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How is #SandyVolunteering in Canarsie

How is #SandyVolunteering in Canarsie

Unless you’ve been asleep for a week, you know the major damage Hurricane Sandy has done

The Ties That Bind In Bushwick

The Ties That Bind In Bushwick

A local community fridge faces the threat of eviction, among other troubles

New Pawsibilities in Bushwick.

New Pawsibilities in Bushwick.

A doggy daycare has opened near the Myrtle-Wyckoff station, with a goal of hiring adults with autism.

Events Happening This Week(end) (March 31 – April 3) in and Around Bushwick

Events Happening This Week(end) (March 31 – April 3) in and Around Bushwick

Eat at a bagel pop-up! Clean up the streets! Go to the launch of a new negroni!

New York City’s Annual Holiday Tradition, Mulchfest, Is Back Again. Read Where You Can Recycle Your Holiday Tree in Bushwick

New York City’s Annual Holiday Tradition, Mulchfest, Is Back Again. Read Where You Can Recycle Your Holiday Tree in Bushwick

With over 74 drop-off or chipping sites citywide, find a Mulchfest location near you.

Mil Mundos en Común Wants to Bring Free Internet to Bushwick

Mil Mundos en Común Wants to Bring Free Internet to Bushwick

The non-profit Mil Mundos en Común has launched “Getting Bushwick Connected,” its first fundraiser to subsidize the installation of free internet for households in need.

Volunteer Opportunities in and Around Bushwick To Help Those in Need This Holiday Season

Volunteer Opportunities in and Around Bushwick To Help Those in Need This Holiday Season

This holiday season, here’s how you can volunteer your time to help others in our community.

‘Verbal Attacks’ During Recent Meeting Show Growing Rift in Brooklyn Democratic Party

‘Verbal Attacks’ During Recent Meeting Show Growing Rift in Brooklyn Democratic Party

A recent Brooklyn Democratic Party meeting included “verbal attacks” and the removal of a district leader.

Community Board 4 Wants Your Input: What Local Issues Matter Most?

Community Board 4 Wants Your Input: What Local Issues Matter Most?

What changes do you want to see in Bushwick? Let Community Board 4 know before October 25.

Do You Call Bushwick Home? Here Are Some Local Twitter Accounts To Follow

Do You Call Bushwick Home? Here Are Some Local Twitter Accounts To Follow

An ever-evolving list of Bushwick Twitter accounts to follow for all app users living in and around the neighborhood.

So You Want to Volunteer? Here Is a List of Bushwick Organizations That Need Your Help

So You Want to Volunteer? Here Is a List of Bushwick Organizations That Need Your Help

An ever-evolving list of Bushwick organizations that are actively in need of volunteers.

Food Delivery Nonprofit Kicks Off In North Brooklyn

Food Delivery Nonprofit Kicks Off In North Brooklyn

A new organization is delivering free food and beverages to families in public housing developments in Bushwick, Bed-Stuy and Williamsburg

Around Bushwick: A Neighborhood Gets Vaccinated

Around Bushwick: A Neighborhood Gets Vaccinated

Locals tell us what it means to try to resume a sense of ‘normalcy’ in 2021: ‘There’s a relief to feel like you’re not potentially hurting someone’

Local Mutual Aid Groups Say They’ll Sit City Elections Out

Local Mutual Aid Groups Say They’ll Sit City Elections Out

‘The work is political, but we don’t want so much to get caught in a lot of the Brooklyn party politics’

Salazar and Marte Exchange Accusations of Campaign Finance Violations in Heated State Senate Race

Salazar and Marte Exchange Accusations of Campaign Finance Violations in Heated State Senate Race

‘It’s frustrating when you’re playing by the rules and your opponent is cheating,’ Salazar says of Andy Marte’s primary challenge

Salazar Wins Sanders’ Support In State Senate Seat Fight

Salazar Wins Sanders’ Support In State Senate Seat Fight

Sanders gives the fundraising nod to State Senators Julia Salazar and Mike Gianaris, a notable Amazon HQ2 antagonist

Community Group ‘Our Repro Rights’ Is Hosting a Discussion to Advance Reproductive Justice

Community Group ‘Our Repro Rights’ Is Hosting a Discussion to Advance Reproductive Justice

The Bushwick reproductive rights group is pushing for lasting change through specificity and inclusivity.

NYC’s Finest Culinary Talent Aims to End Childhood Hunger at the Brooklyn Expo Center this April

NYC’s Finest Culinary Talent Aims to End Childhood Hunger at the Brooklyn Expo Center this April

On April 17, some of the city’s best culinary minds will come together in support of the fight to end childhood hunger across the country during Taste of the Nation’s charity event.

7 Ways to Give Back in and Around Bushwick This Thanksgiving

7 Ways to Give Back in and Around Bushwick This Thanksgiving

Ways to give back to the community during (and after) the holiday season.

How Bushwick Millennials are Changing the Face of the Economy and the Neighborhood

How Bushwick Millennials are Changing the Face of the Economy and the Neighborhood

Bushwick’s Magically Singular Harvest Festival ¡Calabazafest! is Coming To Maria Hernandez Park!

Bushwick’s Magically Singular Harvest Festival ¡Calabazafest! is Coming To Maria Hernandez Park!

The 7th annual ¡Calabazafest! will take place next weekend on Sunday, October 30.

A Literary Powerhouse in Bushwick Needs Artist Volunteers to Support Its Programming!

A Literary Powerhouse in Bushwick Needs Artist Volunteers to Support Its Programming!

Bushwick’s Still Waters in a Storm is helping kids discover their inner William Blakes this summer.

Mark Your Calendars for the First Annual Plant-Based Bushwick Vegan Food Festival

Mark Your Calendars for the First Annual Plant-Based Bushwick Vegan Food Festival

Later this month, Bushwick is getting a vegan food + lifestyle festival, approriately named Plant-Based Bushwick

First Annual Community Earth Day to Take Place Saturday at Irving Square Park

First Annual Community Earth Day to Take Place Saturday at Irving Square Park

This Saturday, April 30th, Bushwick’s Irving Square Park will be the venue for a newly inaugurated annual event organized to raise environmental awareness and provide resources for conscientious living to the Bushwick community

TEDxBushwick Is Returning to Our Neighborhood to Examine Collaborative Creation

TEDxBushwick Is Returning to Our Neighborhood to Examine Collaborative Creation

After its warm up round in 2015, TEDxBushwick is coming back in 2016 with even more ambitious plans and programming

Community Wellness Fair is Coming to Maria Hernandez Park this Saturday

Community Wellness Fair is Coming to Maria Hernandez Park this Saturday

Aside from living in Bushwick, many of us commute to work in the city and to other parts of Brooklyn, spending large chunks of our day standing smashed up against a subway window, working for companies with strict deadlines that have us grinning with clenched teeth.  Now that I have you all riled up, allow me […]

Do Good in Bushwick: 10 Volunteer Organizations to Get Involved In

Do Good in Bushwick: 10 Volunteer Organizations to Get Involved In

When I was a kid, my mother made me volunteer at a local shelter every Christmas morning

400 Bushwick Artists to Participate in “Making History,” Arts in Bushwick Benefit Show

400 Bushwick Artists to Participate in “Making History,” Arts in Bushwick Benefit Show

From the near distance, Bushwick Open Studios 2015 approaches

Bushwick Open Studios 2015: A Couple of Super-Important Deadlines [Updated]

Bushwick Open Studios 2015: A Couple of Super-Important Deadlines [Updated]

The sweet memories of the summer heat; friends wherever you go; endless strolls through artists studios–that’s what comes up in our mind when you say the letters B

Bushwick Open Studios Prep Kicks Off With Its First Public Meeting Tonight at The Bodega!

Bushwick Open Studios Prep Kicks Off With Its First Public Meeting Tonight at The Bodega!

Ok, so there might still be snow on the ground and it’s hard to remember what trees actually look like with leaves, but the first intimations of warmer days are upon us

Arts in Bushwick’s Community Projects Team Hypes Arts Education & Social Action Before BOS 2014

Arts in Bushwick’s Community Projects Team Hypes Arts Education & Social Action Before BOS 2014

While Bushwick Open Studios, and its mammoth showcase of more than 600 different gallery exhibitions, is usually what most people associate Arts in Bushwick with, the 10-person Community Projects arm of the group has quietly been developing programs and building partnerships with local organizations throughout the neighborhood, all in the aim of supporting the group’s larger mission of serving as a platform for creative accessibility

Cha-Cha-Cha-Changes: Bushwick Open Studios ’14 Will Have New Rules

Cha-Cha-Cha-Changes: Bushwick Open Studios ’14 Will Have New Rules

It’s kind of difficult to think about June right now, but for Julia Sinelnikova and the rest of the Arts in Bushwick (AiB) crew, it’s all that’s on their minds

Bridging Art and Community with Film – Kweighbaye Kotee, Founder of Bushwick Film Festival

Bridging Art and Community with Film – Kweighbaye Kotee, Founder of Bushwick Film Festival

Bushwick Film Festival turns six this year! From October 2nd to the 6th you have a great opportunity to get involved, whether by attending, contributing to the BFF foundation, or volunteering (there still might be a couple of spots available)

Do You Like People? Wanna Help Out Silent Barn? Here is How!

Do You Like People? Wanna Help Out Silent Barn? Here is How!

Premier Bushwick DIY venue Silent Barn is looking for some goodwill-capable community-minded souls to assist with a couple of projects they have in the works, and if you like the local music scene and have experience being pleasant with strangers, that could mean YOU!