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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When Freedom of Expression and Censorship Battled on Manhattan Avenue!
The other day, I gave a talk on the Irish history of Greenpoint, and a long-time Greenpointer offered me a new twist on a famous old Greenpoint legend. Before diving […]
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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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The Return of the Greenpoint Trolley?
With Mayor de Blasio’s announcement of an imminent light rail line along the East River, history could be preparing to repeat itself. For many years, Greenpoint had only two mass […]
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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 […]
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Weekend Music: Catfished by a Drug Smuggler
Spring is a time of renewal. All the little lambs are born in the field >mmmm Easter dinner<. Tulips sprout along the paths in McGolrick. And most importantly, all the […]
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Thursday Spotlight: Artist Lewis Lazar
Originally born and raised in Brussels, Lewis Lazar is a Greenpoint-based painter and musician who draws elements of folklore into his visual artwork and photography journals. Throughout his career, he […]