Raise your hand if you behave responsibly every time you drink

Several man in blue t-shirts can be often seen after dusk smoking and talking to each other around The Peter Jay Sharp Center for Opportunity at 89 Porter Ave in East Williamsburg, near Brooklyn Fire Proof

“You can dish it out but you can’t take it,” we’ve all heard the saying at least once in our life

Ugh, Valentine’s Day

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

Recently, Bushwick was named the 7th most stylish neighborhood in the world by Vogue

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

Remember when the Girls took to Bushwick to rage out in a warehouse and (accidentally) smoke crack? Well, that’s not the route we recommend you go this weeken–maybe instead grab a 5-hour energy to get your fix as you hop around art shows by day and hit the rock and roll by night! Not all these shows are tied in with Bushwick Open Studios, but they will all be mega-fun and nothing like the gif above (hopefully?)

You may have recently passed by Deborah Brown’s old Storefront and noticed a new business has filled the space

Performance art is moody, finding its power in a volatile vortex of actions and references on the semiotic scale of art

Here we are, Bushwick–another week looking fly and on the move

So as you may know by now, each week I peruse the #Bushwick hashtag on Instagram, and post the best of what you were wearing around the hood

Didn’t win a Grammy this week? Yeah, neither did we– unfortunately, we can’t all be Macklemore

Guilty as charged

A broken, naked Barbie doll hangs by the neck on a tree amongst a jumble of old toys including a plastic disco ball, a number of stuffed animals, as well as warnings written with paint on a wooden sign: “This is not a joke!” “Respect our neighborhood!”

Grab your passports, Brooklyn, because in this latest round of Bushwick Music Crush, we’re going international

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

Do you like smashing pumpkins? No, we don’t mean the band fronted by that creepy looking bald guy with the “zero” t-shirt – we’re talking about that annual cathartic ritual favored by rebellious adolescents everywhere Halloween is celebrated

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This past Saturday and for the fourth year running, the Bushwick Block Party took over Morgantown’s Moore Street for a free afternoon and evening of music, skateboarding, dancing, food trucks, drinking and other sweaty fun

Sunday afternoon on Bogart Street couldn’t be nicer; it’s not too hot and the fresh air feels good

We all remember the joy (and sometimes dread) that came with high school yearbook superlatives

Urban Outfitters, thank you

Though Bushwick thankfully escaped major damage from Hurricane Sandy, nearby Highland Park did not fair so well

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By Katarina Hybenova

By Katarina Hybenova