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If you’re an intersectional feminist, chances are you take Women’s History Month very seriously

This past Sunday, March 20th, was the official first day of Spring! The bar and restaurant scene of Bushwick is ever-changing, growing, and evolving, and this winter was a big season for that: now that the spring season is officially here and warmer days are imminent, let’s take a look back and see what new places opened this winter—they may well turn out to be your spring and summertime go-to spots

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

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!

When I was a kid, my mother made me volunteer at a local shelter every Christmas morning

How many times have you heard someone say, “This neighborhood is just getting so expensive”? If you live in Bushwick then, yeah, probably a lot

This past month the Bushwick Starr hosted a special series with the Target Margin Theater (TMT) inspired by the literary prowess of Gertrude Stein

We’re beyond bummed to report that on Troutman Street will be closing come December 1. Although the owners didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment, rumor has it that rent went up astronomically this year and the involved parties could no longer afford to stay in the work/live/yoga/party space. After 3 years in business bringing […]

Forget zombies and vampires this Halloween, these so-called living dead are walking contradictions

We hope you are all as jazzed about CMJ as we are! The festival is the College Music Journal’s “Music Marathon”- a completely amazing (and exhausting) week (October 21-25, 2014) of live music, giving the music community a chance to catch the best new artists from around the world before they blow up

Heading in to watch the final dress rehearsal before the opening of Emily Dickinson OUTER SPACE at The Bushwick Starr, I am gleefully informed by Noel Allain, the theater’s artistic director, that they are making some “adjustments” to the staging of the show

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 […]

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Bushwick Film Festival turns six this year! From October 2nd to the 6th you have a great opportunity to get involved, whether by attending, contributing to the BFF foundation, or volunteering (there still might be a couple of spots available)

 By Jenna Aranda & Maria Gotay

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 […]

Robert Moses was responsible for the displacement of hundreds of thousands of individuals, most notably and cruelly through the development of the Cross-Bronx Expressway

Ever heard of Nicole Wolcott? She’s an established choreographer, teacher and performance artist living in Bushwick who you should know

Following the second inauguration of President Obama this week, now is probably as good a time as any to take up the questions of race, class and commerce posed by Kelly Anderson’s piercing documentary, My Brooklyn: Unmasking the Takeover of America’s Hippest City

NEW YEARS EVE! NEW YEARS EVE! I’d chant it from the Empire State Building if only they wouldn’t handcuff me and take me somewhere not as bright and sparkly

To get a wider view of the Bushwick social engagement action, I talked to a happening bartender who watches people interact socially for a living

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All-volunteer organization Arts in Bushwick is promising a lot of fun and performance art this weekend in our beloved neighborhood. Performance artists, dancers and musicians will offer a condensed, two-day sampling of work at five hub spaces and a number of satellite venues. Make sure to pick up your map today, they are all over […]