Propeller Coffee (984 Manhattan Ave) is among the wonderful coffee shop lineage on Manhattan avenue. Its progenitor, Clare Spikerman gave birth to it with specific intention, an homage to the […]
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Indie Film Needs Your Song
Bingo Night, currently in post-production, is an indie film about a retiree who, on the brink of eviction, devises a plan to rob her local bingo hall (and recruits her […]
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Lorde Rocks Warsaw After Claiming #1 Spot On Charts
If you’re 16-year-old New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde (real name: Ella Yelich-O’Connor), you’re having the best week ever. After playing two sold-out shows at Webster Hall Monday and Tuesday Lorde hopped […]
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Check Out My Body Of Work – “Throwback Thursday” at Calico
Written by Martin Esteves What pictures would you pick of yourself for a “now and then” slideshow? Would the choices accurately depict progression or would they represent a cultivated presentation […]
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10.03.13 Mixtape // Wharfer
Folk superman Kyle Wall AKA Wharfer crafts some of the most elegant, haunting acoustic-orgasmic tunes. Today he shares some powerful numbers with his neighbors. Ready for some front porch jams […]
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Music: Kendrick Lamar at Williamsburg Park
Last Tuesday night Kendrick Lamar took the stage at Brooklyn outdoor venue, Williamsburg Park following opening performances by Brooklyn rapper Bishop Nehru and fellow Black Hippy crew members Jay Rock […]
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Q – “Why Do You Love Living In Greenpoint?” A – “Polish Girls” Interview with Time Travelers
Time Travelers are a four piece band based in Greenpoint made up of Edward Sturtevant on lead vocals and guitar, Andrew Wilcox on bass and backing vocals, Alex Koster on […]
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Local Filmmakers screen tomorrow at the Greenpoint Film Festival
Though filmed in the wilds of New Hampshire, Amalgamated Picture Co.’s Epilogue was very much a local production. Writer/Director Dylan Allen, Producers Eddy Vallante and Rebecca Brice, Costume Designer Myra Flynn, […]
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“Greenpoint Now” Art Show Recap & Artwork!
Greenpoint Gallery Night was a huge success. On such a gorgeous September evening, the turnout was huge and the buzz in the air, all in support of local art, was […]
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Anatomy of a Sausage, Kaszanka!
“A staple of traditional Polish cuisine, Kaszanka (also called Kiszka) is a blood sausage made with a mixture of pig’s blood, buckwheat or barley, and pig offal – usually liver, […]