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Tag: 285 kent

Posted inArt, Culture

285 Kent Is Gone, But At Least We Have This Video

by GinaJanuary 31, 2014January 30, 2014

Local filmmaker Alexandra Stergiou shot, what could quite possibly be, the last music video filmed at the late, great venue, 285 Kent (R.I.P). The song is “I’m Forgetting,” the latest […]

Posted inNews, The Hook-Up

IN: Evil Landlords, SPAM, Fancy Condos / OUT: Foodswings, DIY Music, Seniors – The Hook Up (12/30)

by GinaDecember 30, 2013December 30, 2013

Williamsburg developer and super-bully, Victor Einhorn, the new landlord of the city-run Swinging Sixties Senior Center building (211 Ainslie St), has given 200 seniors and preschoolers until the end of […]

Posted inArt, Culture

“Jamaican Queens” Rock the House at 285 Kent

by Matt TJuly 22, 2013July 19, 2013

Despite their New-York-centric pun of a name, rock duo Jamaican Queens actually hail from Detroit. And on the very night their hometown filed for bankruptcy, the band’s equipment seemed destined for similar […]

Posted inArt

Julian Lynch and Ducktails at 285 Kent

by AustinAugust 1, 2012August 1, 2012

In a desolate area under the Williamsburg Bridge, a show at 285 Kent brought the neighborhood out on Saturday night despite warnings of the derocho, or as some sources chose to report, […]

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