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Stackable Wine, Musical Finds & The Festival Grind: Governors Ball in Photos

Stackable Wine, Musical Finds & The Festival Grind: Governors Ball in Photos

Last weekend, armed with sunscreen, lollypops, our handy 10 Must See Performances at GB guide, and camera in hand, Bushwick Daily descended upon Governors Ball for the first time

Beacon’s Closet to Silently Open Their New Location in East Williamsburg/Bushwick

Beacon’s Closet to Silently Open Their New Location in East Williamsburg/Bushwick

There’s a new vintage store in town and they mean business

Friday First: The Booming Beats of Tiny Victories’ debut album, Haunts

Friday First: The Booming Beats of Tiny Victories’ debut album, Haunts

This week’s Friday First features the enigmatic electro-pop duo, Tiny Victories and their debut album Haunts, out June 10th on Brooklyn indie label The Sleepover Party. Friday First is a weekly column premiering brand spanking new releases from local, national, and international bands. Rolling in with the intensity of a summertime thunderstorm, Bushwick-based dyad Tiny […]

The Moment We Have All Been Waiting For: M Will Now be Running on Weekends! (Does Cartwheels)

The Moment We Have All Been Waiting For: M Will Now be Running on Weekends! (Does Cartwheels)

Yes! You read that right. Yes, the M train has now stuck to its word (circa July 2013, see below) and will be running its full course starting Sunday, June 8. Just when you thought summer in the the city couldn’t get any sweeter the M train decides to give us the most fabulous present […]

Take a Peek Inside Bushwick Studios When They Are NOT Open

Take a Peek Inside Bushwick Studios When They Are NOT Open

Original comic for Bushwick Daily by Jeremy Nguyen

Do You Have Something to Share with the Community? Go Ahead and Use Us!

Do You Have Something to Share with the Community? Go Ahead and Use Us!

So you’re looking for a new best friend/roommate; that faux fur coat of yours doesn’t fit your image anymore; or you just want to buy a cheap acoustic guitar to play Beach Boys and sing in a high pitched voice on your roof? We’ve got some something just for you! We have new(ish) Classifieds! We cancelled the old system, and replaced it with a cool feed of community announcements, which we believe serves the purpose better

#BushwickDaily Insta-Takeover: Our Photogs Took #NoBSBOS by Storm and Eric Zeender Ponders “Beginnings”

#BushwickDaily Insta-Takeover: Our Photogs Took #NoBSBOS by Storm and Eric Zeender Ponders “Beginnings”

Instagram Takeover – photo by Katarina Hyvenova – art by Julia Sinelnikova We at Bushwick Daily lived and breathed Bushwick Open Studios throughout the weekend (let’s face it, we’d been living and breathing #NoBSBOS prep for weeks before that!) and now it’s over. So what else is there to do? Reflect on all the awesome things […]

10 Must-See Artists to Catch at Governors Ball!

10 Must-See Artists to Catch at Governors Ball!

Holy moly! We can’t believe the super sold out Governor’s Ball is this weekend

Our Book of Brutally Honest Stories About Bushwick to Be Released Soon. Come to the Reading on Sunday

Our Book of Brutally Honest Stories About Bushwick to Be Released Soon. Come to the Reading on Sunday

 

Join the Mega Scavenger Hunt During BOS with Bushwick Daily & Slideluck!

Join the Mega Scavenger Hunt During BOS with Bushwick Daily & Slideluck!

It is true, everybody! Bushwick Daily has partnered with Slideluck, a local awesome non-profit organization to bring you a fabulous Instagram scavenger hunt (check out the rules above)!

No BS BOS Curated Guide to Bushwick Open Studios Is Here!

No BS BOS Curated Guide to Bushwick Open Studios Is Here!

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#BushwickDaily Insta-Takeover: Lucrezia Alcorn Explores DeKalb, Plus Stay Tuned for #NoBSBOS Photog Collab

#BushwickDaily Insta-Takeover: Lucrezia Alcorn Explores DeKalb, Plus Stay Tuned for #NoBSBOS Photog Collab

If you’ve checked the Bushwick Daily Instagram feed lately (and if not, you should get your tush over there!), you have caught a lot of photos from the DeKalb L stop area

Dr. Lisa Asks the Experts: How to Get the Most Out of Bushwick Open Studios Weekend

Dr. Lisa Asks the Experts: How to Get the Most Out of Bushwick Open Studios Weekend

It’s crazy making time again! As I’m writing this column to you now, I realize I am sublimating my own anxiety about the coming weekend that I also am personally invested in

Bushwick Graffiti Decriminalized (!?)

Bushwick Graffiti Decriminalized (!?)

Bushwick is one of the boroughs of Brooklyn that have not been contributing to the rising complaints of graffiti and street art

“Just in Time for BOS,” Morgan Town Bar Closes Due to a Dispute of the Owners

“Just in Time for BOS,” Morgan Town Bar Closes Due to a Dispute of the Owners

Is the gorgeous space at 44 Wilson Ave cursed? Already the second business in the premises in the past 12 months is saying an abrupt goodbye

BOS 2014 Miracle? The Trains Are Running, The Sun Is Shining! It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

BOS 2014 Miracle? The Trains Are Running, The Sun Is Shining! It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

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Memorial Day Brought Fire to Sea Town Supermarket in Bushwick

Memorial Day Brought Fire to Sea Town Supermarket in Bushwick

If you walked past Myrtle Avenue and Linden Street around 3:00PM on this blazing-hot Memorial Day, you probably noticed a swarm of fire trucks surrounding Sea Town Supermarket

5 Reasons to Get Out to Bushwick Farmers’ Market This Season

5 Reasons to Get Out to Bushwick Farmers’ Market This Season

Bushwick Farmers’ Market is back! Our local purveyor of farm-fresh produce returns Saturday, May 31 to its flagship location in Maria Hernandez Park

Who Were the Actual Founders of “Morgantown” and “Jefftown”? This Comic Explains it All…

Who Were the Actual Founders of “Morgantown” and “Jefftown”? This Comic Explains it All…

For the past few weeks, we wondered who actually came up with

Your Weekly Train Update: The Transit Twilight Zone

Your Weekly Train Update: The Transit Twilight Zone

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TGIF: #BOS2014 is Only a Week Away!

TGIF: #BOS2014 is Only a Week Away!

Have you heard? #BOS2014 is right around the corner! It’s the chatter on the street, the Facebook invites, and the bustling in your neighbors studio; these are the sounds of hundreds of artists, curators, and organizers preparing to throw New York City’s largest open studio event! Look forward to 600+  artist studios open to the public, free live music, performance art showcases, panel discussions, outdoor festivals, and so much more! As those involved in the planning process will be spending the long weekend dotting our i’s and crossing our t’s, hopefully some of you will have time to relax and check out some of our best recent stories:

Calling All Photographers: Is It YOUR Turn to Insta-Takeover?

Calling All Photographers: Is It YOUR Turn to Insta-Takeover?

 

Add Some Shows to Your BBQ: Top 12 Shows This Weekend

Add Some Shows to Your BBQ: Top 12 Shows This Weekend

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#BushwickDaily Insta-Takeover: Lucia Reed on “Up Close & Bushwick” and Lucrezia Alcorn Sticks to DeKalb

#BushwickDaily Insta-Takeover: Lucia Reed on “Up Close & Bushwick” and Lucrezia Alcorn Sticks to DeKalb

Bushwick Daily resident photographer Lucia Reed took the reins on her second Insta-takeover with a theme we couldn’t wait for her to unveil, “Up Close & Bushwick

Welcome to the Neighborhood, Penn Badgley. xoxo, Bushwick Daily

Welcome to the Neighborhood, Penn Badgley. xoxo, Bushwick Daily

Newsflash: Penn Dayton Badgley, handsome television and film star best known for his role as Dan Humphrey on Gossip Girl, 27 years of well-worn age, has reportedly settled into an apartment off of the Morgan L train. He has been spotted around the neighborhood at bars, street corners, and subway platforms, as well as chowing down at […]

Dr. Lisa says: “You’re Crazy for Having Children!”

Dr. Lisa says: “You’re Crazy for Having Children!”

I spent some time with artist Cibele Vieira last week because of my involvement with the Bushwick Open Studio Benefit, which as far as I can tell, Cibele was completely committed to

Your Weekly Train Update: Here We Go Again on Our Own

Your Weekly Train Update: Here We Go Again on Our Own

Upon initial glance of this weekend’s train service changes the first thing that popped into my mind was Whitesnake’s “Here I Go Again” (I know, random, it has been a long week) but really…here [we] go again on our own: and with a little help from the L train. That is right – this weekend […]

GET UP GET DOWN: Top Music Shows This Weekend

GET UP GET DOWN: Top Music Shows This Weekend

If you’re like us, you want the weekend to arrive promptly and loudly. Lucky for you, we know where all the parties are at! Check out the top 10 concerts we’ve rounded up this weekend, including a free “barn burner,” a Bangon! Party, Hardcore Fest at The Knockdown center, a Sunday night chillout show, and […]

Calling All Bushwick: Get Awesome BOS14 Exposure in Our Amazing Print Guide!

Calling All Bushwick: Get Awesome BOS14 Exposure in Our Amazing Print Guide!

Dear Bushwick artists, musicians, galleries, businesses & friends! In about two weeks we all will be going mad (with joy, of course) for Bushwick’s best annual event, Bushwick Open Studios (BOS), which is happening on May 30-June 1. Thousands of people will be strolling our beloved neighborhood, and we all know that BOS is Bushwick’s time to shine! Therefore, I am […]

Listening Party: The Traveling Troubadour, Cass McCombs

Listening Party: The Traveling Troubadour, Cass McCombs

This week’s Listening Party features the genre-bending sounds of Cass McCombs and his upcoming show next Thursday at Music Hall of Williamsburg

What Happens on Your Rooftop? Play Bushwick Rooftop Bingo!

What Happens on Your Rooftop? Play Bushwick Rooftop Bingo!

 

Last Call for Wannabe Mr. Smallest Penis in Bushwick!

Last Call for Wannabe Mr. Smallest Penis in Bushwick!

Have you ever had mind-blowing sex with someone whose penis was so little it belonged in a small penis pageant? Are you are someone who is equipped with said endowment, as well the pride and courage to share your “fun-sized” gift with the world?

MIA & ASAP Ferg Rocked the Warehouse @ The Knockdown Center

MIA & ASAP Ferg Rocked the Warehouse @ The Knockdown Center

World-famous MIA and America-infamous ASAP Ferg performed together at the Knockdown center last Friday. What can we saw? This was a super fun show, packed to the brim with fans of all shapes and sizes. The only complaint amongst the pumped up crowd was that the venue, which was recently denied a liquor license, was dry. […]

Beyonce (and Jay Z?) Dined at Roberta’s Two Days Ago, Sources Say

Beyonce (and Jay Z?) Dined at Roberta’s Two Days Ago, Sources Say

Beyonce Knowles, well-regarded female musician, ate dinner (pizza?) recently at Roberta’s, a local Bushwick pizzeria, with her husband, Jay-Z (rapper)

The Galleries of 17-17 Troutman Are Being Kicked Out

The Galleries of 17-17 Troutman Are Being Kicked Out

We might be seeing some serious changes to the Bushwick/Ridgewood gallery landscape in the coming months

Friday First: BOYTOY’s Garage-Punk Vibe on “Shallow Town”

Friday First: BOYTOY’s Garage-Punk Vibe on “Shallow Town”

This week we are head-bobbing to fantastically energetic Brooklyn rockers BOYTOY’s song “Shallow Town” from their self-titled EP out May 13. Friday First is a weekly column devoted to premiering new music from local, national, and international artists. BOYTOY’s sassy sound is a smart and timely blend of modern garage rock with a 90’s pop-punk vibe. Their sound falls among the rankss […]