A great Greenpoint gallery called Calico Brooklyn opened this past year and contributed 10 amazing art shows that represented over 50 local artists in our art community. It was a lot of […]
Category: Art
The Best New Brooklyn Bands That Played Northside Festival
My goal for Northside Festival was to catch many small Brooklyn-based bands with the hope of discovering some promising new ones and to get those being buzzed about some added […]
New Orleans’ Swamp Donkeys Ass-Whipping’ Live Jass at The Exley Tonight! (6/20)
In what we hope will be the first of many live, unamplified and ass-whipping music shows, The Exley (1 Jackson St) proudly presents The New Orleans Swamp Donkey’s Traditional Jass Band. […]
Williamsburg Second Fridays Started Early at Northside Senior Center Art Show
Last Friday afternoon, after we went down to city hall and became official domestic partners, Jon asked, “What do you want to do?” Given the wealth of options in North […]
Giveaway: 2 Tickets to Heliotropes Album Release Party @ Glasslands (6/18)
They aren’t just the best “girl band” in Brooklyn – Heliotropes are the best band – period! These ladies love Greenpoint and want to giveaway two free tickets to their […]
I’m Turning Into / Butter The Children / Old Monk / A Bunch of Dead People / Del Guapo – Tomorrow at Coco66 (6/15)
That’s right! We are putting on a Northside Show with Supercrush Studio at Coco 66 (66 Greenpoint Ave) tomorrow night – Saturday 6/15 at 8pm. It’s only $5 and these […]
“This Won’t Hurt A Bit” Art Exhibit in Old Greenpoint Medical Office Was Anything But Sterile
Art exhibitions in white walled gallery spaces are often described as “too sterile.” While they serve as a blank canvas so the viewer can focus on the artwork itself, sometimes […]
The White Castle at Light Industries Tonight (6/11)
Tonight, Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 7:30pm check out Johan van der Keuken’s ‘The White Castle’ (16mm, 1973, 76 mins) at Light Industry (155 Freeman St) – $7. A tour de force […]
Join The Greenpoint Community Gospel Choir!
You know you love gospel music. Secretly. Or not so secretly! Aretha Franklin? Mahalia Jackson? America’s best music has come from the gospel tradition. Don’t you want to sing some […]
Grand Comics Festival – This Weekend! (6/8-6/9)
This weekend (6/8-6/9) is the Grand Comics Festival from 11am-7pm at Bird River Studios (343 Grand St). Admission if FREE. There will be a ton of Brooklyn and several Greenpoint […]