Parks’ Art and Antiquities Department invites New York – based emerging artists to submit a proposal for the Clare Weiss Emerging Artist Award. Clare Weiss (1967-2010) was the Public Art Curator […]
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*** VENUE CHANGE *** Heliotropes / Leda / Beach Day / Backwords / The Suzan / Easy Lover – Perform Greenpointers CMJ Showcase @ Public Assembly – Tuesday 10/16
Shit happens and shit happened and we had to change the venue for tomorrow’s CMJ Showcase. But don’t worry it’s going to be an amazing show – so please […]
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Greenpointers CMJ Music Marathon Guide and Playlist
New York is an amazing place to see music, no matter the time of year but in October, CMJtakes over and makes it truly overwhelming. The weeklong music festival begins […]
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Sunday Snaps: Rule of Four
Good Sunday morning! Here is what our Instagram friends have tagged #greenpointers.@pixelatedfuture@zopdeep@skellynyc
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Manufacture New York: A Factory Grows in Brooklyn
As a designer in the fashion industry, I’ve seen my share of clothing manufacturing factories abroad, including India, China and Hong Kong. Aside from them being often pretty depressing places, […]
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Backwords, Il Albanico, Cool Serbia, Music Videos For Rainy Day Listening
Greenpointers is so excited about our CMJ Showcases on 10/16 & 10/20. First a music video by Backwords, one of the awesome bands playing at Delinquency on 10/16. Next is a video […]
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Best of NY Art Book Fair 2012
On the first weekend of October, just over the Pulaski Bridge, 283 independent book-sellers, indie publishers, artists, zine makers, and their enviably hip brethren gathered at the NY Art Book […]
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The 20th Annual “Get To The Point” 5K Run
Every year, St. Stan’s Athletic League organizes a local 5K run which takes place throughout many of the major streets of Greenpoint to help fund their school program. Â Now in […]
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Write Your Name: DieHipster I’m Talking To You!
Recently Greenpointers has been the target of hate comments and threatening emails – all because a post about Glow in The Dark Kickball in McCarren Park was picked up by […]
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Hipster Bashing Is Getting Old
I write this fully aware of the flak I’m going to get. But here it goes. I read an article in Brooklyn Magazine the other day discussing whether hipsters and […]