A spectacular fan routine. Two hot days and nights of heavy drinking, nipples, genitals, a wedding, drugs, sweaty wigs, lip syncing, heavy beats, hardcore rifts and exuberant dancing. It was two nights of Bushwig this year and anything less would have taken the joy out of life. On Saturday the 6th, right in the middle of […]

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What do you know about your corner? No, not the one at the end of your block – I’m talking about the corner of your building

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

Wesley Salazar Contributor Lucia Reed Photographer When the three men walk through the door of Palates, they aren’t quite what I had imagined. My previous association with paintball was scrawny high school kids with a knack for destruction, but these members of the Bushwick-borne, internationally known paintball team called the Reservoir Dogs are burly and, of […]

Spunky soul and a wide selection of tasty pastries– that’s Express Yourself Barista Bar, a new cafe on Central Ave in Bushwick

“We’re trying to come up with a sign,” Blake Jordan told me yesterday afternoon inside the newly opened Hops & Hocks on Morgan Ave as we discussed growler etiquette

We were as shocked as anyone to learn this Wednesday that East Williamsburg’s massive maker space 3rd Ward had suddenly closed its doors

video by Katarina Hybenova for Bushwick Daily There’s a new watering hole on Knickerbocker, brought to you from some of the dudes of Pearl’s Social and Billy Club and Oak and Iron. But this place has a little more down-home cozy feel: the kind of place you feel comfortable enough at to get a little too […]

Have you been thinking about expanding your yoga knowledge? Maybe you want to get into full hanumanasana, or maybe you just want to spread a little satya and become a yoga teacher

The first class of Bushwick-trained yoga teachers walked happily out of Jai Yoga Arts studio only a couple of weeks ago

*Crunch crunch* If that’s how your back sounds, maybe it’s time for you to get a massage

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“It starts in Bushwick, and then it rolls out to the rest of the world”

Bushwick’s local community board has some new members, and the 83rd precinct has a somewhat new captain.

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.

“If there’s anyone our students can see themselves in, it’s Jacqueline”

“It’s not about a ceasefire or not about not a ceasefire”

A local concierge says she prefers “visitors” to “tourists” and takes us on a trip through Ridgewood.

There’s a basement in Bushwick where they’re singing Fleetwood Mac

Ex-Birdy’s bartenders open a cash-only joint on Knickerbocker, taking the place of a “$5 Shoe Warehouse”

“This is an era of no more demonizing successful businesses, but promoting, lifting them up,” claims Eric Adams

Scenes of rock and roll at Ridgewood Presbyterian

The hipster houdinis take over a local bar spot with some drinks up their sleeve. Could do with more of those.

Tension did erupt, briefly.

Listen to five new Christmas songs, some feline-themed.

A bit of jazz meets a bit of Bushwick-grunge charm, at the former home of the vegan cafe Brooklyn Whiskers.

More than just bisexual lighting and chess looks, a local queer-themed chess club is taking a stand on the Gaza conflict.

Ridgewood now has its own enthusiastic group of runners

A local MMA gym in Bushwick is offering free training clincs for aspiring LGBTQ fighters. They’re calling it ‘Gay Fight Club’

A local nonprofit runs a weekly farmers market at Maria Hernandez Park.