Pushing Boundaries: Michael Alan ‘Alien’ Talks Art, Challenges, and the Future of Creative Expression (Exclusive)

Bushwick-born artist Michael Allen Alien has spent over two decades pushing the limits of performance art and installations. In this exclusive interview, he discusses the importance of creating art that forces people to slow down and engage deeply, while also sharing insights into his personal and artistic challenges.

Success Stories: Ridgewood’s Standard Physical Therapy

In December 2022, Dr. Amr Elbegrmi, the owner and director of Standard Physical Therapy, set up his practice on Troutman Avenue, on the Ridgewood-Bushwick...

Notes On A Small Press Flea In East Williamsburg.

These progressive and sociopolitically confrontational titles seemed to pose an inherent contradiction with the flea’s new 2024 location

For Sale: Nuwaubian UFO Cult Compound, Slightly Used

“We’re just collecting offers," says a go-between with the organization.

Frosting, Plexiglass, Neon Sex Sculptures, And Other Mythologies at the Underdonk

A new show called ‘Yours or Mine’ debuts at a gallery near the House of Yes

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Letter from a (NYCHA) Occupant

Or how a group at Bushwick Houses embraced seasonal clean-ups

Watch This: Another Struggling Artist Running Around Bushwick

Someone shot a short film around 3 Dollar Bill and the Halsey J station

House of the Waackers

House of Yes plays host to a waacking competition put on by "Princess Lockeroo"

The Stockton Street Shelter Has Closed

"We’re the ones scrambling"

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Among the Artists In Ridgewood

“It’s changed so much,” says Jude Tallichet, a sculptor of modest renown who moved to Ridgewood some twenty-five years ago. Tallichet had been among...

It’s ‘Off-Off-Broadway,’ In Bushwick

The Gracemoon Arts Company opens with a production of 'The Dutchman'

First Floor Arsonist Suspected In Bushwick Blaze, Displacing 30

Described as "a man in his 60s," he remains at large.

Finding The Fish And Chips At Vacations

In running her first restaurant, Annie Howard Shaner says that it felt important to have a kitchen that could quickly whip up an order...

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