This week’s Friday First features the full-length album Meet Me In Cognito from co-presenters of our own The Holy Smokes Festival, the Bushwick-based bluesy rockers The Bottom Dollars

Holy Smokes! Music & Arts Festival is all said and done, and we can’t express enough thanks to all of you who attended for making this festival a success on so many levels! Holy Smokes! took place last Sunday at the co-op art/music space Silent Barn and featured over 20 outstanding rock/blues/reggae/r&b bands, our favorites being Cosmonaut, Las Rosas, Walking Shapes, Nicky Egan, Sylvana Joyce & The Moment, 6th Degree, The Can’t Tells, Food Will Win The War, Ellis Ashbrook, The Hollows, The Bottom Dollars, and MORE

Our friends over at Rock Bottom are hosting a benefit show this Satuday for the charity Adopt a Doctor

Who needs Central Park when you have Maria Hernandez Park? Shopping at dollar stores on Knickerbocker Ave, scenic walks on Johnson Ave and romantic counting of rats on the tracks of the L train

For some reason, December is the month for shows

“It’s not about a ceasefire or not about not a ceasefire”

They met on Craigslist. Now, they’re working on album number two.

“It’s really a who’s who of these Bushwick bands.”

Cocktails and thin-cut fries are the move at the newly renovated Flushing
Avenue spot.

We’ve listed a whole week’s worth of free and affordable events happening in and around the neighborhood.

Everyone can learn how to protect Mother Earth at this free, family-friendly event.

After going digital last year, the Bushwick Open Studios annual art walk returns this month.

A guide to local bookshops in and around Bushwick

A roundup of food and drink spots in and around Bushwick, introducing a new ice cream window and multiple new cafes, and saying goodbye to a beloved burger joint and others.

“I’m not going to be a NIMBY about it,” says one local bar owner.

A roundup of new food and drink spots in and around Bushwick, including a cajun seafood joint, a vegan cafe, a burger and fries spot and more

The Grind Rehearsal Studio has got your back.

Joaquin Baca opens Teo, an izakaya joint, after Leaving Momofuku and closing the Brooklyn Star in Williamsburg.

Inclusivity in bathing and relaxation.

How haunted is New York compared to the rest of the country? We dig into a ghost sightings database to find out.

The bar and restaurant is under new management, here’s what it’s like to visit Cream in Ridgewood.

Celebrate our northern neighbor this weekend with piles of cheese curds and fries.

It’s ok to be jealous.