Arts & Culture
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On Chilly Spring Days, Just a Hint of Color: Bushwick Street Style with Ruthie Darling
It may be Spring, but this past week's roller coaster weather is forcing Bushwick fashionistas back into their winter cocoons
Bushwick Auteur Frustrated by Lack of Diversity in Film Industry Launches Funding Campaign for a Local Webseries
A local filmmaker who found herself continually confronting narrow casting parameters in mainstream entertainment industry productions is asking her community for support...
Bushwick Daily Supports Bernie Sanders For President [OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENT]
In advance of the New York Democratic Primary on April 19, it's with great joy that Bushwick Daily announces our support for Bernie...
This Local Flower CSA Is Brought to You by a Bushwick Food Coop Manager & the Fine and Raw Ops Director!
A Kickstarter which launched Tuesday is seeking seed money for a new local agriculture project created by seasoned Bushwick garden advocates...
“Los Sures” and “Living Los Sures” Are the Living Brooklyn History Film Pairing We’ve Been Waiting For
Those who were familiar with Williamburg's south side in decades past have been known to find the neighborhood unrecognizable in...
Brothers Behind Bushwick Coffee Shop Organize Fundraiser for Victims of DeKalb Ave Fire
A local coffee shop owned by lifelong Bushwick residents has launched a fundraising effort to help the individuals who lost...
The Hollows Leaves Bushwick After Landlord Wouldn’t Renew Their Lease
Two years ago, The Hollows, a space for artists, residencies, art shows and events, opened on Bushwick Avenue
Scholes Street Studio: For the Music You Can’t Hear in Bars
Bushwick's DIY music scene gets a lot of hype—but one local space is offering musicians with more formal training a place to...
Represent Bushwick on Brooklyn’s Inaugural Bookstore Crawl
Bookstore sales are up across the country for the first time since 2007, and we can't think of a better way...
The Emerging (High School!) Artists of Bushwick’s Casa Experimental Show At Silent Barn
Bushwick may be an international art world hub, but one of the Silent Barn's current exhibitions showcases talent that wasn't flown in: the drawings, sculptures, photos...
Brooklyn Kava, Bushwick’s Original Kava Company, Offers A Unique Experience For Kava And Coffee Drinkers
Kava is sweeping the neighborhood! As you may have read in a previous post, kava is a ceremonial drink from...
Bradley Cooper-Produced Supernatural Crime Drama “Limitless” Filmed in Bushwick This Week
A television show based on a Bradley Cooper-helmed film about a super successful superhuman returned to Bushwick this week for...
Watch This Stunning Time Lapse of the Making of a Bushwick Collective Piece
A web-only extra for Time Out New York puts a Bushwick Institution front and center this week: As a supplement...
Bushwick Gallerists Banned From Whitney for Rogue Pop Up
Apostrophe Gallery's Sei and Ki Smith, whose pop up art shows have appeared in places as unexpected as the Kosciuszko...
Parquet Courts Tease New Album With a Bushwick Vending Machine
Local indie rockers Parquet Courts delighted their Bushwick fans this week by teasing their upcoming album with a merchandise vending machine, which dispenses art promoting the album,...
Celebrate Women’s History Month in Bushwick With These Film and Art Events!
If you're an intersectional feminist, chances are you take Women's History Month very seriously
Bushwick Residents Receive Increased Access to Immigration Assistance
Make the Road New York (MRNY), already a wide-reaching non-profit serving Bushwick and greater New York City, is expanding their...
Daylight Savings Is (Finally) Here: Our Top Music Shows This Week
Daylight Savings is upon us, readers. Ah, the feeling of the sky not being pitch-black at 5pm! Life is good....
Bushwick Sweets Aficionados, Rejoice! A Brazilian Sweet Shop Is Open On Porter Ave
A super sweet shop just opened up at 57 Porter Ave, and it's guaranteed to make your mouth water
This WNYC Podcast About Gentrification Is Required Listening for Bushwick
Excellent gentrification reporting is a major accomplishment
EXCLUSIVE: The Bushwick Collective 5th Anniversary Will Feature Art Fair, Open Studios & Block Party
When The Bushwick Collective announced that their fifth annual block party will be held on June 5 this year, they...
Dystopian Action Thriller “Bushwick” Filmed in Clinton Hill This Weekend
An action thriller that takes place during an apocalyptic scenario set in our home neighborhood shot on location in Clinton Hill...
Bushwick Artists To Host Cross-Borough Double Bill of Anti-Gentrification Community Arts Events Saturday
Two back to back arts events organized by long time Bushwick artists and residents are scheduled for this Saturday, and both events...
Syndicated Brunch Arrives This Weekend, Is Amazing As Expected
Because if there's anything better than brunch, it's brunch and movies.
Top 10 Bushwick Shows for Wrapping Up a Crazy Week
Things are getting really weird: Trump is the frontrunner of a major political party and it's 73 degrees in March
Robert de Niro Is Filming a Movie in Bushwick Right Now
Google "one of the greatest actors of all time
Bushwick Art Show Announces Call for Submissions for Work by Mexican Artists
"Méxtasis," a local art show planned for early June, is seeking work by Mexican artists organized around the themes of their...
The Bushwick Film Festival is Officially Accepting Submissions
The Bushwick Film Festival announced this week that submissions are now open for its 9th annual festival this fall
Bushwick Businesses Are Invited to The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce’s Future of Work Summit
Labor in Brooklyn has undergone huge transformation in the past several decades, and that process of transformation shows no signs...
Anonymous Bushwick Arts Festival Plans to Hold an Open Studio Event in June, Garners Strong Reaction
An anonymous organization called the Bushwick Arts Festival set up a website and Facebook page at the end of February—and immediately...
The Working Theater Holds An Intergenerational Storytelling and Biography Workshop in Bushwick
In a New York City neighborhood like Bushwick where housing turnover is high and socioeconomic disparity is wide, it can...
TedxBushwick 2016’s Lineup: FDNY-Certified Fire Artist, Civil Rights Lawyer, Clowns Without Borders, Weed Actvist & More
Bushwick's local Tedx chapter has announced its 2016 lineup—and it's nothing if not dynamic, with presenters ranging from a New...
Weekend Art News: All The Shows Plus Armory Late Night Is Back This Saturday
Enrico Gomez said it just right in the latest Wagmag newsletter: the art world is head over heels crazy this...
Behold Precious Metal, New Bar from the Pine Box Rock Shop Owners
East Williamsburg's Pine Box Rock Shop has long been a neighborhood darling for many reasons, including its many personal touches (the...
The End Records Ends Its Tenure in Bushwick
has called 94 Bogart St home for the past decade, but as has happened to so many places in Bushwick...
[SPOILER ALERT] This Bushwick Institution got a Shout Out on Broad City Last Night
Abbi Abrams and Ilana Wexler may live in Astoria and Gowanus, respectively—but even though they have yet to pop up in Bushwick...
Bushwick Collective Block Party Announced a June Date Despite the October Bushwick Open Studios
In the wake of the recent announcement that the beloved neighborhood-wide festival, Bushwick Open Studios will be held in October...
Bushwick’s St. Barbara’s Church is Slated for a Landmark Vote
It may be hard to believe St
Artists Built an Actual Sauna at East Williamsburg Gallery Signal
This weekend, East Williamsburg's SIGNAL Gallery presents something that might help assuage your winter blues: A fully functional sauna is...
Startup-Ready Office Building With Restaurant and Convertible Parking Garage/Event Space Slated for Johnson Ave
Finally: a solution to the age-old dilemma of whether to use the ground level floor of an office building for parking...
Bushwick Open Studios ’16 Will be Held in October Instead of the Usual June
In a move that surprised many, local organization Arts in Bushwick announced Wednesday that its well attended flagship event, Bushwick Open...
D&D at 56 Bogart: Meet Bushwick’s Most Famous Gaming Gallerists
Among the many galleries at art hub 56 Bogart, located just across the street from the Morgan L entrance, Zaltar’s Gallery of Fantastical...
NYFW Did Bushwick at This Calvin Klein and Dazed-Sponsored Wareouse Rave
The fashion world ubered out to the neighborhood from the Meatpacking District this past Saturday night for a party celebrating...
Queer Utopia Awaits You at Macri Park’s New Cans Film Festival
“Sister, sister, oh so fair, why is there blood all over your hair?” If you, like so many of us,...
[NSFW] Get an Eyeful at This Raunchy, Topless Bushwick Comedy Night
Do you hate Valentine’s Day, but love boobs and comedy? Well then, reader, here is the event for you: this...

