For Matt Siffert, a junior semester abroad provided the impetus for choosing the life of a songwriter. He studied music and psychology at the University of Havana in the spring […]
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Madonnathon, Brooklyn Comedy Festival, Warper Party – What’s Happening, Greenpoint? (8/19–8/25)
There are more events in our weekly calendar. Submit Greenpoint events, too! WEDNESDAY 8/19 ♫ Warper Party @ Tender Trap (66 Greenpoint Ave) 8pm, FREE, Huge music & arts showcase, featuring 18 […]
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Show Off Your Writing Chops at -The Prose Bowl- Open Mic (08/18)
It’s time to dust off your moleskine notebooks! There’s a new open mic series for fiction writers—The Prose Bowl—starting this Tuesday, August 18 at Pete’s Candy Store, and it’s going […]
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Pizzafest, Labyrinth, Twin Peaks Trivia – What’s Happening, Greenpoint? (8/12–8/18)
There are more events in our weekly calendar. Submit Greenpoint events, too! WEDNESDAY 8/12 * SummerScreen: Labyrinth @ McCarren Park (776 Lorimer St) 6pm, FREE, The final SummerScreen of the season, More info […]
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Kent Ave Block Party, Brazil Summerfest, The Big Quiet – What’s Happening, Greenpoint? (8/05–8/11)
[sponsored] Mark Kraus Record Release Show Saturday, Pete’s Candy Store, 8pm, FREE Record release show for Greenpoint-based singer/songwriter Mark Kraus’s new album The Story of Everything, an immediate, cinematic, and […]
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Mini-Zine Fest, Peephole Cinema, Mental Marginalia – What’s happening, Greenpoint? (7/22–7/28)
There are more events in our weekly calendar. Submit Greenpoint events, too! WEDNESDAY 7/22 ♫ The Hunger: Fourth Course @ Bar Matchless (557 Manhattan Ave) 8pm, $10, With Hungry March Band / […]
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Canada D’eh, Rhinestone Gorilla, July 4th BBQs – What’s Happening, Greenpoint? (7/01–7/07)
There are more events in our weekly calendar. Submit Greenpoint events, too! WEDNESDAY 7/01 ♫ Canada D’eh @ The Well (272 Meserole St) 5pm, FREE, With Canadian bacon, Canadian whiskey, and music from […]
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Weekend Music Picks: When you come to a fork in the road
I just got back from vacation in Vico Equense, a town on the Sorrentine peninsula in southern Italy. The people there seem wealthier than when I last visited a dozen […]
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Staring Contest, Sumo Party, Emo Night – What’s Happening, Greenpoint? (5/13–5/19)
There are more events in our weekly calendar. Submit Greenpoint events, too! WEDNESDAY 5/13 ^ Paradise Bought @ Triple Canopy (155 Freeman St) 7pm, $5, A reading and discussion of the mystery genre, the […]
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Weekend Music Picks: On the Sunny Side of the Street
“For every graveyard in the moonlight, there’s a junkyard in the sun,” sings the Texan folk-rocker Butch Hancock. Lately, our weekend music picks have been luring you to some dark […]