Bushwick DIY venues are thriving. Here’s where to go in and around the neighborhood.

Secret Project Robot announced their closure at the end of March.

Community and DIY organizers that have joined the platform have seen an increase of 20 percent to 300 percent in their annual income.

The community radio station is expanding into Velo Brooklyn Bike Shop’s old location on Dekalb Avenue, and they need your help.

Early Tuesday, East Williamsburg venue The Acheron announced its impending closure: the spot will hold its fonal show on July 9th

An announcement late last night from the proprietors of beloved Bushwick DIY art hub Secret Project Robot (SPR) publicly confirmed a decision which has long been in the works: when the end of the space’s 5-year lease is up at the end of the summer, they’ll be packing up to move

Daylight Savings is upon us, readers. Ah, the feeling of the sky not being pitch-black at 5pm! Life is good. Although we lost an hour, we gained sunlight, and thus, hopefully, we’re all waking from winter hibernation—and weather has been fluctuating as dramatically as Kanye’s daily commentary, which means everyone should be feeling the need to seize the beautiful […]

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All Photos by Ali Boin for Bushwick Daily A unique East Williamsburg bar and performance venue called Sunnyvale held its grand opening party this past Saturday. Located at 1031 Grand Street, the name is a nod to the Canadian television show Trailer Park Boys, but it’s not a themed bar. The name came about after hours of debate when […]

Co-director, Rachel Nelson, sifted through over 3,000 photographs and created a giant timeline visually summarizing the experiences of Secret Project Robot throughout ten years of their existence

The Hollows founders Piril Gunduz and Jessica Kingdon outside their gallery space. Photo by Alonzo Maciel. Finding The Hollows was not intentional. I was up late one night Craigslist surfing (hey, the “etc” jobs sometimes can be very entertaining to read) when I came across “Seeking Artists for a Permanent Ceiling Piece in Bushwick Art […]

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In 2007 co-directors Kae Burke and Anya Sapozhnikova launched their DIY space in Ridgewood, self-described as a “hippie- punk squat house,” named House of Yes

Saturday evening local DIY venue Cheap Storage hosted their 5th annual “New Years Do Over Party” with promoter Glad Tidings from NY

In a city where everyone has a housing horror story, Preston Pujol’s tale of woe, reported by Annette Konoske Graf in the Brooklyn Ink last week, is still a knockout

Premier Bushwick DIY venue Silent Barn is looking for some goodwill-capable community-minded souls to assist with a couple of projects they have in the works, and if you like the local music scene and have experience being pleasant with strangers, that could mean YOU!

Last week we had the pleasure of checking out the new and improved DIY venue Silent Barn

Unless you’ve been asleep for a week, you know the major damage Hurricane Sandy has done

Synthesized pop tunes, with a sprinkle of a punk rocker’s drums is enough to get me hooked on any song, let alone an album

By Eric Littmann

By Jen Hitchings