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Brave Bushwick Art Crit Group Says Hello to Spring with Politics, Poetry, Painting and Erotica

Brave Bushwick Art Crit Group Says Hello to Spring with Politics, Poetry, Painting and Erotica

The Bushwick Art Crit Group (BACG) celebrated its 1 year anniversary in March where we saw brave ranges in sculpture and politics, photography and poetry, painting and erotica, and more. One artist impressed us with a combination of seriousness and playfulness, while another bravely revealed just how much goes on underneath the (canvas) surface.  An inquisitive […]

This Earth Day, Try Cleaning Up Bushwick

This Earth Day, Try Cleaning Up Bushwick

Or try out ‘a food scrap demo’ to possibly reduce your waste.

Kindergarten Rules For Teaching ‘Black Lives Matter’ To A Disney Princess

Kindergarten Rules For Teaching ‘Black Lives Matter’ To A Disney Princess

Calvin Z. Heyward, a local writer and educator, writes more about some of the struggles Black fathers endure and overcome.

Construction Has Started on Bushwick’s Rheingold Senior Residences, an Affordable Housing Complex

Construction Has Started on Bushwick’s Rheingold Senior Residences, an Affordable Housing Complex

The new building will feature 94 units, communal lounges on each floor and plenty of green outdoor space.

How Did The Brooklyn Democratic Party Get Here?

How Did The Brooklyn Democratic Party Get Here?

From party chairs to district leaders to canceled elections.

Salazar and Marte Exchange Accusations of Campaign Finance Violations in Heated State Senate Race

Salazar and Marte Exchange Accusations of Campaign Finance Violations in Heated State Senate Race

‘It’s frustrating when you’re playing by the rules and your opponent is cheating,’ Salazar says of Andy Marte’s primary challenge

Ridgewood-based Canadian takes on American Politics through Drag Performance

Ridgewood-based Canadian takes on American Politics through Drag Performance

An Interview with Teresa Braun, Drag/Genderf*ck curator at The Brick Theater

Congresswoman Calls on Bushwick Community to Participate in 2020 Census

Congresswoman Calls on Bushwick Community to Participate in 2020 Census

Bushwick Art Space Hosts Exhibit About Social Justice in Black Communities

Bushwick Art Space Hosts Exhibit About Social Justice in Black Communities

Plastic Straws, Bushwick Zoning and a Path into Politics: A Conversation with City Councilman Rafael

Plastic Straws, Bushwick Zoning and a Path into Politics: A Conversation with City Councilman Rafael

7 Arts Shows to See in Bushwick Right Now: ATM Cigarettes Flowers Lottery and More

7 Arts Shows to See in Bushwick Right Now: ATM Cigarettes Flowers Lottery and More

A look at seven art exhibitions happening right now in your favorite neighborhood!

Everything is Not OK: Bushwick Graffiti Artist’s Mural on Wyckoff Decries Trump Administration

Everything is Not OK: Bushwick Graffiti Artist’s Mural on Wyckoff Decries Trump Administration

ZIP Codes and Politics: How Redrawing Borough Lines Redefined Bushwick and Ridgewood

ZIP Codes and Politics: How Redrawing Borough Lines Redefined Bushwick and Ridgewood

Ridgewood and Bushwick were not always in separate boroughs like they are now.

Start Planning Now: Bushwick’s Drunken Debate Watch Parties Are In the Works Already

Start Planning Now: Bushwick’s Drunken Debate Watch Parties Are In the Works Already

Because no one is going to want to watch these debates alone or sober.

Artist Who Was Under FBI Surveillance for Many Years Shows at Bushwick’s ‘Life on Mars’ Gallery

Artist Who Was Under FBI Surveillance for Many Years Shows at Bushwick’s ‘Life on Mars’ Gallery

 

Off the Beaten Path: Bushwick Alternative Art Venue, Mt. Rose Space

Off the Beaten Path: Bushwick Alternative Art Venue, Mt. Rose Space

Somewhere between the Broadway G and Montrose L train stations, you just may stumble upon a hidden gem — a quaint gallery located at 93 Montrose Ave called Mt

This Weekend’s Art Openings Are All About New Photography Techniques, Text as Pretext and Re-igniting Modernist Passion

This Weekend’s Art Openings Are All About New Photography Techniques, Text as Pretext and Re-igniting Modernist Passion

It’s as good a weekend as ever to traipse the Bushwick art playground for new openings at the galleries of 1329 Willoughby and 56 Bogart and over in Ridgewood at Kimberly-Klark Gallery

Avoid Emotional Frostbite with Sweet Toof’s Saccharine Street Art in Brooklyn

Avoid Emotional Frostbite with Sweet Toof’s Saccharine Street Art in Brooklyn

Against the cold, gray, bleak background of Brooklyn in January, colorful things, and literally anything with the smallest hint of cheer, are sure to stand out

“Nu Age Hustle” at Momenta Art: “Raw, Phat and Trance-inducing – HUH!”

“Nu Age Hustle” at Momenta Art: “Raw, Phat and Trance-inducing – HUH!”

Speech is my hammer bang the world into shape now let it fall – HUH!  -Mos Def, “Hip Hop” (1999)

Antonio Reynoso on Bushwick’s Creative Community and Arts Scene

Antonio Reynoso on Bushwick’s Creative Community and Arts Scene

Antonio Reynoso, 30, is a Williamsburg native who’s running in this fall’s election for the 34th district seat on the New York City Council, a zone that includes Williamsburg, Bushwick and Ridgewood

On and Off The Board: ‘Joy and Pleasure Don’t Detract from the Movement.’

On and Off The Board: ‘Joy and Pleasure Don’t Detract from the Movement.’

More than just bisexual lighting and chess looks, a local queer-themed chess club is taking a stand on the Gaza conflict.

A Raid At The Jefferson Street Shelter

A Raid At The Jefferson Street Shelter

“They have us out here like dogs”

Gutiérrez Claims Victory, Following Mildly Divisive Primary Challenge

Gutiérrez Claims Victory, Following Mildly Divisive Primary Challenge

About 18% of Bushwick voted for someone else

Unions Back Gutiérrez In Re-Election Bid

Unions Back Gutiérrez In Re-Election Bid

The recently-elected Bushwick city council representative faces a challenge from Paperboy Prince.

Opinion: Where is Dilan?

Opinion: Where is Dilan?

Ahead of intense negotiations over the New York state budget, Dilan’s former primary opponent says the assemblyman can’t be found.

An Activist Walks Into A Bar.

An Activist Walks Into A Bar.

Why a former Democracy Now war correspondent opened the Starr Bar in Bushwick

At a Town Hall In Bushwick, Locals Complain About Rats

At a Town Hall In Bushwick, Locals Complain About Rats

“We’ve been fighting rats coming in and out. I don’t know why.”

Progressives Fight The Machine.

Progressives Fight The Machine.

“I do credit the negative campaign and the mailers for the fact that we didn’t win”

Velazquez In Bushwick

Velazquez In Bushwick

Responding to anonymous graffiti reading: “kill elected officials”

As Reports Of Hate Crime Rise in Bushwick, Activists Push For More Protections At Nightclubs

As Reports Of Hate Crime Rise in Bushwick, Activists Push For More Protections At Nightclubs

New Yorkers saw 52% more hate crimes in 2021 than in 2020.

This Sunday, A Puerto Rican Day Parade Hits Bushwick

This Sunday, A Puerto Rican Day Parade Hits Bushwick

Bushwick’s take on the parade hits Knickerbocker Avenue on Sunday. This year’s theme is “La Historia de Nuestra Bandera.”

For Pride, This Director Wants To Know What Brings You Joy

For Pride, This Director Wants To Know What Brings You Joy

“I feel like Bushwick is very gay, but in so many different ways,” says one local filmmaker.

Everyone’s Running Now (For State Senate)

Everyone’s Running Now (For State Senate)

Redistricting moves and scatters a heated political race, while Elizabeth Crowley has committed to moving within the borders of wherever it is she ends up representing.

Can A Bushwick Pol Make It To Albany?

Can A Bushwick Pol Make It To Albany?

A mildly contentious lieutenant governor race gives a local career politician a possible comeback.

The State of Voter Suppression in New York

The State of Voter Suppression in New York

Voter suppression still happens in New York “in insidious ways”

A Peek Inside the Hidden Story on Wyckoff Avenue

A Peek Inside the Hidden Story on Wyckoff Avenue

For over two decades, Taiwanese artists have had a home in Bushwick