When I previewed Calico Brooklyn’s show titled Born Again, featuring the works of Thomas Buildmore, Allison Maletz, and Charles Wilkin, it was easy to find the theme of reuse and reinvention in collage artist Wilkin’s enlarged […]
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Submissions Now Open For Greenpoint Film Festival
Attention local filmmakers! The third annual Greenpoint Film Festival is now accepting submissions for its 2013 event. This year’s festival, which returns this Fall, is looking for film in the following categories: […]
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Valentine’s Poetry Contest Winner Announced!
Thank you everyone who participated in the Greenpointers’ poetry contest! Our winner is Athena Pappas with her poem “The Shayz Lounge.” Athena will be a featured reader at Poetry Teachers […]
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Born Again Opens @ Calico Brooklyn Tonight (2/8)
Yes, there is a stupid blizzard, but a walk in the snow if fun, and so is a walk in the snow to an art show with amazing work, friends […]
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Amy Lincoln’s Plants, Portraits & A Distant View Opens @ Projekt722 Tonight (2/8)
Bird Island by Amy Lincoln Plants, Portraits & A Distant View is opening at Projekt722 (722 Metropolitan Ave) from 6-9pm and features the dreamy colorful tropical landscapes, still lifes and […]
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Greenpoint Artists Invade Upper East Side: New York I Love You Sometimes
Only two things could make me wake up and trek to the Upper East Side: Art and Central Park. This Sunday, I was well rewarded with both. George Terry, a […]
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CALL TO ARTISTS & VENDORS: ALL’S FAIR V-DAY ART PARTY
Dobbin Project Space, a creative work and event space for artists, curators and programmers producing socially-engaged art and media, is hosting a local crafts and art fair, the All’s Fair […]
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tART Collective’s “Collectively Assembled” Opens at Arts@Renaissance Sat 1/26
This Saturday, January 26, 5-8pm, tART Collective’s “Collectively Assembled” opens at Arts@Renaissance (2 Kingsland Ave). The follows the Exquisite Corpse method through the feminist collective’s studios with each artist selecting […]
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Milk and Roses is Calling For Local Musicians and Poets!
Milk and Roses is currently booking new musicians and poets to their already impressive line up. Play Bluegrass? Folk? Jazz? Want to host a monthly Poetry reading? Milk and Roses […]
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Happy Birthday Elvis! “Giving Up Redheads” (Music Video!)
Today is Elvis’ birthday! Bandleader of Leland Sundries and Greenpointer Nick Eaton sent me this music video of the song “Giving Up Redheads” starring Burlesque Dancer and Actress Lindsay Naas aka Vicky […]