Local arts organization Arts in Bushwick held a much anticipated town hall meeting Wednesday night to discuss the decennial of popular annual Bushwick Open Studios, which will be held on the first weekend of October this year, announcing some programming changes and providing the public with opportunities to give input and find a way to get involved as volunteers in the BOS planning process

The short film The Joanne Holiday Show, debuting Monday at House of Yes, is hard to develop a genre portmanteau for

Think old school New York City diner with a modern twist and that’s Juno – bar stools, booths and all

This weekend’s art openings remind me of the lost art of handwriting

While last weekend’s round of season openings was one for the books –over 15 new shows in and around Bushwick (!) – this weekend will keep us just as busy

Pull up curbside and mentally brush off those exhaust fumes as you arrive at your destination

Inhale, exhale! There is a lot to see this coming weekend during the ninth annual Bushwick Open Studios

If there is one weekend of the summer season you need to be physically present in Bushwick, it’s the first weekend of June, which traditionally belongs to the glorious neighborhood-wide celebration of art and community, festival Bushwick Open Studios organized by Arts in Bushwick

It wouldn’t be the weekend without a run through Bushwick’s art playground, scaling imagined landscapes, moving through installations and reading visual diaries

“Nothing is forever,” Brooklyn-based artist Vexta says when discussing street art’s temporary life span

Need something to hug? The great tree giveaway is on! Come out to EL Garden community garden at 120 Jefferson Street this Sunday, March 29th, and get a tree, free

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

Spring is here and there’s way too much to do in Bushwick to stay home tending the garden

We have a very accurate answer to what you’re seeking this Friday night in the Bushwick hood. Exactly eight new art shows art opening this Friday night, including an inaugural exhibition inside the newly located Black and White Gallery and another pop-up show at Galerie Manqué (both inside 56 Bogart). Plus a cool artist/performer mash-up inside IMAGE Gallery and […]

Beat Nite, the neighborhood-wide gallery walk across Bushwick and Ridgewood, is just one week away and we clued you in on several of the newest shows in last week’s round-up of art openings

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

The frost bite obtained from running around to last weekend’s back-to-back openings wasn’t so bad

Bushwick-based party collective BangON!, the creators of the most immersive party experiences in this part of the world, has officially outdid themselves with their epic New Year’s Eve party, Time + Space at a secret location in the industrial East Williamsburg

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Here at Bushwick Daily we’re getting ready for a ’12 Days of Christmas’ countdown beginning later this week

You may or may not know me but I joined the Bushwick Daily team in 2011 – first as Copyeditor, then as Managing Editor and now as Contributing Editor. Back then, I was working a day-job that made me feel distanced from all things creative, and I had just moved to a new neighborhood, Bushwick. I was stuck […]

It’s not necessarily the worst outside yet, but it’s not fun

Get ready for a jam-packed weekend of art openings in the neighborhood and beyond: Newcomer Chasm Gallery hosts its second opening this Friday and new series Norte Maar Presents @ Schema Projects is underway with an opening the same night

I’m sitting with Kristina Birk writer and producer of In Thunder, Lightning, In Rain! at a rehearsal space in Gene Frankel Theater in SoHo. “I wanted to create a fairy tale,” she says. And she did. It’s a quirky fairy tale about a quirky neighborhood called Bushwick. But not all fairy tales need to be […]

It’s not time for long johns just yet, but you’ll still need something to put a little fire in your bones on chilly evenings

In case you were in doubt, Bushwick ideas indeed are worth spreading

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Starting tonight, Bushwick and its environs will be filled with a palpable art zeitgeist that will get you feeling feline-frisky! There’s a crisp feel to the air, the leaves are starting to changes, yet it is still warm enough to warrant a great gallery hop

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Whoa, holy crap- we know new music is spreading through Bushwick like bedbugs on the MTA (too soon?), but leave it to VICE’s music subsidiary Noisey’s Motherboard to expose the world to some of the coolest music making we’ve seen in Bushwick! On a tour with host (and local musician from Friends, Blood Orange) Samantha Urbani, we met “techo-collagist” and interactive sound artist Adriano Clemente (and his Bushwick neighbors, one of whom is a professional conga player)

Last week’s openings got us all hot and bothered, literally. Summer weather came back just as it was expected to end—and it’s due to the Bushwick art scene heating up (so it’s not just global warming, guys).  From Valentine Gallery to Schema Projects and onto Outlet, as the temperature gets ready to fall, the suart heats […]

Maybe you don’t need any Dr

The much-anticipated long holiday weekend is nearly here, and while many of us are busy planning our backyard barbecues or seeking rooftops for fireworks viewing, select Bushwick galleries will also be holding opening receptions Saturday and Sunday to add to the July 4th festivities

Each week Bushwick Daily brings you a new Artist FlashCard introducing an amazing artist living/working/showing in Bushwick who you need to know. Featuring both new and old faces, our goal is to encourage the growth of art scene and to appreciate wonderful talent in our hood! If you know of an artist you would like to suggest for Artist FlashCards, […]