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For an industry often defined by caped heroes and major publishers, the Brooklyn Independent Comic Showcase (BICS) offers something different: a space where emerging artists, hobbyists, self-publishers, and longtime professionals redefine what comics can be. The fifth annual Brooklyn Independent Comic Showcase took place at Industry City in Sunset Park this past April. The two-day event, which featured over 450 […]
The Underground’s “Kinetic Nation” went up on display at Duckworth Studios at 169 Coffey St. starting in March and closed April 26. The work featured street and graffiti art and was curated by Sam Patrone. There was a celebration of “Kinetic Nation” on April 20 at The House of Pizza & Calzone at 132 Union St., and Erudito Cannabis Dispensary, […]
A “magnificent boondoggle” — that’s how Thomas Flagg of the Army Corps of Engineers described the Red Hook Grain Terminal in 1984. Built in 1922 as part of an extension of the New York State Canal System, the structure has never made back the $2.5 million it cost to build, equivalent to nearly fifty million dollars today, adjusted for inflation. […]
