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Category: Culture

Meet Ewa Winnicka, a Polish Journalist Writing About Greenpoint

by Julia Kott September 18, 2020September 19, 2020

Ewa Winnicka, a Polish journalist living in Warsaw, has always been interested in migration,  “I think it’s one of the strongest experiences one can have,” she says. Her previous books […]

North Brooklyn Environmental History Zine Releases First Issue

by Greenpointers Staff September 3, 2020September 6, 2020

Greenpoint has experienced its fair share of environmental issues over the years including one of the biggest continental oil spills in U.S. history, the construction of New Yorks’ largest wastewater […]

See the MTV VMAs’ Greenpoint Drive-In Set-Up

by Greenpointers Staff September 1, 2020September 6, 2020

The 2020 MTV VMAs aired live on Sunday and featured pre-recorded performances in Greenpoint at the Skyline Drive-In (1 Oak St.) lot, which is on the grounds of the historic […]

Fall Registration Open for Eckford Street Studio’s After-School Art Programs

by Greenpointers Staff September 1, 2020September 6, 2020

Registration is now open for in-person and virtual Art After School and Art After Lunch programs at Eckford Street Studio (70 Eckford St.) in Greenpoint, which begin September 14th and […]

Academy Records Reopens Ahead of Record Store Day

by Greenpointers Staff August 28, 2020September 6, 2020

Record stores and vintage shops of all types have made Greenpoint a vinyl collector’s destination for years, and some of the local shops reopen this weekend — which also happens […]

Thursday Spotlight: Meet the Local Teen Celebrating Black Lives Through Murals

by Billy McEntee August 27, 2020September 6, 2020

It’s been another difficult week in the United States, to say the least. Protests rage across the country as activists continue to fight for racial justice and an end to […]

MoMA PS1 Reopens in September

by Greenpointers Staff August 26, 2020September 6, 2020

MoMA PS1 is reopening for the first time in nearly six months since NY state hit PAUSE in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier this month, museums were deemed […]

Look “Between The Windows” For This Public Art Project in Greenpoint

by Julia Kott August 24, 2020August 24, 2020

A vinyl banner with bright colors flutters in the wind above an electronics shop on Manhattan Avenue depicting a powerful image: a police officer grabbing the hair of a Black […]

North Brooklyn Narratives Wants You to Make History

by Lucie Levine August 22, 2020August 22, 2020

North Brooklyn Narratives (@nbknarratives), the new volunteer-led oral history initiative from North Brooklyn Mutual Aid, hopes that you will.

Thursday Spotlight: “A Place to Bowl” Strikes Community and Spares No Detail

by Billy McEntee August 13, 2020August 14, 2020

Greenpoint used to have a bowling alley (other than the Gutter). Like many local businesses that run their course, the bowling alley eventually closed. But Greenpoint Bowl’s departure was not […]

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