Aerial stunts, fake fruit by the thousand, and a warehouse. Throw classical music in the mix and you won’t find yourself at the Met, but you will have a rager […]
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#aloneha: Tropical Goth Is A Thing
The latest un-popular fashion trend is Tropical Goth—and it’s exactly what you think it is. Picture Charles Manson wearing a Hawaiian shirt stumbling into a backyard BBQ grill. Flaming flamingos […]
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East River Eyes: Jeffrey Gamblero
If you ride the East River Ferry you’ve likely seen the 20-foot-tall letters that spell out JEFFREY GAMBLERO on the dock of the India Street stop. They are outlined in […]
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Shot! Free Screening of Danny Brown Documentary TONIGHT at House Of Vans
In a world full of bullshit and bullshitters, Danny Brown is as clean as a whistle. In fact, his authenticity is perhaps as pure as a baby bull’s shit. No […]
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A Greenpoint Landmark Keeps on Ticking
As Greenpoint changes it becomes increasingly important to maintain our links to the past. One of the iconic features of Greenpoint is a permanent piece of street furniture: the large mounted […]
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Greenpoint Studio Visit with Leon Reid IV
You may know Leon Reid IV through his street art or public art and now he has a new body of work conceived and developed in his Greenpoint studio over the last […]
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Weekend Art Roundup: May 20-22
Karen Marston – Demeter’s Wrath at Owen James Gallery Karen Marston is a painter focused on the fundamental contradiction of natural phenomena, the pairing of powerful terror with majestic […]
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Weekend Music: Day Job, Night Vision (5/20 – 5/23)
Why do you work all day at a job that is not your true calling? For cash, of course. Or maybe stock options. My day job pays the bills, but I also […]
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Greenpoint’s WWII Prisoner of War Camp and a Forbidden Love
One of the things I did while researching my local history book Greenpoint Brooklyn’s Forgotten Past was talking to as many Greenpoint seniors as I could. They have repeatedly told me a […]
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Films on the Green Returns to Transmitter Park This Summer
One of the area’s brightest summer events, Films on the Green will be returning to Greenpoint’s WNYC Transmitter Park to project two films ‘en plein air’. An initiative of the Cultural […]