless […]
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Don’t be a drag, just be a queen: BUSHWIG returns!
This year the kiki is bigger and better than ever. BUSHWIG, the world’s largest drag and queer music festival, returns for its 7th annual event at The Knockdown Center (52-19 […]
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Choose the Final Summerscreen Flick and Enjoy Kombrewcha at Wednesday’s Screening!
You know summer’s wrapping up when there’s just one Summerscreen flick left. This Wednesday, the free series presented by Northside Media Group rounds out the summer with a movie chosen […]
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New Greenpoint Magic Show is Utterly Spellbinding
Skeptics, leave your doubts at the door — Siegfried Tieber is casting a spell on Greenpoint. Yes, he’s an entertainer named Siegfried. No, he’s not that Siegfried. “My father was born and […]
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LA Band Tiny Stills Comes to Gold Sounds August 29
Power pop band Tiny Stills is taking their sophomore album Laughing Into the Void on the road! The band comes to Gold Sounds (44 Wilson Ave) on August 29. Tickets cost $10 and […]
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Selamat Pagi’s Summer Menu Now Offers Van Leeuwen’s Ice Cream Sundaes
If there’s not enough heat in your summer, stop by Selamat Pagi to further spice it up. Right off idyllic McGolrick Park at 152 Driggs Avenue, Seamat Pagi is one […]
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Nitehawk and Tribeca Film Festival Announce Joint Summer Series
Missed Tribeca, or didn’t want to schlep into Manhattan? Don’t fret! For a fifth year, cinephile hotspot Nitehawk is teaming up with Tribeca to present a selection of films from […]
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Tibetan Monks Come to Greenpoint To Offer Free Sacred Art Tour and Construct Sand Mandala
Sacred Arts Research Foundation and Golden Drum will be hosting the Drepung Gomang monks July 31–August 5 for a week of events open to the public. The main event will be the […]