Bushwick

27 Jun 2012

FREE Experimental Art and Music Festival in BUSHWICK

When you picture your ideal Saturday afternoon, do you dream of a kaleidoscopic music, art, poetry, and philosophy festival? If so, you’re in luck. If not, start dreaming, ‘cause this festival is going be the bees. It’s called Eleven Hands Clapping. And it’s happening at Vaudeville Park (Bushwick – totally

Jules Owen - Wandering Wastrel 0
20 Jun 2012

BODYFUN : Exercise and Meditation through Dance

My recommendation for Wednesday, June 27th: Step 1: Put on those sweat pants or shorts or whatever the hell you want, and get over to the Body Actualized Center at 9 pm. Step 2: Feel slightly awkward and overly concerned with not looking like an idiot for approximately two minutes.

Jules Owen - Wandering Wastrel 0
18 Jan 2012

Celebrating Two Years in New York City: A Look Back at the Time I Got Punched on the Subway

Not to get all promote-y or anything, but in Broke-Ass Stuart’s Guide to Living Cheaply in New York City (read it!), he compares NYC to a girl who you constantly chase, but is ultimately out of your league. I totally get this statement, but for me, New York City is

Carrie Laven - Pretty Penniless 0
22 Nov 2011

Check Out Local Artists at the Brooklyn Museum’s Raw/Crooked Exhibition

Bushwick may be rife with artists, but unfortunately most of its dwellers haven’t earned big-ticket exhibitions at major museums or galleries yet (duh, that’s why they’re called “struggling“).  Well, not so at the Brooklyn Museum– the institution is giving under-the-radar BK artists their time to shine in a new year-long

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29 Oct 2011

Marni Kotak at Microscope Gallery

In the age of oversharing, who’s to say where the line is?  I mean no one cares that you are going to bed or that you really want a sandwich, but you tell us on Facebook and Twitter anyway.  So rather than sharing the mundane parts of life, why not

The Happy Peasant 0
17 Oct 2011

Athom: Where Dignity Matters

Athom opened in the Bushwick / Bed-Stuy neighborhood about three years ago. It was the first spot in that neighborhood to have things like paninis, fresh baked croissants, good espresso and ingredients like roasted red peppers, caramelized onions, brie, etc. I must tell you, as a resident of that neighborhood

Bobby Rich - Affordable Aficionado 0
20 Sep 2011

Drink N’ Draw at 3rd Ward in Brooklyn

Tough day at the office?  Unwind by sketching some naked chick and knocking back a few PBRs.  Totally awesome art studio 3rd Ward offers a life drawing sessions and beer every Wednesday night at an event called Drink N’ Draw– $15 for a solo ticket, or $10 if you bring

Carrie Laven - Pretty Penniless 0