If you’re looking for some new reads this year, why not start with a novel that centralizes around Greenpoint? Or Williamsburg. Bushwick, even! These eight novels focus on the lens […]
Tag: books
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Books & Drinks: What to Read in Greenpoint’s Local Hangouts
One of my favorite things about Greenpoint is its neighborhood vibe. I can walk around and find myself in any cafe or bar and feel at ease. There’s so many […]
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Video: Coffee Talk with Tim Wendelboe
Greenpointers recently met Tim Wendelboe, world renowned coffee-roaster, educator, entrepreneur, and author of “Finca Tamana” and “Coffee with Tim Wendelboe.” He was in New York City a couple of weeks […]
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Food Book Fair and Pop-Up Bookstore at the Wythe Hotel
It’s almost time to welcome the return of the popular Food Book Fair to Brooklyn. Now in its third year, the event will run at the Wythe Hotel between 25th-27th […]
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Featured Vendor: Alabaster
Do you remember what you wanted to be when you grew up? Our featured Holiday Market vendor Alabaster wanted to be a cartoonist and a crafter. Now that she is […]
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Summer Reading: A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
Have you read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith? It’s one of those classics that you think everyone has read. I picked up a copy in a free […]
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24 Hour Zine Challenge at Booklyn Begins Today 7/27 Until Sunday 7/28
Of course I came upon this 24 Hour Zine Challenge Poster haphazardly taped to a piece of plywood on a construction site on Nassau Ave. That is how the DIY […]
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Learn Something: Book of Advice Edited by Greenpoint Filmmaker
This post made possible by an anonymous donation to our Writer’s Fund from Greenpoint Area Man. Greenpoint based filmmaker Jessica Edwards knows that she can learn a lot from her […]
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Get Lucky at Greenpoint Bargains
Looking for bargains? Of course of you are. Then check out the recently opened, and appropriately named, Greenpoint Bargains. The store stocks well-priced furniture, clothing, books, records and all sorts […]
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Best of NY Art Book Fair 2012
On the first weekend of October, just over the Pulaski Bridge, 283 independent book-sellers, indie publishers, artists, zine makers, and their enviably hip brethren gathered at the NY Art Book […]