For years, Bushwick residents have worked with the city on a plan for the neighborhood’s future. Now is the time for action.

This fellowship will provide a lucky composer with six months of studio space at the Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council starting in January and a $2,500 stipend.

A film fest showcasing Ecuadorian cinema will hold part of its 2016 festival in Bushwick—and is donating proceeds from this year’s event to relief efforts following the earthquake that devastated the country earlier this year

Two back to back arts events organized by long time Bushwick artists and residents are scheduled for this Saturday, and both events are intended to serve as forums for community engagement with rampant gentrification and its affects on Bushwick and greater Brooklyn

Should we call it an end of an era or just a natural flow of life?

What do Abe Lincoln, Bell hooks, Yoko Ono, Michelle Obama, Kathleen Hanna and Meryl Meisler all have in common?

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

Bushwick of the previous decade has rapidly transformed from New York’s “forgotten” neighborhood into a synonym of hipness and trendiness

No one can say Bushwick backs down without a fight

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Image of Stop Patriarchy protesting in Texas. Courtesy of David Thomas and BITCH magazine. It turns out that NYC Porn Festival, to be held this weekend in the very liberal Bushwick will gain some controversy after all. And we’re not talking about Miley Cyrus submitting and subsequently withdrawing from her short and very soft bondage film. A group […]

A few weeks ago, we told you about the crisis facing Bushwick’s El Garden, one of the 17 community gardens on public land across the city at risk of being leveled to create new housing developments

Supporters of Bushwick non-profit

While Bushwick Open Studios, and its mammoth showcase of more than 600 different gallery exhibitions, is usually what most people associate Arts in Bushwick with, the 10-person Community Projects arm of the group has quietly been developing programs and building partnerships with local organizations throughout the neighborhood, all in the aim of supporting the group’s larger mission of serving as a platform for creative accessibility

Former members of shuttered East Williamsburg maker space 3rd Ward plan to hold a free public meeting and mixer at Brooklyn Brewery Wednesday  to discuss plans in the wake of 3rd Ward’s closure

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)

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

Bushwick is prime stop and frisk territory

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

By Jen Hitchings

We are entering February this week, folks

Looking to get out of town this weekend? Local music, art and community organization, our beloved Silent Barn is putting on a festival of games, installations, and performances in strange and beautiful places this weekend upstate

Watch a Lizzie Borden movie! Design your own collage! Try out boxing!

The Our City, Our Vote law grants an estimated 800,000 NYC legal permanent residents the ability to vote in municipal elections, becoming the largest expansion of voting rights in the nation’s recent history. A lawsuit filed in Staten Island by the RNC puts its legality to the test.

The deadline to apply for the program is now Jan. 4.

This holiday season, here’s how you can volunteer your time to help others in our community.

Antonio Reynoso, a North Brooklyn native, has won the election to be Brooklyn’s next borough president.