Greenpoint is well known for its Polish herritage, but New York’s Basque community also calls Greenpoint home. Since 1973, Euzko-Etxea, the Basque Club of New York, has maintained its headquarters […]
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Art Roundup June 1-8: Greenpoint Open Studios and More Local Events
We’ve been building up to this, neighbs! Greenpoint Open Studios returns this weekend, Saturday and Sunday June 2–3. Get your steps in, visit parts of the hood you’ve yet to explore, […]
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Singles Are Hooking Up at Williamsburg Art Space Big Irv’s (Thursday 6/14)
Are you sick of swiping? Yeah, we are too. Left swipe, right swipe, left again. Looking for a date (or something more) can be a drag. After all, apps can’t really […]
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Greenpoint Open Studios Returns with 400 Local Artists! (Sat 6/2- Sun 6/3)
This weekend, Saturday June 2nd and Sunday June 3rd! Greenpoint Open Studios is returning with 400 artists who will open up their studios to showcase their work and engage directly with […]
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Celebrate and Send Off 10 Years in Greenpoint at Cleopatra’s This Saturday Night! (5/26)
It’s been a good run. Celebrate ten years of art and fabulousness, and the end of their lease, with local art space Cleopatra’s this Saturday. Cleopatra’s Closing Party | 110 Meserole […]
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A Pair of Greenpoint Locals are Your One-Stop-Shop for a Low-key Wedding
Weddings don’t have to be complicated, especially in Greenpoint, where we’ve got a one-stop-wedding-shop.
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Ann Cofta Translates New York Icons into Embroidered Art
Ann Cofta finds details in the small: she sews her embroidered art entirely by hand, a slow and deliberate process that allows her to map out the entirety of a […]
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“Then She Fell” Continues to Lure Audiences to North Brooklyn — And Down the Rabbit Hole
Much like the White Rabbit, I was very late to the party. Third Rail Projects has been enchanting audiences in Brooklyn since 2012 with its immersive show Then She Fell, a […]
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Greenpoint Open Studios: Art in Unexpected Places
What qualifies art is hard to pin down, but just as slippery is qualifying what houses the art. Galleries take many shapes and forms, and Northern Brooklyn is heavily peppered with such […]
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The Bushwick Starr’s “Singlet” Tests the Limits of Intimacy
Consider yourself blessed, Brooklyn: the downtown and all’s-fair-in-love-and-cabaret artist Erin Markey is performing within walking distance from the L Train. Markey, whose preferred gender pronoun is they, has written — […]