The Duryea House, a 240-year-old Greenpoint landmark, was sadly destroyed in the days before New York awakened to its own history. The original colonial structure stood on the banks of […]
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Brooklyn Whiskey & Spirits Fest Comes to Greenpoint! Get $30 Off! (Sat, 12/1)
Try over 100 Styles of Whiskey and Craft Spirits this Saturday, December 1, 2018 at the Brooklyn Whiskey Fest right here in the Brooklyn Expo Center (72 Noble St)! Greenpointers […]
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Preview Our Polar Vortex Holiday Market Vendors and Shop Local This Sunday! (12/2)
The turkey’s been carved and the first snow has fallen — now we look forward to our Polar Vortex Holiday Market! Join us on Sunday, December 2 from 1 to 7 PM for an […]
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The Legend of Brooklyn’s Long Defunct Thanksgiving Day Parade
The Thanksgiving tale involving Thomas H. Cullen has been repeated in Brooklyn for generations and amazingly, it’s a true story from the 1890s that was retold at numerous political functions […]
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Street Artists ASVP’s Limited-Edition Print Supports Intermediate School 318
Intermediate School 318 (101 Walton St.) is now hosting a large-scale mural by street artists ASVP spanning five stories and featuring balancing endangered species to start a conversation about the earth’s […]
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Review: Gregory Alan Isakov warms a snowy night at Warsaw
Gregory Alan Isakov hails from Colorado; his opener Lief Vollebekk is French-Canadian. Throw them in a Brooklyn venue and you’ve got enough flannel and beards to open up an urban […]
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Local Artists’ Solar Panel Art on Display at A/D/O
Brooklyn’s A/D/O (29 Norman Ave.) is currently showcasing the Solar Panel Art Series, which features 12 original works by New York-based artists on repurposed solar panels, with proceeds benefitting the Little […]
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Emo Legends Stick to New Songs, Not Crowd Pleasers
There is absolutely nothing wrong with a nostalgia-soaked night of music, and on Wednesday night at Warsaw (261 Driggs Ave.), Saves the Day was exactly that. But although it pains […]
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Tired of All the Bad News? Triskelion Arts Has a Solution
What do we do when bad news seems incessant and escape feels impossible? Turn to art. Triskelion Arts (106 Calyer Street) is pleased to present BodyStories’ “reeling -> healing,” an exploration of feelings […]
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Mae West’s Gay Drama That Shocked 1920s America
Mae West was much more than a local-born movie star or even a sex symbol. She was a playwright, a woman decades ahead of her time in dramatizing questions of […]