This week my inbox was full up with exciting press releases and invites to gallery openings
A local mutual aid group celebrates its third anniversary
A Brooklyn group plots a mural on Wyckoff Avenue
“When we started, we were the only vegan Ethiopian restaurant in New York”
The Rolo’s people take over the Acre. Of course, the chips and guac are $16.
Seven local, inventive martinis worth your $20.
Have a film camera? An airstream trailer on Knickerbocker Avenue has 100 rolls to give out.
Two meatless spots on Knickerbocker closed their doors, but Seitan’s Helper say they’re not going anywhere
The hipster houdinis take over a local bar spot with some drinks up their sleeve. Could do with more of those.
They met on Craigslist. Now, they’re working on album number two.
Ex-CBS and Fuse producer says he now runs the only private-room karaoke bar in his corner of Brooklyn
A bit of jazz meets a bit of Bushwick-grunge charm, at the former home of the vegan cafe Brooklyn Whiskers.
A local nonprofit runs a weekly farmers market at Maria Hernandez Park.
A highlight from last month’s Bushwick Film Festival was a debut feature from a Brooklyn dance director.
A local biking group says bike lines and widened sidewalks are needed to increase accessibility to a local public park.
“It’s really a who’s who of these Bushwick bands.”
A postage-stamp sized deli on Knickerbocker calls itself Bushwick’s first all-vegan grocery.
A group of Jewish electronic musicians in Brooklyn are fundraising for humanitarian relief in Gaza.
Going beyond traditional zombie narratives, ‘Herd’ spotlights Bushwick’s expanding influence in the arts.
A day out with Brooklyn Surf Club
Local Tiki enthusiast says he isn’t closing the doors on Dromedary just yet, either.
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.
A local community fridge faces the threat of eviction, among other troubles
Scenes among “a discoherent group of young people making a discoherent collection of art”
How a flurry of small businesses are changing a corner of Queens
Ahead of intense negotiations over the New York state budget, Dilan’s former primary opponent says the assemblyman can’t be found.
Why a former Democracy Now war correspondent opened the Starr Bar in Bushwick
“We’re not from families of means – just two young entrepreneurs in New York trying to make it work,” say the people behind the new Saint Michel Cafe.
A Parquet Courts frontman fills up a DIY spot in Ridgewood.
Years after hosting COVID-era ragers, the former ‘Illhouse’ now hosts poetry readings.
“I do credit the negative campaign and the mailers for the fact that we didn’t win”
A local designer has an answer to both problems. A video game.
After years putting brisket in pho, the people behind Lucy’s are now putting it in tacos.
A new local cycling group hosts group rides to breweries on Tuesdays. Anyone’s invited.
Here’s a whole week’s worth of free and affordable events happening in and around the neighborhood!
