This week, I’ve been enjoying the forthcoming EP from Isle of Rhodes: Affirmation Caravan. The band will play a release show at Spike Hill 2/8. Also, I have a few […]
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Greenpoint Power Couples – Kimmee & Evan, Greenpoint Trading Co.
In honor of Valentine’s Day, we’re celebrating the love that wafts through the air in Greenpoint with profiles of some of our favorite entrepreneurial power couples. You might already shop […]
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A Dose of Greenpoint History – The USS Monitor
Last week, we hit the 152 year anniversary of Jan 30th, 1862, the year Greenpoint staked its claim on history as the site where the ironclad USS Monitor was built […]
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Brooklyn Heavy Metal is Badass Like Stevie Nicks
Featured vendor at our Valentine’s Market, Brooklyn Heavy Metal – with its in your face jewelry designs – embodies the essence of Stevie Nicks, “unique, independent, down to earth, free spirited, bad […]
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285 Kent Is Gone, But At Least We Have This Video
Local filmmaker Alexandra Stergiou shot, what could quite possibly be, the last music video filmed at the late, great venue, 285 Kent (R.I.P). The song is “I’m Forgetting,” the latest […]
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01.30.14 Mixtape // Heaven’s Gate
Powergazers Heaven’s Gate rounds up this week’s playlist. It doesn’t follow a theme so much as it captures a wide scope. Need a clarification? Lend your ears after the jump.
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Greenpoint Gallery Night Friday (2/7) – New Gallery Preview
The first Greenpoint Gallery Night of 2014 is taking place on Friday, February 7th from 6-9pm and there is a lot of great artwork to see in the neighborhood. As an […]
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Instagram Takeover @roblomblad
We are getting a little moody this week as @roblomblad takes over @Greenpointers Instagram feed and I’m liking it. Rob Lomblad got into photography because, “it’s a good excuse to stare […]
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Basinger EP and Release Show (1/31)
Basinger is a band with a new self-titled EP out, and they have a release show for it Friday 1/31 at Matchless. Read on for plenty more details on the […]
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3 Ways To Green Your Party (Just in Time for The Super Bowl!)
(sponsored) Did you know that parties and events generate the second largest amount of waste in the USA, just behind the construction industry? That’s a bummer. But, before you cancel […]