Attendees of the Greenpoint-based Himapan lotus leaf painting class depart with two things: a wall-ready piece of art and an almost alarming sense of zen. I don’t normally associate prolonged […]
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Brooklyn Comedy Festival: North Brooklyn Roundup
This Sunday the Brooklyn Comedy Festival kicks off for the third year in a row, this year with plenty of hilarious stand-up, sketch, improv, panel discussions, short films, and an evening […]
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When Desperation Hits: FREE Food & Drinks In North Brooklyn
You got a job in Manhattan and live in Brooklyn baby, you ballin’! And then, after a couple birthday dinners you blew all your cash MC Hammer style. When it’s […]
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Ice Cream Meets Design at Davey’s Ice Cream
Going into ice cream actually started as a joke for David Yoo. After beginning a career in fashion and advertising, he decided in 2012 that it was time for a […]
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Beat the Heat with Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream!
About eight years ago, Greenpointers began seeing the butter-yellow Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream trucks popping up on our streets, often with one of the owners, Laura O’Neill and brothers […]
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Cocktails and Cajun Comfort at Bourbon Springs
If you haven’t been to vibrant Graham Avenue on the border of Williamsburg and Greenpoint yet, I present to you the perfect reason to explore this part of town. Named after a […]
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OddFellows Ice Cream Co. Has it All: Strange, Savory, and Sweet
As co-founder Mohan Kumar tells it, OddFellows in Williamsburg has an origin as sweet as its ice cream. “When Holiday was pregnant Sam [Mason] brought over ice cream, and she loved […]
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Funky Plot and Savory Performances for Shakespeare in the Theater’s “Cymbeline”
Cymbeline is tonally ambiguous, dramaturgically elusive. This is no weakness of Shakespeare’s so-called tragedy, but it stands out in being one that ends in reunions and discoveries instead of wars […]
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Cool Nights & Hot Tacos at Black Flamingo
It’s a swampass summer Saturday in the city, and everyone else got out of bed at the crack of dawn to make it to Rockaway or the Hamptons, but you […]
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Thursday Spotlight: Trey Ditto, PR based in Brooklyn
Hailing originally from Texas, Trey Ditto cut his teeth working for the Associated Press in Dallas and quickly moved into the political sphere, advising legislators and elected officials on their […]