Had some friends return from Japan recently and they couldn’t stop talking about how clean and orderly everything was. They were there for hanami, too, the Japanese ritual of going […]
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Thursday Spotlight: Hildos
Greenpoint artist Hildos is definitely not afraid to put it all out there. Her bold and erotic female forms command respect, and look totally comfortable in their own skin. In almost every painting, the […]
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Luminous Flux, Speed Metal Dating, Comedy in Dance – What’s happening, Greenpoint? (4/06–4/12)
[sponsored] Dancing on My Own ’80s–’00s Prom Saturday, April 16, 10pm, $5 Littlefield (622 Degraw St) This prom season, bury high school in the past and come party with the skint. […]
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Party Preview for Saturday Night (4/2)
You didn’t move to Greenpoint to join a yacht club, that’s more a Connecticut thing. If you are hankering to be on a boat, there is the North Brooklyn Boat Club, […]
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First Weekend of April: Exhibitions and Openings
Need something to do this weekend? We’ve got a couple of shows at a few galleries this weekend for you to check out to celebrate the first weekend of April. […]
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Weekend Music: This is Why Nothing Gets Done in San Diego
I had a whole theme planned for this week’s concert update. It had something to do with music in people’s personal vs. professional lives. But I just took the dog […]
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Thursday Spotlight: Artist Harriet Salmon
With a BFA at the California College of Arts & Crafts and a concentration in sculpture at Yale University School of Art, Harriet Salmon successfully found herself in the East […]
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The Lot Radio: Broadcasting Live From A Shipping Container
For years the little triangle of land between Nassau Avenue, Banker Street and North 15th Street was home to a couple of weather beaten RVs and tumbleweeds of trash. Then one […]
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Female Artists in Greenpoint: Jackie Mendoza
While thinking about ’90s pop groups, it seems many badass female artists have followed some intrinsic pull to become solo artists succeeding the rise of their careers. From Beyonce and […]
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#INSTANTARTIST Asks If Our Instagram Photos Are Art
Maybe you’ve noticed the pop-up gallery with an inflatable dancing man on the corner at 644 Lorimer Street. Three Brooklyn-based creative agencies (The BOSCO, Bobby Redd and AGW Group) have taken over the storefront […]