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 […]
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Flora e Fauna: An Exhibition of Botanical Drawings by KT Smail Opening at Nights and Weekends 9/5
Flora e Fauna: An Exhibition of Botanical Drawings by KT Smail Opening at tomorrow Wednesday September 5, 2012, 6-9pm @ Nights & Weekends (1 Bedford Ave). Greenpointers had a chat […]
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GO (GREENPOINT!) BROOKLYN ART THIS WEEKEND (9/8-9/9)
This weekend check out Go Brooklyn, a Brooklyn wide artist open studios organized by Brooklyn Museum. The idea is, visitors “check-in” to each artist studio using a smart phone app. […]
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Name That Point and Win a Beer!
Welcome to the second edition of Name That Point. Can you guess the location in Greenpoint where this street art photo is located? The first person to guess correctly wins a […]
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Newtown Creek Armada Fundraising Happy Hour Tonight 8/30!
“The Newtown Creek Armada is an art installation that invites the public to explore the past, present and future of a contaminated New York City waterway. The Newtown Creek, a […]
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My Chemical Portrait at Heliopolis: Last Night Tonight 8/26
It was nothing like the cowboy-dress, sepia novelties of every town tourist traps. Having my collodian portrait taken at Heliopolis gallery by inherent photographer Eric Lee Bowman felt (and was) […]
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Under the Mattress: Greenpoint Artist Billy Frey Collects and Collages
A young visitor aptly described Billy Frey’s show, Under the Mattress, as “creepy good.” This pithy description of Frey’s collages, assembled from vintage magazines dating from the 1930s to the […]
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Help Turn Eat Greenpoint’s Backyard Into A Pottery Studio!
Once a record and coffee shop, now a locally sourced restaurant, Eat Greenpoint’s owner Jordan Colon is dedicated to transforming the space once again – this time into a pottery […]
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REVERSE Space: Last Night Tonight! Sunday 8/19
On Friday, I stopped by REVERSE Space, which opened in May 2012. Six artists were invited to create and exhibit in the space from July 16-August 19. Friday was the […]
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Name That Point: Win a Beer!
Welcome to the first edition of Name That Point. Can you guess the location in Greenpoint where this street art photo is located? The first person to guess correctly wins […]