There is absolutely nothing wrong with a nostalgia-soaked night of music, and on Wednesday night at Warsaw (261 Driggs Ave.), Saves the Day was exactly that. But although it pains […]
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Tired of All the Bad News? Triskelion Arts Has a Solution
What do we do when bad news seems incessant and escape feels impossible? Turn to art. Triskelion Arts (106 Calyer Street) is pleased to present BodyStories’ “reeling -> healing,” an exploration of feelings […]
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Mae West’s Gay Drama That Shocked 1920s America
Mae West was much more than a local-born movie star or even a sex symbol. She was a playwright, a woman decades ahead of her time in dramatizing questions of […]
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Trap Thanksgiving, Storefront and Desert Hearts Takeover — What’s Happening, Greenpoint (11/14-11-20)
WEDNESDAY 11/14 ^ A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | 75th Anniversary Party @ Leonard Library (81 Devoe St.), 5pm, FREE, Special guests Amy Lyons, artist of the HarperCollins 75th Anniversary […]
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Renowned Polish Artist Joanna Sarapata’s Greenpoint Show
Greenpointers will have the chance to see the work of the celebrated Polish artist Joanna Sarapata this Friday, Nov. 16, at 7:00 p.m. at Klub Amber (71 India St.). Sarapata’s creations […]
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Thursday Spotlight: Donaldo Prescod on his Films, Brooklyn, and Making an “Entertaining Social Thriller”
Filmmaker Donaldo Prescod represents the heart of a Brooklyn artists’ work ethic: scrappy with refined taste, industrious with a collaborative attitude. His Bushwick Film Festival-celebrated thriller Black People Are Dangerous brought him […]
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French Pop Duo YELLE Comes to Elsewhere Nov 8–11!
Get ready to scream, Greenpointers: French pop duo YELLE have revealed their new single “OMG!!!” here and they’ve also announced a string of North American tour dates — including three nights at Elsewhere‘s Zone One (599 Johnson Avenue) […]
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Obie Award Winner David Greenspan Returns To The Bushwick Starr
The time it may take you to get to The Bushwick Starr may last longer than its current production, but any trip to this experimental Brooklyn venue is worth the […]
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Gregory Alan Isakov Comes to Warsaw Nov 15!
It’s hard to pick a favorite Gregory Alan Isakov lyric — as poet of the earth and singer of the wind, Isakov’s gorgeous, sweeping lyrics haunt and sooth, seduce and […]
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North Brooklyn’s ‘Splendid Legacy’ in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Few people realize that many of the greatest pieces of art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s amazing collection were purchased with sugar money that was made right here […]