CMJ only seems like a drag if a) you’re in a band that’s playing 3+ shows; b) you don’t know how to navigate the madness

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

Selena, Steve and Martin Short are only the latest to shoot in Ridgewood

“Avant Gardner has made a lot of money from the gays,” a lawyer warns.

Scenes among “a discoherent group of young people making a discoherent collection of art”

“All of our talent is local…

Amid fears of military invasion, a politician stopped for a bite in the neighborhood.

From House Of Yes to Elsewhere and back again

“I do credit the negative campaign and the mailers for the fact that we didn’t win”

The world’s largest drag and queer music festival recently hit nearby Queens.

A new Bengali-Chinese spot softly opens on Willoughby Avenue

“Spaces in Brooklyn are more open to all types of drag,” says Bobby LeMaire “You can do whatever as long as you can give a show.”

“Valentine’s Day is for children. Bars are for adults,” says the owner of one bar on Wyckoff Avenue.

49 years ago today, four young men entered a sporting goods store for a robbery that would soon escalate into a fatal shootout and hostage situation. With a new documentary film on the subject scheduled to come out later this year, Bushwick Daily takes a look back at the event.

A roundup of new food and drink spots in and around Bushwick and Ridgewood, including new slice shops, chicken joints and Calvin Eng’s new Cantonese concept.

Searching for a local poutine fix? Try Ridgewood’s The Acre.

Seven restaurants in Bushwick, Ridgewood and East Williamsburg will be participating in a month of deals.

There is still a deep need for more restaurant relief says Congresswoman Velázquez

A former head chef at Mission Chinese makes her solo debut at an all day cafe in Ridgewood

“They just won’t stop. They’ll take it down for a little while and it’ll be back up like three weeks later,” one local restaurant owner says

‘Safewalks’ for the whole city, Peter Kerre says

The most epic, inclusive and diverse dance parties in Bushwick.

After Juno shuttered its doors after a facelift, Kichin swept into their spot, establishing a dine-in after successful pop-ups.

The Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival celebrated 21 years this past weekend in Brooklyn.

Korean fried chicken that’s filling, cheap and tasty right in the middle of Ridgewood.

Bushwick has the most Spanish speakers of any neighborhood in Brooklyn.

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