Brooklyn Craft Company, a DIY class and event space, is hosting a Catlady Craft Night and we have a free ticket to giveaway ($95 value)! Catlady Craft Night is a […]
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Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival: Preview of Tonight’s Shows (11/5)
The juvenile genius of Dave Letterman’s early top 10 lists is probably starting to fade in everyone’s memories since the advent of his retirement. But remember that Snuggles the Fabric […]
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Spooky Mansion and Music Until Almost Sun Up
Trick or Treat? To get a dose of both, spend Halloween night at The Wild Honey Pie’s Spooky Mansion. The Paper Box in East Williamsburg has been transformed into a […]
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More Toxic Secrets In This Rare 1980s ‘Hazardous Neighbors’ Brooklyn Study
It’s been a busy couple of weeks in the world of toxic chemicals, specifically as they pertain to Greenpoint. First, Neighbors Allied For Good Growth (NAG) released the ToxiCity Map to bring […]
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The Best Haircuts? At Freddy Vazquez’s ‘Fade 2 Famous’ Barbershop
“I was born here, and I’ve lived here all my life,” explains Freddy Vazquez, the owner of Fade 2 Famous barbershop in Greenpoint, “and I just made twenty years cutting […]
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Call for Artists: “Paradise” Postcard Show
The Ugly Art Room is a roving curatorial art project that has moved from Brooklyn to Corvallis, Oregon. Its inaugural Pacific Northwest exhibition will be a postcard show exploring the […]
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Hey North Brooklyn, Here’s Our Toxins Mapped
To shine a light on Brooklyn’s murky legacy of contamination, the Neighbors Allied For Good Growth (NAG) and Pratt’s Spatial Analysis and Visualization Initiative (
SAVI) released a beta version of a ToxiCity […]
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New Canadian PM for Greenpoint Hall of Fame
Newly elected Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Theroux Trudeau, made it into the Greenpointer Hall of Fame yesterday (by our measure). We shipped him a Key to the City that operates […]
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Our Fall Market is Happening this Sunday (10/25)!! Preview our Vendors!!
We are so excited for our annual Fall Market and cannot wait to introduce you to so many talented local creators! The Deets: This Sunday October 25th (1-7pm) at Greenpoint Loft (67 […]
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A Last Hurrah at Cameo Gallery on the CMJ Trail
If you hadn’t already heard, Cameo Gallery is going the way of Glasslands and 285 Kent this November, but that doesn’t mean it’s slowing its roll until then. With CMJ […]