Gabe Friedman

Gabe Friedman is a culture writer and editor who lives in Cobble Hill, currently working on a graphic novel about the band Television.

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Wild Captives is piercing archery stereotypes, the Brooklyn way

Arts & Entertainment

Wild Captives is piercing archery stereotypes, the Brooklyn way

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis wrote a concept album about ‘The Warriors’

Arts & Entertainment

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis wrote a concept album about ‘The Warriors’

What to know about Brad Lander

Community & Commerce

What to know about Brad Lander

The ‘stunning’ Nets trade that will define their next few seasons, explained

Community & Commerce

The ‘stunning’ Nets trade that will define their next few seasons, explained

A massive events space is coming to the Brooklyn Navy Yard

Arts & Entertainment

A massive events space is coming to the Brooklyn Navy Yard

Paul McCartney was good at photography too

Arts & Entertainment

Paul McCartney was good at photography too

The Lemon Twigs sound like your favorite ‘60s band. They’re fine with that

Arts & Entertainment

The Lemon Twigs sound like your favorite ‘60s band. They’re fine with that

Sinkane’s ‘love letter to Black culture’

Arts & Entertainment

Sinkane’s ‘love letter to Black culture’

Park Slope will get a new record store courtesy of Depeche Mode founder Vince Clarke

Community & Commerce

Park Slope will get a new record store courtesy of Depeche Mode founder Vince Clarke

A first look at the Brooklyn Paramount — the borough’s next big venue

Arts & Entertainment

A first look at the Brooklyn Paramount — the borough’s next big venue

A night with Lip Critic: two synths, two drummers, a lot of noise and a mosh pit

Arts & Entertainment

A night with Lip Critic: two synths, two drummers, a lot of noise and a mosh pit

Downtown Brooklyn’s historic Paramount theater gets a makeover and a opening date

Community & Commerce

Downtown Brooklyn’s historic Paramount theater gets a makeover and a opening date

San Fermin survived indie rock burnout. Up next: Growing a record label

Arts & Entertainment

San Fermin survived indie rock burnout. Up next: Growing a record label

The Brooklyn Museum has a shiny new art education center

Arts & Entertainment

The Brooklyn Museum has a shiny new art education center

Partisan Records is the most influential label you’ve probably never heard of

Arts & Entertainment

Partisan Records is the most influential label you’ve probably never heard of

The best in Brooklyn music, 2023

Arts & Entertainment

The best in Brooklyn music, 2023

Rock czar Johnny Marr on his co-stars: the guitars

Arts & Entertainment

Rock czar Johnny Marr on his co-stars: the guitars

Inside the queer punk revolution

Community & Commerce

Inside the queer punk revolution

Vice is packing its bags and moving out of Williamsburg

Community & Commerce

Vice is packing its bags and moving out of Williamsburg

Miller’s crossing: ‘The Hook’ makes its American debut

Arts & Entertainment

Miller’s crossing: ‘The Hook’ makes its American debut

Cinco de Mayo! Kentucky Derby! Open Streets! 14 things to do this weekend

Arts & Entertainment

Cinco de Mayo! Kentucky Derby! Open Streets! 14 things to do this weekend

The full BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! 2023 calendar has dropped

Arts & Entertainment

The full BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! 2023 calendar has dropped

Avant Gardner is having liquor license issues over reports of drug use there

Arts & Entertainment

Avant Gardner is having liquor license issues over reports of drug use there

Video shows how the BQE changed an enormous swath of Brooklyn

Community & Commerce

Video shows how the BQE changed an enormous swath of Brooklyn

Where to order chicken soup when you get Covid this winter

Food & Drink

Where to order chicken soup when you get Covid this winter

The best places to get cuffed ASAP

Arts & Entertainment

The best places to get cuffed ASAP

Tower Records has opened a new space in Brooklyn but details are scarce

Community & Commerce

Tower Records has opened a new space in Brooklyn but details are scarce

Beloved Greenpoint cocktail bar Ramona to close at end of year

Community & Commerce

Beloved Greenpoint cocktail bar Ramona to close at end of year

Defonte’s won’t be throwing a party for its 100th birthday

Food & Drink

Defonte’s won’t be throwing a party for its 100th birthday

Pioneers at work

Arts & Entertainment

Pioneers at work

Update on the The Knitting Factory: It’s not coming back to Brooklyn

Arts & Entertainment

Update on the The Knitting Factory: It’s not coming back to Brooklyn

BK Mag 311: A cheat sheet to the Democratic primary for NY’s new 10th district

Community & Commerce

BK Mag 311: A cheat sheet to the Democratic primary for NY’s new 10th district

Union Pool closed temporarily following five-alarm fire that hospitalizes 7

Community & Commerce

Union Pool closed temporarily following five-alarm fire that hospitalizes 7

Update: The Knitting Factory, closing soon in Williamsburg, plans to stay in NYC

Arts & Entertainment

Update: The Knitting Factory, closing soon in Williamsburg, plans to stay in NYC

The Knitting Factory is closing down its Brooklyn location

Community & Commerce

The Knitting Factory is closing down its Brooklyn location

‘Top Chef’ winner Buddha Lo wants to open a spot with ‘a cool Brooklyn flair’

Arts & Entertainment

‘Top Chef’ winner Buddha Lo wants to open a spot with ‘a cool Brooklyn flair’

How a Bed-Stuy hustlepreneur got his hoodies worn on the floor of Barclays Center

Community & Commerce

How a Bed-Stuy hustlepreneur got his hoodies worn on the floor of Barclays Center

Philly’s Laser Wolf is opening a Brooklyn outpost

Food & Drink

Philly’s Laser Wolf is opening a Brooklyn outpost

Step aside, Gowanus: Greenpoint is now home to 2 EPA Superfund contaminated sites

Community & Commerce

Step aside, Gowanus: Greenpoint is now home to 2 EPA Superfund contaminated sites

‘Big shoes to fill’: Carroll Gardens staple Bar Bruno to take over Enid’s spot in Greenpoint

Food & Drink

‘Big shoes to fill’: Carroll Gardens staple Bar Bruno to take over Enid’s spot in Greenpoint

5 great Brooklyn-based ice cream brands (that aren’t Van Leeuwen) at a bodega near you

Food & Drink

5 great Brooklyn-based ice cream brands (that aren’t Van Leeuwen) at a bodega near you

Van Leeuwen pioneered the artisanal ice cream boom. It’s finally ready to go big

Food & Drink

Van Leeuwen pioneered the artisanal ice cream boom. It’s finally ready to go big

‘Melting away’: An ice sculpture drips with messages in Grand Army Plaza

Community & Commerce

‘Melting away’: An ice sculpture drips with messages in Grand Army Plaza

The era of the ‘Covid apartment deal’ is over, and Brooklynites are feeling the squeeze

Spaces

The era of the ‘Covid apartment deal’ is over, and Brooklynites are feeling the squeeze

Gamechanger or shitshow? 5 takeaways from the Nets’ James Harden trade

Arts & Entertainment

Gamechanger or shitshow? 5 takeaways from the Nets’ James Harden trade

Brooklyn Nets look to become the first team in the metaverse

Arts & Entertainment

Brooklyn Nets look to become the first team in the metaverse

Step aside, Nitehawk: All NYC movie theaters can now sell wine and beer

Community & Commerce

Step aside, Nitehawk: All NYC movie theaters can now sell wine and beer

All aboard the Interborough Express? Hochul pushes new Brooklyn-Queens rail line

Community & Commerce

All aboard the Interborough Express? Hochul pushes new Brooklyn-Queens rail line

Breaking down the Nets’ no good, very Covid weekend

Arts & Entertainment

Breaking down the Nets’ no good, very Covid weekend

Coney Island Boardwalk businesses to get a new lease on life

Community & Commerce

Coney Island Boardwalk businesses to get a new lease on life

Aural sex: Inside the podcast that goes deep … ‘Balls Deep’

Arts & Entertainment

Aural sex: Inside the podcast that goes deep … ‘Balls Deep’

Brooklyn rockers Parquet Courts get clubby on their new album

Arts & Entertainment

Brooklyn rockers Parquet Courts get clubby on their new album

Bon Iver, Grimes, Miguel, Khruangbin tackle the climate crisis with interactive art

Arts & Entertainment

Bon Iver, Grimes, Miguel, Khruangbin tackle the climate crisis with interactive art

A fully naked adaptation of ‘Antigone’ by a Brooklyn troupe comes to the stage

Arts & Entertainment

A fully naked adaptation of ‘Antigone’ by a Brooklyn troupe comes to the stage

Eating Korean food with Japanese Breakfast

Food & Drink

Eating Korean food with Japanese Breakfast

A Lebanese market thrives where a Polish grocer once served Greenpoint

Food & Drink

A Lebanese market thrives where a Polish grocer once served Greenpoint