At CMJ, camaraderie is contagious

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

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

Photos from MayDay’s Facebook Journalists Jeremy Scahill and Glen Greenwald, together with Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker Laura Pointras, spoke to a packed audience Thursday night on the top floor of Bushwick’s Mayday, a newly opened “bar and community space” on Starr street in northern part of the booming North Brooklyn neighborhood. Jeremy Scahill, author of Dirty […]

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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It’s labor day weekend– which is frightening, also exciting

[contextly_auto_sidebar id=”w6h9DVawY43A1VqlWd6iCzfgzcls5oB5″] it’sover The next two weeks are pretty much my favorite time to be in the city. Everyone’s on vacation, tourists are concentrated into a couple of areas that I never go to anyway, and I can usually get a seat on the subway in the morning! August is also the time when Bushwick […]

Just hangin’ at The Neverlands. “Because it’s Northside!” More or less, the phrase became a mantra of sorts over this past weekend, when the multi-venue Northside Festival enveloped Brooklyn for the sixth year in a row. As I, Loren, your trusty narrator, chased bands around Williamsburg, Bushwick, and everywhere in between, the sentence was repeated […]

Still burnt out from Governors Ball last weekend? Sorry, kids; it’s time to do it all again. Starting Thursday, the summer festival fun continues with Northside, a magical, musical journey that traverses all of north Brooklyn, plus the wilds of your imagination. It’s a neverending story of awesome shows, both official and unofficial, so no […]

Throwing your persone in the vortex called Bushwick Open Studios frequently comes with a creeping yet steady anxiety of missing the best spectacle of your life happening perhaps just next door

Only in New York are we lucky enough to sort through bushels of free shows each weekend

If you’re like us, you want the weekend to arrive promptly and loudly. Lucky for you, we know where all the parties are at! Check out the top 10 concerts we’ve rounded up this weekend, including a free “barn burner,” a Bangon! Party, Hardcore Fest at The Knockdown center, a Sunday night chillout show, and […]

Frieze New York – and all the posse fairs that come with it – is upon us! But why should Randall’s Island have all the fun? This weekend, many Bushwick galleries will be open late on Saturday to celebrate the week’s special devotion to the art world

Recently, Gothamist’s Rebecca Fishbein wrote a guide summing up the new and old food places in “Jefftown” using terms such as “barstaurantification” and “hip spillover from Williamsburg,” leading a couple thousand people to simultaneously go eat good food off the Jefferson L stop and feel some seriously contradictory emotions of hate towards “Jefftown

Bryan Quackenbush and his ace bartender. All photos by Gustavo Ponce for Bushwick Daily. A new watering hole has just opened, breathing a little more life into the corner of Wyckoff and Menahan Aves. Old Stanley’s is “an everyman’s bar….no pretentious bullshit,” said Bryan Quackenbush (yes, that’s the real name), one of the owners. He’s […]

All photos by Lucia Reed for Bushwick Daily On a recent rainy Sunday, I bundled up and hustled across Bushwick. I was coming from a meeting with the owner of Bootleg Bar, which just opened up on Myrtle and Bleeker, and I was rushing to a panel on affordable housing being held at Radio Bushwick. […]

“Look at the skyline, and don’t tell me that you can’t do it!” yells a barechested man in a superhero cape and tights

As you may know, Bushwick Daily is heading down to SXSW! We’ve already filled you in on our 10 Bands That Will Break Big at the festival this year, provided a how-to guide for fans flocking to Austin, and even put together some  festival fashion recommendations! We won’t feel too far from home in the Lone Star State since we’ll be in the good company; tons of great Bushwick bands will be present, playing their hearts out all across town

A few years ago Rich Buceta was a New York digital advertising executive with a homebrewing habit and a stellar collection of Les Paul guitars

Beat Nite 10 boasted an artful evening any art lover would envy

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Whether you are solidly single or happily hitched, Valentine’s Day is one of those pesky holidays that you just can’t get away from

2014 is the Year of the Horse according to the Chinese Calendar, so let’s giddy up over to some epic shows that you can tell your children about. Hell, you might even be able to tell your kid about that crazy February night in cold ass Brooklyn when he or she was first conceived. Or, […]

Last weekend, a slew of talented young performers convened in the back room of Catland, an occult bookstore in Bushwick, to flex their tragic Greek muscles

As the neighborhood swells, flush with deliciousness and boozy evenings, decisions about where to eat and drink have gotten exponentially more challenging

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Okay, let’s be real: Bushwick Daily has officially been crushing on Paul Rome for years now

Last Friday SIGNAL held an opening reception for their group show, This Is the Prism the Spider Dreams of as It Weaves Its Web, featuring works by Eric Mack, Ryan Chin, Kristina Lee, Katie Loselle, Andrew Ross, Jennifer Packer, and Marley Freeman, and curated by the artist Benjamin Horns

The Bushwick art scene has been atwitter lately with more people than ever coming to the neighborhood to see what the hype is about

Good afternoon Bushwick!

Photo from https://www.whytuesday.org/2010/10/28/bloomberg-thumbs-up-to-san-fran-weekend-voting/ …just kidding, kids can’t vote. But you can! And you should, if you want to avoid having your neighbors assume you’re a clueless transplant from the Midwest. Be the change you wish to see in the world, keep your rent from skyrocketing, or get a sticker. And NYC is doing everything within […]

Last Sunday night, Eastern European-inspired Mazelle restaurant quietly closed its doors for the last time