This weekend (Sunday Oct 22nd), the New Latin Wave fest is taking over Brooklyn Bazaar (150 Greenpoint Ave) from 11am-7pm for their second year in a row, bringing a full […]
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Review: Brooklyn’s 11th Annual Korean American Film Festival
In its 11th year, The Korean American Film Fest’s Infinite Cinema, headed up by Chung Tsang and Mark Anthony Singh, was held this past Saturday, October 14th in the Wythe […]
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Coming Soon: BÚÐIN, a Nordic Cafe, Bar, and Design Shop on Greenpoint Avenue
Locals have been buzzing about the forthcoming bar, cafe, and design store, BÚÐIN, making its debut in the neighborhood come December. We sat down with co-owners Crystal Pei and Elliot […]
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Coffee’s Night Out – Cultural Events & Map (11/10)
Nine coffee shops and more than a dozen artists will participate in the inaugural Coffee’s Night Out, a coffee + cultural kick-off, in Greenpoint on Sunday, November 10th, 2013 fom […]
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End of Summer Music + Coffee Playlist: Looks Like the Sun
Somewhere between clouds and sun, the end of summer in Greenpoint brought on a longing. A longing for more sun when thunderstorms seem to rain on and on. While the […]
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The First Thanksgiving – in Greenpoint
For those of us who move to New York to start our adult lives, it’s a great moment when we find ourselves in a living situation stable enough to invite […]
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Hipster Bashing Is Getting Old
I write this fully aware of the flak I’m going to get. But here it goes. I read an article in Brooklyn Magazine the other day discussing whether hipsters and […]
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BK Etsy Find: PinkBabyMouse
This Etsy store not only caught my eye because it features a cat in a cone; if you’re a cat owner you can relate, but the story behind the store’s […]
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There Goes The Neighborhood: Chat With Author Robert Anasi
You know the old expression – there goes the neighborhood. Nowadays in North Brooklyn, that sentiment is in the air when new high rise condominiums go up or when the hipsters […]
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Waiting for Godot until 8/18 at Arts@Renaissance
The more witty the DIY aesthetic of Overturn Theatre’s interactive installation Waiting for Godot grew, the more charming the production became. The venue Arts@Renaissance, a restored medical ward at the edge of the Greenpoint/Williamsburg border, has […]