All photos by Lucia Reed for Bushwick Daily On a recent rainy Sunday, I bundled up and hustled across Bushwick. I was coming from a meeting with the owner of Bootleg Bar, which just opened up on Myrtle and Bleeker, and I was rushing to a panel on affordable housing being held at Radio Bushwick. […]

Antonio Reynoso, 30, is a Williamsburg native who’s running in this fall’s election for the 34th district seat on the New York City Council, a zone that includes Williamsburg, Bushwick and Ridgewood

Ahhh! Friday is here and what better way to enjoy the rainy weather then to curl up with your computer and catch up on the haps and anything you missed during last weekend’s BOS festivities

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NYCxDesign BOS-2013 Another killer art week in Bushwick May 4th – 13th!  In case you missed any of it here is your Weekly Digest from Arts in Bushwick Blog  to keep you current! 1. Meet director Shaun Jefford of Being Punk, a new documentary that will screen during BOS on June 1 at One More Song. 2. Overwhelmed with all the studios to visit […]

Arts in Bushwick is back, with this week’s roundup of news from our blog, including more than a few personal stories of labor and love: Blogger Anne Vieux interviews the directors of Signal Gallery about their current show (Aakash Nihalani’s ISLANDS) and the evolution of Signal Space.  The story of this gallery’s founding is more […]

Happy HAPPY Friday!!!  Here are the highlights of this weeks happenings from the Arts in Bushwick blog!

OMG!  OMG!  So much happened in Bushwick this week

Arts in Bushwick’s Community Team, headed by co-team leaders Lauren Smith and Megan Trevino, is partnering with the Coalition for Hispanic Family Services, the Beacon Center for Arts and Leadership and professional muralist and Bushwick resident, Miriam Castillo to develop a public mural project for junior high I

As you might remember, Arts in Bushwick (that egalitarian organization Bushwick Daily profiled last week) launched their new year-round blog a few weeks ago

A weekend-long annual celebration of the neighborhood’s unbounded creativity, festival Bushwick Open Studios is coming to its 7th year

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“I’ve always been fascinated at what it must have been like in the 1970s in Soho and the 1980s in the East Village

By Jacqueline Mabey

As New York City gears up for the 2024 elections, Bushwick stands at a pivotal point due to its history as a bellwether for progressive voting patterns across the country.

After a run at Fringe Festival, Maggie Crane returns to Bushwick with her tales of ‘death, disability and dunkin donuts’

“It’s really a who’s who of these Bushwick bands.”

Going beyond traditional zombie narratives, ‘Herd’ spotlights Bushwick’s expanding influence in the arts.

The three day neighborhood arts fair arrives again this weekend

“Where we are located has brought a lot of creatives to the space,” says a psychotherapist who specializes in dance and movement therapy.

After repeatedly meeting up over soup in a Bushwick playground, a TikTok influencer is now calling it quits on that idea

How not pursuing art professionally has given one painter “the freedom to not care what people think.”

If this passes, we have a lot of plans. We’re going to name thirty trees.

In advance of NYFW, we’re looking at some of the hottest local names and brands to look out for

From House Of Yes to Elsewhere and back again

At the House of Yes, local drag talent fights for top scores from a demanding panel of judges.

Zoey Deutch stars in a dark comedy, purportedly set near the J train.

A group of friends make a TV show. It’s about finding ways to pay the bills

A grocery delivery service took the the place of Brooklyn Cider House on Flushing Avenue – they’re opening their doors this weekend.

Participatory budgeting is back and the results are in for how locals want to dole out $1 million in city funds. Yes dog park, no workout equipment

It’s May Day weekend!

It’s the Night of 1000 Miley’s! House Of Yes has a free Earth Day party! There’s a documentary playing at Mayday!

Or try out ‘a food scrap demo’ to possibly reduce your waste.

Buy some pre-rolls! Hunt for Easter Eggs! Stroll in Ridgewood in the pale moonlight!

Bushwick’s answer to Kacey Musgraves is a Texas transplant who generates feels from deep inside the major label machine

A pop-up paint class! A UFC Fight! A Garbage Prom!