Claire Phelan was working a job in fashion, but she knew all along that she was more Julia Child than Coco Chanel. So eight months ago, she started giving in-home cooking […]
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Posted inEvents, Film
Movie Night Night at Cafe Grumpy Starts Jan 18! (Sponsored)
Cafe Grumpy is hosting a film screening every Monday night. They will begin on January 18 with their New York Film Series. The feature presentation, accompanied by an animated short, will start rolling at 7:30pm. […]
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New Year’s Eve Party at Greenpoint Beer & Ale/Dirck the Norseman!!
Join us at Greenpoint Beer and Ale/Dirck the Norseman on New Years Eve to welcome in 2016! It’s a cork-poppin’, rock-n-rollin’, champagne-toastin’, kick off to the new year! NYE @ […]
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Laze Away an Afternoon at Nha Minh, a Hip Vietnamese Art Eatery
After a lazy afternoon at the McGolrick Farmers Market, I was considering heading to Little Dokebi and ordering bibimbap, but I decided to see what was around. Yelp prodded me with […]
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Try on a Beautiful Leather Throne Watch at the Duke’s Annex Pop-up
If you don’t live on Franklin Street, you may not have noticed the great series of pop-up stores that have begun to occupy Duke’s Annex, the small space next to […]
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TICKET GIVEAWAY! Catlady Craft Night at Brooklyn Craft Company (11/21)
Brooklyn Craft Company, a DIY class and event space, is hosting a Catlady Craft Night and we have a free ticket to giveaway ($95 value)! Catlady Craft Night is a […]
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More Toxic Secrets In This Rare 1980s ‘Hazardous Neighbors’ Brooklyn Study
It’s been a busy couple of weeks in the world of toxic chemicals, specifically as they pertain to Greenpoint. First, Neighbors Allied For Good Growth (NAG) released the ToxiCity Map to bring […]
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The Best Haircuts? At Freddy Vazquez’s ‘Fade 2 Famous’ Barbershop
“I was born here, and I’ve lived here all my life,” explains Freddy Vazquez, the owner of Fade 2 Famous barbershop in Greenpoint, “and I just made twenty years cutting […]
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Kimchee Market Brings the Korean Bodega to Greenpoint Avenue
The owner of the Dokebi dynasty, Chul Kim, has opened a new Korean store in Greenpoint called Kimchee Market. But this isn’t your mom’s traditional Korean greengrocer. Kimchee Market offers freshly-made […]
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Hey North Brooklyn, Here’s Our Toxins Mapped
To shine a light on Brooklyn’s murky legacy of contamination, the Neighbors Allied For Good Growth (NAG) and Pratt’s Spatial Analysis and Visualization Initiative ( SAVI) released a beta version of a ToxiCity […]