Arts & Culture

Yoga Mats and Yoni Eggs: East Williamsburg Art Show Examines Fitness Fads

Alex Ebstein's newest show will be on view from April 28 to June 4 at 56 Bogart St.

4/20, Drunk Fiction, Neighborhood Consciousness Raising & Other Events This Week

Here's your weekly dose of events in Bushwick and the surrounding area.

Watch Movies Under the Stars at This Summer’s Rooftop Cinema Club Screenings

Rooftop Cinema club is back for its third season this May and June!

Kpiss, Bushwick’s Internet Radio, Broadcasts from a Shipping Container in Punk Alley

"We're the golden stream!"

Feast and Frolic at an Outdoor House of Yes-Hosted Dutch Festival This Month

House of Yes is partnering with the Ridgewood Historical Society to bring the outdoor and family-friendly Dutch festival to Ridgewood...

‘Law & Order: SVU’ Films Scenes in Ridgewood

The neighborhood is an increasingly-popular location for film crews to set up shop.

Immersive Orchestra, Comics of Most Races, and Bamboo in Bushwick: Weekly Events Guide

Don't let the impending tax deadline bog you down, and head out to these fab seven events. One for every...

Neighbors and Family Celebrate the Life of Ulysses “Vato” Calixto, Bushwick Graffiti Artist

Vato died of a heart attack late last month, but tributes to his work continue to sprout up in the...

Nooklyn Snags a Webby Award Nomination

The Bushwick-based business is an outlier in the world of boring real estate websites.

Brooklyn Steel Opens Tomorrow, Foreshadowing a New Trend in Music Industry Consolidation

The first show is already putting the venue in the spotlight for perhaps the wrong reasons.

Creators off of Wilson L in Bushwick, Rejoice. Unruly Collective Wants to Play with You

Operating from a Bushwick brownstone, Unruly Collective wants you to make art without any rules.

Tap and Dye Is a Bushwick Business Supporting USA Manufacturing One Camera Strap at a Time

Owner, Justin Waldinger, describes how he got his start in the world of handmade leather goods.

Full Moon Market, Bushwick Book Club, and More Fantastic Events for Every Day of the Week!

Let's celebrate the arrival of spring with great Bushwick events!

Bushwick-Based Filmmakers Launch the Visible Poetry Project Tomorrow

The project pairs a filmmaker with a poet in order to create original art every day of April.

TVLand’s ‘Younger’ Is Filming in Bushwick This Weekend

Jefferson Street and Wyckoff Avenue will be part of the backdrop for season four of "Younger."

Chelsea Gallery, Koenig & Clinton, Is Moving to Bushwick This Summer

The cutting-edge gallery announced they'll be moving from Chelsea to Willoughby Avenue this June.

90s Hip Hop, Nude Body Painting Dance Party, and More Events for Every Day of the Week

Not a day shall not pass without a fun Bushwick event!

Artery Turns Bushwick Backyards, Living Rooms, Laundromats and More Into Performance Spaces

The online platform lets hosts and organizers plan showcases to feature the work of local performers in temporary DIY spaces.

Highland Park’s First-Ever Art Installation Will Be a Colorful, Inflatable Masterpiece

Help support Bushwick-based artist Daniele Frazier in creating a fun, shared experience for Brooklyn and Queens residents alike!

East Williamsburg Venue, Shea Stadium, Launches a Kickstarter to Fund a Reopening

And they're almost at their goal mere hours after launching!

NSFW: Bushwick-Based Jacq the Stripper Celebrates Exotic Dancers in Her New Coffee Table Book

The book of illustrations features the good and bad experiences of 300 strippers from around the world.

Bushwick Collective Artists Participated in a Massive McDonald’s Ad Campaign

As part of the rollout of the "NY Supreme Bagel" at McDonald's locations in the Netherlands, the company tried to...

The Bushwick Starr’s New Play, “Frontiéres sans Frontières,” Explores Topical Themes of Displacement

Globalization touches the lives of three refugee children in this linguistically acrobatic performance.

Socially-Conscious Comedy Featuring Local Performers Comes to Starr Bar This Saturday

The Stay Woke Comedy Show promises to make you laugh through a social justice lens.

Your Dirty, Old Panties Can Become Part of a Set at a House of Yes Show This Weekend

Donations are being accepted at Queen of Falafel until Friday afternoon.

Bushwick Artist, Alex Chowaniec’s New Installation Reveals the Importance of Alternative Spaces

“I always knew that if I could just get myself here, it would be home.”

OMG: Spend Your Saturday Casually Perusing Some of Bushwick’s 83 Galleries

Consider yourself artified—this Saturday from 1 to 9 p.m.

Bushwick-Based Artist Reframes Art + Activism with Walk-In Panoramas of Ferguson and More

Step into the panoramas of “American Trilogy” and you just might walk out with a different perspective about a person,...

Hidden From Sight, Film Studios at Brooklyn Fire Proof See a Lot of Action

Most of us know Brooklyn Fire Proof as a now-closed cafe on an industrial stretch of Ingraham Street or a...

Italian Design Showroom Opens on Industrial Stretch Next to Bunker and Honey’s in East Williamsburg

The new workshop, showroom, and event space looks like it may pack a big punch on a dead end street.

Did You Notice Bushwick’s Appearance in the NYT Crossword Last Weekend?

"Bushwick" was the answer to the clue "Big Apple Neighborhood bordering Williamsburg" in a vowelless crossword that appeared in the...

Behold: The Perfect GIFs to Text Your Bushwick Valentine!

Stranger Than Bushwick creator Jeremy Nguyen shares some loving, relatable Bushwick V-day moments—send them to your hookup, your roommate, your...

DIY Desk Space: Bushwick’s Market Hotel Now Offers Daytime Coworking

"The idea is to be able to keep the space running while we can't do shows," Market Hotel's rep said.

Rossini’s “Otello,” Set in Postwar Italy, Opens LoftOpera’s 2017 Season

LoftOpera kicks off its 2017 season with this timely production at Flushing Avenue's LightSpace Studios.

Another Movie Set in Bushwick Gets a Sundance Premiere

Jessica Williams of "The Daily Show" plays a struggling playwright living somewhere in "deep, deep Bushwick."

This Quirky Claymation Music Video Stars Bushwick’s Myrtle-Broadway JMZ Station

The whimsical video for new band Rooster shows us the J train we would like to see in the world.

Boobie Trap Is on A Mission to Rid the World of Man Buns and They’re Succeeding

Four man buns have already fallen victim to a boozy promise.

Photos: Bushwick Icon Rosie Perez and Lots of Other Locals Represented at the NYC Women’s March

Perez led a star-studded rally on 47th Street as hundreds of thousands of marchers streamed into Manhattan for Saturday's historic...

Feeling Down? Head Out to Any of These Local Fundraisers and Parties and Shows

Bushwick and East Williamsburg establishments are really throwing themselves into the resistance.

Do You Run a Project That Supports the Bushwick Community? Apply to Win This Grant of Up to $3,000!

Citizens Committee for New York City, the same organization that runs the the Love Your Block grant program, wants to...

Comic: New Franchises Try to Bridge Gap with Bushwick Residents

This Beautiful Short Documentary Tells the Story of DeKalb Avenue’s Pigeons & Their Resilient Keeper

Meet Gil, a lifelong homing pigeon enthusiast who had kept his beloved pets on the same rooftop for 27 years...

This One Woman Show Performed in a Bushwick Bathtub Is a Must-See!

The award-winning immersive performance "Broken Bone Bathtub," by Siobhan O'Laughlin is playing in a Bushwick apartment until February.

Dystopian Action Thriller “Bushwick” Premieres at Sundance This Weekend

The movie featuring Brittany Snow and Dave Bautista is about Texas and most of the American South seceding from the...

A Bushwick Photographer’s Collaboration With Shepard Fairey Has Already Impacted the Women’s March

French-Senegalese Photographer Delphine Diallo's portrait of a serene child was adapted into an illustration by iconic street artist Shepard Fairey.

10 Bushwick-filmed Shows and Movies to Look Out For in 2017

Bushwick will play quite a supporting role in movies and television this

Of Course the Brooklyn Public Library’s Premier Zine Collection Is in Bushwick

The Travis Fristoe Memorial Zine Collection at Bushwick's DeKalb Avenue branch of the Brooklyn Public Library is the only such...

Buy Artwork, Support Lambda Legal, Oppose the Incoming Administration

In even more of a showing of Trump-resistance, artists are coming together to fundraise for Lamda Legal.

A “What If Bernie Won?” Film Fest Is Coming to East Williamsburg

The President Sanders film festival is an opportunity for local filmmakers to present their visions of what America would have...

Knockdown Center Hosts Huge ‘Stay Nasty’ Festival to Help the Resistance Get Organized

Music, art, comedy, and activism come together in a four day festival to give people options for how to get...