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Electronic Duo Wume Chats About Their New Album “Towards The Shadow”

Electronic Duo Wume Chats About Their New Album “Towards The Shadow”

Plus, the best shows in Bushwick this week…

Blockchain Incubator Brings First Annual Exhibition to Bushwick

Blockchain Incubator Brings First Annual Exhibition to Bushwick

The Sndbox wants people to integrate more blockchain into their daily lives.

Housing Activists Score Against the Development of the Broadway Triangle in Bushwick

Housing Activists Score Against the Development of the Broadway Triangle in Bushwick

A temporary restraining order has halted the development of this small, but very controversial patch of land.

Trashy Reality TV, Book Proposal & Cockpit Parenting: Catching Up with Bushwick’s Viral Mom for Hire

Trashy Reality TV, Book Proposal & Cockpit Parenting: Catching Up with Bushwick’s Viral Mom for Hire

Local Historian Who Experienced the 1977 Blackout and Fire Explains How it Changed Bushwick Forever

Local Historian Who Experienced the 1977 Blackout and Fire Explains How it Changed Bushwick Forever

Honey with Heat for the Holidays: Inside Bushwick Kitchen

Honey with Heat for the Holidays: Inside Bushwick Kitchen

Bushwick Kitchen’s Casey Elsass tells Bushwick Daily about his delicious burgeoning business.

How Bushwick Residents Can Prepare for the Next Presidency

How Bushwick Residents Can Prepare for the Next Presidency

As the next presidential administration’s appointments are announced, here are some things New Yorkers can do to get ready for the policies we can expect after January 20.

Win $1,000 to Show Your Bushwick Block Some Love!

Win $1,000 to Show Your Bushwick Block Some Love!

NYC Service and Citizens Committee for New York City have launched the ninth season of the Love Your Block Grant Campaign—what would you do for your block with $1,000 and support from the city?!

Behind the Scenes of Bushwick Film Festival with Kweighbaye Kotee

Behind the Scenes of Bushwick Film Festival with Kweighbaye Kotee

MTA Promises to Rehouse Bushwick Residents During M Train Work “On Our Dime”

MTA Promises to Rehouse Bushwick Residents During M Train Work “On Our Dime”

Pet care, security guards, Chinese takeouts every night — MTA makes big promises to Bushwick residents who will be displaced from their homes due to impending M train construction.

Talking Bushwick-Shot Street Art Documentary “Gouch” with Director Raul Buitrago

Talking Bushwick-Shot Street Art Documentary “Gouch” with Director Raul Buitrago

Bushwick’s street art gets a lot of love, but the attention doesn’t run deep

Jeff Kurzon Hopes to Rep Bushwick and Bring Progressive Policies to the US Congress

Jeff Kurzon Hopes to Rep Bushwick and Bring Progressive Policies to the US Congress

Jeff Kurzon hopes that younger voters’ enthusiasm for progressive policies ignited by a grassroots effort by Bernie Sanders and his supporters will land him a spot in the race for United States Congress representing New York’s 7th District  in the June 28th Democratic Primary

Bushwick Residents and Officials Talk Over Two L Train Closure Options at Formal MTA Meeting

Bushwick Residents and Officials Talk Over Two L Train Closure Options at Formal MTA Meeting

The MTA’s top brass met with the public and elected officials at Bed-Stuy’s Marcy Avenue Armory on Thursday night to field the public’s questions and present two main approaches to scheduling L train closures during repairs to the Canarsie tubes that will start in 2019

Residents Facing MTA “Relocation” Meet to Share Concerns

Residents Facing MTA “Relocation” Meet to Share Concerns

Bushwick community members who occupy twenty-six apartments on the triangular block adjacent to the Myrtle Ave-Broadway station on the J, M and Z trains and who discovered last week that M train work will necessitate that they leave their homes for a definite 6-10 months and possibly much longer met Wednesday night to share their experiences and consider plans of action

At MayDay Space Town Hall, Arts in Bushwick Discusses Bushwick Open Studios Updates

At MayDay Space Town Hall, Arts in Bushwick Discusses Bushwick Open Studios Updates

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

Bushwick Open Studios ’16 Will be Held in October Instead of the Usual June

Bushwick Open Studios ’16 Will be Held in October Instead of the Usual June

In a move that surprised many, local organization Arts in Bushwick announced Wednesday that its well attended flagship event, Bushwick Open Studios, will take place in October this year, four months later than its usual date in early June

The L Train Shutdown Meeting: Riders and Businesses Are Frustrated by the Lack of Explanation from the MTA

The L Train Shutdown Meeting: Riders and Businesses Are Frustrated by the Lack of Explanation from the MTA

Today at 11AM, the community of local business owners, commuters, organizations, elected officials and concerned citizens met at Williamsburg’s Brooklyn Bowl to discuss the impact of the possible long-term L train shutdown

Bushwick Open Studios 2015 Guide: Ridgewick

Bushwick Open Studios 2015 Guide: Ridgewick

Photo: Katarina Hybenova for Bushwick Daily #5 Ridgewick The consistent quality of art showcases happening on Ridgewood-Bushwick border for this year’s BOS is sure to get you on your bike and off the Dekalb and Myrtle-Wyckoff L train stops. Whether you want to keep it closer to the ‘wick or head further into Ridgewood, there’s […]

Do Good in Bushwick: 10 Volunteer Organizations to Get Involved In

Do Good in Bushwick: 10 Volunteer Organizations to Get Involved In

When I was a kid, my mother made me volunteer at a local shelter every Christmas morning

#DoBushwick: “You Won’t Stop Dancing This Weekend” Edition

#DoBushwick: “You Won’t Stop Dancing This Weekend” Edition

“YOU SHOULD BE DANCING,” read a large, in-your-face billboard somewhere in Randomtown, NY when it hit me: “This is a message for me and I totally should be dancing

YOLO With 4 SOLO Shows This Weekend, Plus A Secret Show Inside McKibbin Lofts and Artist Talks

YOLO With 4 SOLO Shows This Weekend, Plus A Secret Show Inside McKibbin Lofts and Artist Talks

Bushwick’s art playground is still kicking with four new solo exhibitions opening on Friday night at Wayfarers, NURTUREart, GCA and Interstate Projects, plus a group show at Fresh Window that plays on all of the attractions and distractions of abstraction

TEDxBushwick This Past Saturday Partially Touched Upon the Burning Issues of Our Community

TEDxBushwick This Past Saturday Partially Touched Upon the Burning Issues of Our Community

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

Artists Rule the Playground With New Shows, Playful Duos, Artist Talks and Panel Discussions This Week

Artists Rule the Playground With New Shows, Playful Duos, Artist Talks and Panel Discussions This Week

The title says it all

Want to Run an Artist Residency Program Upstate NY? Here is Your Chance!

Want to Run an Artist Residency Program Upstate NY? Here is Your Chance!

 

Bushwick Power Couples: Makin’ Love & Culture Happen

Bushwick Power Couples: Makin’ Love & Culture Happen

Bushwick is the kind of place where love frequently blossoms into a creative partnership and vice versa

Our Absolute Favorite Bushwick Art Shows of 2014

Our Absolute Favorite Bushwick Art Shows of 2014

Consider a typical day in our neighborhood: there is always something happening, something new, something changing

Sneak Peak to 8 Art Openings in Bushwick This Week: Newcomer Galleries, Old Favorites, and Of Course, a Bunch of Fantastic Art

Sneak Peak to 8 Art Openings in Bushwick This Week: Newcomer Galleries, Old Favorites, and Of Course, a Bunch of Fantastic Art

This week, good things come early, especially when it comes to art in Bushwick! Perhaps its the crisp fall air, or we are all trying to extra productive to kick the season off to a good start, or maybe it’s just that there is so much great stuff happening this weekend that it can’t be contained within the weekend! Whatever the reason, this week Bushwick is literally bursting with art-ific activity, with new galleries, old favorites, and of course, a bunch of fantastic art!

It’s Here: A Documentary About Drag in Bushwick, Sisters of the Wicked Wig Needs Your Help

It’s Here: A Documentary About Drag in Bushwick, Sisters of the Wicked Wig Needs Your Help

As the lofts fill out, and the condos go up, it’s getting tougher to see Bushwick as the harbor of subculture and the avant-garde nightlife that has been part of its identity for the better part of a decade

Microscope Gallery Needs Your Help to Make Their Big Move Come into Focus!

Microscope Gallery Needs Your Help to Make Their Big Move Come into Focus!

If you’ve seen a show at Microscope Gallery, you know that a small space can’t contain the huge impact their programs can have on your life. For example, at Microscope you might see a show that will forever remind you that uncertainty is a beautiful thing, or you might get to witness the miracle of […]

Art, Art Baby! 9 Summer Art Shows to Keep you Sexy

Art, Art Baby! 9 Summer Art Shows to Keep you Sexy

Ok, so if there was any doubt left in anyone’s mind, summer is officially here — in full force. All around the neighborhood there are scenes of people attempting to install their window AC units without letting them plummet three stories; scantily-clad guys and girls trying to wear as little as they can get away with; […]

Freeze! 10 Shows to See the Weekend & Bushwick Frieze Night

Freeze! 10 Shows to See the Weekend & Bushwick Frieze Night

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

Tempting Art Picks for the Weekend

Tempting Art Picks for the Weekend

Might I encounter the rousing side of Bushwick in this weekend’s top art picks? As I share the sexy side of our artsy enclave on this week’s #BushwickDaily Insta-Takeover, I am tempted to untap the sultry, suprising or bravely sensual side of the neighborhood art scene. Whether blatant or subtle, upfront or shyly concealed, I’ll […]

Bushwick Brews: Coming Beer Attraction, The Well

Bushwick Brews: Coming Beer Attraction, The Well

The Well (Photos by Bart Koscinski for Bushwick Daily) This week we took a break from tasting beer to get you the scoop behind the new bar that have a huge impact on Bushwick’s beer scene this summer.  Two years ago Josh Richholt and Shay Vishawadi bought large chunks of a massive brick building on […]

Beyond the Kale: Thai Chili, Cricket Flour and Other Bushwick Coop TEDx Treats

Beyond the Kale: Thai Chili, Cricket Flour and Other Bushwick Coop TEDx Treats

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

Bridging Art and Community with Film – Kweighbaye Kotee, Founder of Bushwick Film Festival

Bridging Art and Community with Film – Kweighbaye Kotee, Founder of Bushwick Film Festival

Bushwick Film Festival turns six this year! From October 2nd to the 6th you have a great opportunity to get involved, whether by attending, contributing to the BFF foundation, or volunteering (there still might be a couple of spots available)

Rheingold Rezoning Saga Continues at Heated CB4 Meeting & Public Meetings

Rheingold Rezoning Saga Continues at Heated CB4 Meeting & Public Meetings

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