A luckless love life is no reason not to enjoy a date with yourself.

An excerpt taken from Joshua Byron’s new book of essays.

Ridgewood and Bushwick were not always in separate boroughs like they are now.

Have you ever wondered what it was like before Bushwick became the modern, creative, controversial neighborhood we all know?

In a New York City neighborhood like Bushwick where housing turnover is high and socioeconomic disparity is wide, it can hard for families who have lived in the neighborhood for a long time to maintain the kind of close relationships that are so demonstrably beneficial—and a local theater organization presents an innovative way to address that status quo

SPONSORED- Is winter getting you down, Bushwick? Are thoughts of the L train shutting down for 3 years giving you anxiety? Well don’t tell your real mom about it- real moms suck! The person you need to talk to is Nina Keneally, aka The World Famous NeedAMom

The snow has (mostly) melted, the groundhog saw its shadow and Daylight Savings is almost a month away

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Nobody wants to be the camper who didn’t get smooched by their summer crush in a barn, or posted up near the cafeteria entrance

When Brooklyn/Philadelphia-based ensemble Cuddle Magic and Baltimore-based multi-disciplinary artist Anna Roberts-Gevalt take the stage this Wednesday night, supported by Luke Temple of Here We Go Magic and Bridget Kearney of Lake Street Dive, it’s sure to be a stimulating, mind-expanding evening of genre bending music and art

I went to Taste of Bushwick on Tuesday

Have you walked past that closed down bar in Ridgewood on Harman St and Seneca Ave with the crazy neon signs and the blacked out windows thinking someone needs to do something with this place? You will thrilled to learn that hey, someone’s doing something with this place! Ridgewood resident, bartendress, and musician Laura Regan is fulfilling a longtime dream to finally open her own venue

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

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Secret Project Robot is not a gigantic warehouse that you might imagine to find in other parts of Bushwick, but rather a modest, bar-equipped and almost cozy venue

Have you ever felt, while slouched on your bed with your more skillful hand down your pj’s, that the porn you are watching deserves a festival?

The Bushwick Starr has that distinct black box theatre smell; it’s paint, dust, and something else I can’t put my finger on

I’m following the Red Guide in a group of 20

Some of the elevated backyards on Jefferson Street in Bushwick suspiciously resemble a theater stage

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Torrential Downpour of Laughter_Brooklyn Comedy Festival Poster_Geoff Pomella We’re all in need for some laughs lately; The world seems to be falling apart in many different ways. On the lighter side, there will always be laughter to brighten our days, and thankfully the Second Annual Brooklyn Comedy Festival starts today! The BCF was founded and organized by performers and producers […]

Do you miss your good old college days? Wish you could go back to that care free, inspiring lifestyle where your one goal was to soak up all information like an eager, doe-eyed sponge? Well lucky for you, it’s back to school this weekend when it comes to gallery openings in Bushwick. Enjoy a studious […]

As the bouts of winter storms, torrential downpours, and all around nasty weather starts to slowly come to a close we find ourselves peaking around the corner to spring

By Katarina Hybenova, Maria Gotay & Lauren Piper