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You Can Help Create A New Sculpture in McGolrick Park (Deadline 3/1)
Last year, we profiled local Polish-born artist Martynka Wawrzyniak and her upcoming public art project, Ziemia (which means earth in Polish). Martynka is collecting dirt (not the gossip kind) from local residents—she’s […]
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Thursday Spotlight: The Cosmopolitan Yet Hyperlocal MRToll
He might be the last cowboy in Brooklyn. Like those adventurers of yesteryear, Jamie Toll (that’s MRToll to you) wandered to a new land seeking adventure and opportunity. An immigrant […]
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Immigrants & Exile: Persian/Iranian Poetry and Music in Greenpoint Tomorrow (2/3)
WHAT: A Hopeful Nature: The Diasporan Road to Home, a performance in an intimate salon-setting of Persian (Iranian) poetry, music, snacks and wine! Enjoy an early evening of Persian culture, immersed […]
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Thursday Spotlight: Life After Greenpoint, Catching up with Matthew F. Fisher
I spent last Wednesday evening with artist Matthew F. Fisher at his new studio in Inglewood, California, a diversified and quieter southwest suburb of Los Angeles. We began the night […]
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DIY-ers: Brooklyn Craft Company is HIRING!
Greenpoint’s own (and totally adorable) craft destination, Brooklyn Craft Company (165 Greenpoint Ave), is hiring for Pattern Makers and Workshop Instructors. Read more for full details on the gigs and […]
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Weekly Art Round-Up: Jan 19 – 21
Ok, y’all… how we doing with those New Year’s resolutions? It’s been about three weeks, you still with me? Because I know one of those resolutions was to “see more […]
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Experimental Indie Theatre in North Brooklyn at The Exponential Festival This Weekend!
The Exponential Festival is back again this January 2018, bringing a diverse collection of experimental and indie theatre, performance, dance and art to North Brooklyn and beyond. The last […]
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Thursday Spotlight: What’s He Building In There? Daniel Gardiner Morris of The Arm
On a quiet stretch of North 7th Street, neighboring the BQE, in the shadows of rising condominiums, lies a glass-front, converted warehouse space. There’s no signage, no buzzer, and from […]
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Video: Timelapase of Greenpoint Ave Mural
By now you’ve surely noticed the 4-story mural on the building on the corner of Greenpoint and Manhattan Avenue. Completed in late October, painted by Swedish artist Ola Kalnins, the […]