Bushwick’s favorite beach destination presents another weekend in the sun. Perfect your tan and do some good for the environment.

Highly anticipated “urban tiki” destination Dromedary Bar officially opened last Friday, April 22nd, and Bushwick turned out to celebrate the new spot in remarkably high numbers

It truly has been a mild winter so far. A few cold spells – but for the most part we shouldn’t complain. Even so, we’ve all been there – a Friday night in January … contemplating whether to ‘brace the elements’ or to binge-watch the entire Making of a Murderer series. Although the latter is […]

Part bottling facility, part deli/grocery: Say hello to Twin Suns Deli, opening mid-December at 244 Himrod Street in Bushwick

When Kevin Adey, the Northeast Kingdom’s long-time chef, announced that with his wife Debbie, they were opening a new farm-to-table restaurant, we were all ears (and tongues)

CMJ festival is the music lover’s mid-fall holiday

Have you walked past that closed down bar in Ridgewood on Harman St and Seneca Ave with the crazy neon signs and the blacked out windows thinking someone needs to do something with this place? You will thrilled to learn that hey, someone’s doing something with this place! Ridgewood resident, bartendress, and musician Laura Regan is fulfilling a longtime dream to finally open her own venue

Short weeks rule, amirite? And now that Memorial Day has passed and we’re in full early-summertime swing, it’s time to you get going to some concerts! Check out our seven picks for the week, starting tonite!

The Bushwick Starr has that distinct black box theatre smell; it’s paint, dust, and something else I can’t put my finger on

This time next week, it’ll be fucking CHRISTMAS–How insane is that?! If you haven’t finished (or even started) your Xmas shopping we’d like to share five small gifts with you

Last week’s openings got us all hot and bothered, literally. Summer weather came back just as it was expected to end—and it’s due to the Bushwick art scene heating up (so it’s not just global warming, guys).  From Valentine Gallery to Schema Projects and onto Outlet, as the temperature gets ready to fall, the suart heats […]

It’s labor day weekend– which is frightening, also exciting

As the Bushwick art scene rocks on with the summer tide, the current set suffuses beyond the industrial landscape and joins our neighbors across the H2O to the east. The Lower East side, vibing from the edge of the East Village to the corners of Chinatown, is a neighborhood we all know for its vibrant […]

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

We’re kicking off this week with a new column combining the playlists from our music section with features on some of our favorite community members: bartenders! Always patient and usually kind, they’re the ones curating your dining or drinking experience, whether it’s a weekday brunch or saturday night out. This week we’ve got an interview […]

A day trip to Dia:Beacon one early autumn afternoon unearthed from my art historical vault 1960s era Minimalism that conceptually critiqued the commodified art world

This week’s Friday First features the full-length album Slip Away from Bushwick babes gone big, Total Slacker. Friday First is a weekly column premiering brand spanking new releases from local, national, and international bands. Total Slacker’s second album hit the airwaves earlier this week on Black Bell/ADA Records, following 2011’s lo-fi debut Thrashin’. The band is known for their quirky sense of […]

This week’s Friday First features an exclusive track from the New Zealand-based noise/drone/pop duo of Antony Milton and Clayton Noone, aka Claypipe. Drone and Pop aren’t two genres we normally see listed next to each other, but listening  further into A Daylight Blessing, which will be released on March 3rd on MIE Records, you’ll hear why. Friday First is […]

Trying to find ways to keep warm this weekend? How ’bout hitting up some sweet shows and having a really hard time choosing which ones? Will you try to squeeze in and finally see Macaulay Culkin’s Pizza themed Velvet Underground cover band (The Pizza Underground) for free on Friday? Or perhaps you wanna get sweaty […]

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“Lady Gaga ruined my life!” Nyssa Frank giggles one afternoon in the backyard of the gallery and event space she runs in Bushwick called The Living Gallery

A hearty “Hey, Mr

By Maria Gotay & Ileana Little

you know you want to. It’s officially summer as we’ve all come to realize. There are pluses and minuses for concert goers when summertime rolls around. Cons: venues are even sweatier, sidewalks and rooftops are more crowded, smoke clings to the skin in heat, fresh air is no less fresh when shared. Pros: free outdoor shows, […]

If you’ve ever dreamed about being one of the sun-bleached and tanned cadre of New York City surfers, there is no better time to get started

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We’re constantly astounded by the incredible live music scene here in Bushwick, and we’re having trouble finding creative ways to say so every single Thursday

1-3-13-electronics-13-bmp For those of you with a stack of old iPads in your junk drawer and no idea how to safely dispose of them, you now need look no further than Maria Hernandez Park. On April 13, 2013 the Lower East Side Ecology Center,  in partnership with the Bushwick Eco Action Network and sponsored by Tekserve, will hold […]

The latest artist to land on our radar is the female rapper going by the name Awkwafina

If you’re one of the 200,000 people to descend upon Austin’s city limits to partake in SXSW (and you know how to do it right now), and you want to see some of your favorite Brooklyn/Bushwick bands, you can do so at one of two places – at an official showcase (where festival badges/wristbands ARE required) or at one of the many free shows they will be playing next week

37Bushwick Music It’s March already – has the madness begun to sink in yet? We’re not talking basketball, we’re talking pre-SXSW jitters. We already wrote an exciting article about how to do SXSW like a pro for free, but if you still can’t foot the bill (or stomach the atmosphere) there are tons of bands […]

Last week we had the pleasure of checking out the new and improved DIY venue Silent Barn

With the plethora of new bands popping up in Bushwick and East Williamsburg, it can be difficult to decide which bands are truly worth the audio hunt