If you haven’t been before, Greenpoint Open Studios is an epic showcase of local art. Over the course of one weekend (this year June 3-4), hundreds of local artists open their studio doors […]
Tag: Brooklyn
Posted inEat & Drink
Showdown: BBQ, Takedowns & Cooking In Greenpoint With Jenn de la Vega
Baste it, taste it and tweak it again. Showdown is a cookbook about feeding the conversation along with the person. This week, we sat down with Greenpointer and self-described “meat-head” […]
Posted inCommunity
How We Roll: Summer Bike Events!
This past weekend the Five Boro Bike Tour kicked off the summer cycling season (even though our weather hasn’t fully turned warm yet, dangit). If you love nothing more than pounding […]
Posted inCulture
The Relix Live Music Conference Premieres in Brooklyn
Yesterday Brooklyn Bowl (61 Wythe Ave) hosted the first ever Relix Live Music Conference, which featured a full day’s schedule of panel discussions and presentations capped with a very special keynote […]
Posted inShopping
The Cutest Flower Shop In North Brooklyn: The Little Glass Slipper
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 […]
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 […]