This morning we informed you of a seemingly heroic decision by Bushwick’s beloved library, Mellow Pages, to reject a supposed $50,000 donation from ExxonMobile

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Mellow Pages, the beloved open-source library and reading room located on the first floor of 56 Bogart, needs your help: founders Jacob Perkins and Matt Nelson are asking their community to support the space with a newly launched Indiegogo campaign while the Mellow Pages gang figures out its next steps

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Rain gently pattered on the back window of Mellow Pages library and reading room as the L train roared beneath Bogart Street during a Secret Reading on a Tuesday afternoon a couple of weeks ago

Bookworms rejoice! Mellow Pages, a new library and reading room in Bushwick, will open its doors on Thursday, February 21 at 7PM with beers and impromptu readings

Even if you don’t want to venture out of the neighborhood, there are plenty of cozy nooks nearby for your reading pleasure.

Instagram Takeover – Ariel Churnin – Fall foliage, tree, changing colors Rough winter winds and the lack of sunshine are conducive to start feeling blue. And even Bushwick, an old good friend who was highfiving us all summer is suddenly all grey and cold. But Bushwick, you can’t fool us, there’s so much to appreciate you! Just […]

People often say that fall is bitter sweet

Bushwick is full of stories

Former members of shuttered East Williamsburg maker space 3rd Ward plan to hold a free public meeting and mixer at Brooklyn Brewery Wednesday  to discuss plans in the wake of 3rd Ward’s closure

By Allison Galgiani & Katarina Hybenova

Not too long ago DNAinfo praised Bushwick for its bookshop greatness, even going so far as to call Bushwick a literary mecca (ooh lala, well thank you!)

Do you sometimes suffer from Cabin Fever?? If so, you should hop on a train and check out how Bushwick creatives are taking their talents outside the hood this Saturday

We all remember the joy (and sometimes dread) that came with high school yearbook superlatives

This past March, Bushwick Art Crit Group had its inaugural meeting led by local artist and organizer Christopher Stout in the gallery of Brooklyn Fire Proof East

While I am always waiting with bated breath for the weekend to awaken me from my weekly doldrums, I am especially antsy due to the upcoming deluge of amazing art openings happening in Bushwick this week and next! As with the first buds of spring popping up along Knickerbocker, many galleries lie in wait for the spring exhibition season to hit and they have brought the goods with them this time

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Those who could made sure to escape the city for one last moment of summer vacation before Labour Day put an end to summer leisure and white garments

“You always have to go bigger,” said artist and cultural entrepreneur Peter Hopkins, announcing his exciting plans to turn the empty warehouse at 299 Meserole St into a cultural center of the East Williamsburg and Bushwick area

When Nyssa Frank, owner of the Living Gallery, noticed that Bushwick bookstores were cropping up like dandelions (Mellow Pages, Molasses, and Human Relations, to name a few) she began to wonder how best to bring these very different bookstores into conversation with one another

Plain PBR/whiskey consumption doesn’t really cut it for you