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

This is one of my self-portraits taken in 2011 when I was a Bushwick rookie

One Bushwick bar owner opened his inbox the other day, only to find out with terror that Santacon, the (in)famous bar crawl of thousands of drunken Santas will be held in Bushwick this year

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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Heading in to watch the final dress rehearsal before the opening of Emily Dickinson OUTER SPACE at The Bushwick Starr, I am gleefully informed by Noel Allain, the theater’s artistic director, that they are making some “adjustments” to the staging of the show

As the story goes, there are a million different ways to say I Love You

On the Friday before Pride Day (and just in time for Bushwick Pride this coming weekend), I had the enormous pleasure of seeing the New York premier of an indie comedy about lesbian prostitutes working the streets of NYC and the clitorises of some mild to severely deranged Republican housewives

Bushwick Farmers’ Market is back! Our local purveyor of farm-fresh produce returns Saturday, May 31 to its flagship location in Maria Hernandez Park

One thing all of us opinionated young New Yorkers can agree on: we are not morning people. That means mostly hitting the snooze button again (and again) before scrambling out of bed, skipping the shower, barely scraping to work on time with greasy hair and crabby as grumpy cat. To those coworkers who show up […]

Now that spring has finally sprung, and there has not been a snow sighting in weeks (keep your fingers crossed), it’s time to celebrate this remarkable occasion of fresh sunshine air with crop tops, cut offs and of course, a weekend packed with a diverse line-up of art events

If you’ve ever shopped at the Bushwick Food Coop, you know that no trip to its tiny storefront at The Loom would be complete without at least one conversation about food

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This past Monday night NURTUREart held their annual benefit, where a varied mix of painting, sculpture, collage and drawings covered the walls, and collectors and critics mixed with teenagers with art school ambitions

Tuesday was scheduled to be the last day for 3rd Ward members to retrieve their belongings from the shuttered East Williamsburg maker space, but one Manhattan company is suing 3rd Ward over rented camera equipment its attorney said should have been returned almost six months ago

Zombie folks trying to get on the L shuttle bus

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Can you believe 

Community Board members and Bushwick Citizens gathered Wednesday night at Bushwick’s monthly Community Board 4 meeting at Hope Gardens Multi-Service center, the first one since August’s recess and the primary elections

New York City is the land of a thousand fast food joints, and our neighborhood is no exception

Ever heard of Then She Fell, named as one of Ben Brantley’s top theater performances of 2012? If not, please take note

I got this invite a few weeks ago and could tell right away it was totally up my alley: SINGLE AND LOOKING, ArtHelix, 56 Bogart Street, March 12-27, 2013

A couple of weeks ago a remarkable photography exhibition by Petros Chrisostomou opened at Fuchs Projects

Sometimes you walk around Bushwick and you know where you are going

It’s been my habit to “photowalk” around the Five Points of Bushwick, where Scott Avenue ends at the intersection of St

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Text by Sarah Hassan

When my former production partner

*Written by Ben Mansoura, my good friend who visited Brooklyn recently