Before the Sketchbook Project heads out on tour this summer to share their awesome handmade art journals in cities around the country, the Brooklyn Art Library (the project’s home, 28 […]
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FREE Movies In McCarren — Lineup Announced!
SummerScreen, presented by Northside Media (Northside Festival), has revealed its movie lineup for the summer! Brooklyn’s favorite free film and concert series will return this summer to McCarren Park for […]
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Local Filmmaker’s “Incall” Returns to Film Noir Cinema June 21!
Would Northern Brooklyn be complete without its own film noir jewel box theater? Film Noir Cinema, located at 122 Meserole Avenue, is a hidden gem in Greenpoint that will soon […]
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Sadi Tekin Discusses Creating Tattoos, Illustrations, and Art in and around the Neighborhood
“Welcome to the magical world of Sadi Tekin,” the artist’s website proclaims. And magical it is — local artist and illustrator Sadi Tekin is a known for his enchanting and […]
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Field Day Friday + Botanical Printmaking at Kingsland Wildflowers this Friday! (6/15)
Field Day Friday at Kingsland Wildflowers Kingsland Wildflowers | 520 Kingsland Ave Friday, June 15 | 4pm-7pm Join Kingsland Wildflowers this Friday, June 15, at 4pm for their Field Day Friday (every 3rd Friday of the month) […]
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Let it Fly: Freak Flag Fest Comes to the Brooklyn Kitchen This Weekend (6/15-17)
Mind-boggling puppet monster movies made on smart phones, an experimental music/tawdry sorcery project, a bloodthirsty feminist cult, fermented foods inspired by Tennessee commune cultures, a living a living VHS museum, underground rock […]
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Weekly Art Roundup June 11–18: Laurie Simmons, A/D/O, Areté Shows, and More!
 A hodgepodge of artistic events are on display this week, neighbors — Laurie Simmons comes to Nitehawk, DJ Spooky returns to his home borough, and more art delights and invades […]
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Melt Faces, Blow Minds, Bring Magic at Brokelyn’s Brokester Friendly Northside Festival Showcase Tomorrow (Sat, 6/9)
 This year’s Northside Festival is in full swing and we are super excited to join Brokelyn tomorrow (Saturday, June 9th) at the Knitting Factory (361 Metropolitan Ave) for a dope lineup […]
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New Sculpture in McGolrick Park Unearths Greenpoint’s Roots
Revel in this, Greenpointers: the first new sculpture McGolrick Park has seen in decades will be unveiled on Saturday. Ziemia: Our Stories Are Written in Soil is a public art […]
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Thursday Spotlight: Tony Wolf’s “Greenpoint of View” Reexamines and Celebrates Neighborhood
History books should be written as comics. In his 20+ years in Greenpoint, illustrator Tony Wolf witnessed a multitude of changes in the neighborhood, whimsically capturing the effects of gentrification […]