My recent self-employment brought up concerns, especially from my Mom and Jon about health insurance. While domestic partnership doesn’t seem very romantic at first because of how practical it actually […]
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You Saw Great Art, You Drank Free Beer, Now Help Fund Calico Gallery’s Season #2 – Only 1 Day Left!
A great Greenpoint gallery called Calico Brooklyn opened this past year and contributed 10 amazing art shows that represented over 50 local artists in our art community. It was a lot of […]
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Yana (Obviously) Bikes and Tells For Brooklyn Cruiser While Repping Greenpoint Hard
Originally posted on Brooklyn Cruiser: “One thing about living in Brooklyn — there are always a lot of neighbors to love. But every once in a while, you meet that […]
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The Best New Brooklyn Bands That Played Northside Festival
My goal for Northside Festival was to catch many small Brooklyn-based bands with the hope of discovering some promising new ones and to get those being buzzed about some added […]
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New Orleans’ Swamp Donkeys Ass-Whipping’ Live Jass at The Exley Tonight! (6/20)
In what we hope will be the first of many live, unamplified and ass-whipping music shows, The Exley (1 Jackson St) proudly presents The New Orleans Swamp Donkey’s Traditional Jass Band. […]
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Williamsburg Second Fridays Started Early at Northside Senior Center Art Show
Last Friday afternoon, after we went down to city hall and became official domestic partners, Jon asked, “What do you want to do?” Given the wealth of options in North […]
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Only In Greenpoint: Black Rabbit Painted Landmark Color and Transformed Into 1860s Bar
You may have noticed that the facade of Black Rabbit (91 Greenpoint Ave) was repainted from black to a muddy maroon in order to comply with NYC Landmark Commission. What do […]
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Giveaway: 2 Tickets to Heliotropes Album Release Party @ Glasslands (6/18)
They aren’t just the best “girl band” in Brooklyn – Heliotropes are the best band – period! These ladies love Greenpoint and want to giveaway two free tickets to their […]
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I’m Turning Into / Butter The Children / Old Monk / A Bunch of Dead People / Del Guapo – Tomorrow at Coco66 (6/15)
That’s right! We are putting on a Northside Show with Supercrush Studio at Coco 66 (66 Greenpoint Ave) tomorrow night – Saturday 6/15 at 8pm. It’s only $5 and these […]
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“This Won’t Hurt A Bit” Art Exhibit in Old Greenpoint Medical Office Was Anything But Sterile
Art exhibitions in white walled gallery spaces are often described as “too sterile.” While they serve as a blank canvas so the viewer can focus on the artwork itself, sometimes […]