Settling into our third (!) month of the pandemic, many of us have moved from stockpiling the essentials to enjoying stress-reducing libations. Enter Greenpoint Cidery, the beverage whose effervescence is […]
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Thursday Spotlight: Tony Wolf on His Carmine’s Pizza Cartoon Tribute
Difficult times have often been a catalyst for resilient arts. As such, it will be interesting to see what is created after this enormously trying period. But already, Brooklynites are […]
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Thursday Spotlight: A Podcast To Keep You Entertained While Social Distancing
Depending on how you’re looking at it, the entertainment industry is either in a crisis or renaissance. With no concerts, theaters, or venues to patron, we’re all seeing art that’s […]
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Thursday Spotlight: The Generations- and Medium-Spanning Work of Eric Haze
There’s a special nuance that comes with being a New York artist, and by that I mean a true New York artist: one who was not only born and bred […]
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Thursday Spotlight: smallhome is Big on Dreams, Creativity, and Style
It feels funny to say we should welcome smallhome (100 Freeman Street) to the neighborhood, even though the brick and mortar storefront has only been around for a few months. […]
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Thursday Spotlight: Alison Clancy and Helping The Flying Dutchman Soar to New Heights
The press release for Greenpoint creative Alison Clancy’s new performance reads “post-punk mystic meets Wagner in ritualistic dance” — tickle me intrigued! A dancer, singer, and all-around-movement artist (and educator), […]
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Thursday Spotlight: Alex Russell, the Artist Behind Greenpoint’s First Pictorial Map
If you made it to our recent Love Grows in Brooklyn market, you may have spotted a tall, friendly artist handing out maps like hot cakes. Sure, cartography is nifty […]
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Thursday Spotlight: Nicolás Noreña on The Million Underscores_ _, Collaborating with Your Husband, and More
How to put the experience, creation, and witnessing of experimental theater into words? It’s not easy, which explains why it is such an innovative, textured, and vital art form. As […]
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Thursday Spotlight: Cameron Stuart and “Police in the Wilderness”
The Exponential Festival continues! Today, we speak with playwright Cameron Stuart who, alongside the Bushwig-based theater company Saints of an Unnamed Country, is presenting Police in the Wilderness. Featuringa sci-fi plot, […]
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Thursday Spotlight: Xalvador Tin-Bradbury is taking down corporate gays
Winter in New York can be rough, but at least there’s the Exponential Festival to get us through. Each year, this pageant of the bold and experimental plays in venues […]