There’s something about the flower arrangements at Greenpoint’s The Little Glass Slipper (200 Franklin St). It could be that shop owner, Cary Pereyra-Imbert, takes great care in selecting the flowers she […]
Tag: Brooklyn
Posted inEnvironmental
Get Dirty: FREE Soil Testing For Three Weekends!
Graham stop, Williamsburg, circa 2005. My mid-20s Brooklyn newbie roommates and I had a garden in our backyard, and we grew tomatoes, sunflowers, peppers and zucchini. But after one of our zucchinis […]
Posted inCulture
Taster’s Choice: Eat Crickets, Bee Larvae and Grasshopper This Saturday (4/8) at Videology!
This Saturday (4/8), Videology (308 Bedford Ave.) will be screening the film BUGS, along with a Q&A session with the film’s protagonist and the film’s director. The event starts at 11am, with […]
Posted inArt
Taste of Streep Movie Screening Tomorrow Night (4/7)!
Tomorrow night (Friday, 4/7) local instafamous Instagram Taste of Streep is hosting THREE screenings of The Devil Wears Prada at Syndicated Bar & Theater in Bushwick (40 Bogart Street), at 6pm, 8:45pm and 11:30pm. […]
Posted inHistorical Greenpoint
How Greenpoint Helped Build The Brooklyn Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge is a majestic span with its elegant gothic towers and roadway suspended above the East River. Today we take it for granted, but at the time it […]
Posted inReading
3 Neighborhood Lit Events To Spring You Forward!
Despite the news of each new piece of horrendous legislation, it’s been helping me to remember that reading and writing are a form of social justice. April is National Poetry […]
Posted inWhat's Happening?
Furmint Wine Dinner, Naked Family, Metal Yoga, Persian Arts Festival – What’s happening, Greenpoint? (3/15–3/21)
There are more events in our weekly calendar! Submit Greenpoint events, too! WEDNESDAY 3/15 # Cook the Book: Gjelina @ Brooklyn Kitchen (100 Frost St) 6:30pm, $95, A taste of southern Califiornia […]
Posted inEat & Drink
New American Meets Hungarian Flavors At Palinkerie’s Furmint Wine Dinner This Thursday (3/16)!
Greenpoint-based importer of the finest Hungarian Wines, Palinkerie has teamed up with a local favorite Cherry Point (664 Manhattan Ave) to host their annual Furmint Wine Dinner this Thursday (3/16, […]
Posted inArt
Review: London Grammar At Good Room (3/2)
In January 2015, I became obsessed with London Grammar‘s debut album, If You Wait. I can’t recall which single I heard first, or how, but whatever that entry point was, it […]
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Depeche Mode Party, Bad Jazz, Structural Constellations, NYC Beer Week, Oscar Parties – What’s happening, Greenpoint? (2/22–2/28)
Can Release @ Greenpoint Beer (7 North 15th St), Saturday (2/22), 5pm, FREE, Releasing 2 killer new IPA’S with Dankonia & Apply Formula. Dankonia showcases pine, resin, sap and citrus with an earthy, […]