Archive for October, 2011
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In Ridgewood, the Yeast Also Rises
March 9th, 2009
Grimaldi’s Bakery at Menahan and Grandview. — Photos by Diego Cupolo.It began with a two-dollar loaf of pumpernickel.
After years of flavorless bleached-flour sponges and overpriced gourmet raisin-flax nonsense, my hunt for decent bread in the…
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Who Couldn’t Use a Little Fresh Air?
March 9th, 2009
Photo courtesy of Fresh Air Fund.Remember what summer in Bushwick is like? Sure, we may romanticize it now, toward the end of this miserable winter of my extreme discontent (as I recline on my sick-couch with strep…
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TRANSMITTED: Live from Norte Maar!
March 8th, 2009Above is a recording of the live performance. You can see more at Justin.tv
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NYT‘s Sad Little Copycat Art Scene Article
March 6th, 2009NYT seems to have spent a lot of time interviewing people in Bushwick’s arts community only to come up with a piece that resembles — in parts down to the very quotes — a story our own Aaron Short wrote about the art market last month…
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RBSCC Gets Public Money for New Kitchens
March 6th, 2009Seems as if Vito Lopez has pulled his big wad of strings in Albany and out popped a $21.5 million loan and another million in tax credits for the Ridgewood-Bushwick Senior Citizen’s Council, run by his girlfriend…
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GBM’s Steve Trimboli on the Old Days
March 6th, 2009Gossip site Jossip interviewed Steve Trimboli, owner of junk shop/venue Goodbye Blue Monday on Broadway, about his old East Village days running neighborhood institution Scrap Bar…
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Artist Profile: Bruce High Quality Foundation
March 6th, 2009
The Bruce High Quality Foundation at 1100 Broadway in Bushwick.The art collective The Bruce High Quality Foundation (BHQF) acts as the official arbiter of the estate of the late social sculptor Bruce High Quality. Committed…
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Bushwick Culture Weekend Picks 3/5/09
March 5th, 2009
Another week flew by in Bushwick — and can you believe that it’s March already? I’ve heard from friends that Venus is turning retrograde starting this weekend, which means that as an…
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High Fashion Meets Art at Eastern District
March 5th, 2009
Native Bushwicker Michael “Tido” Cabrera at his new gallery/clothing store, Eastern District.Last weekend’s dual art openings on Bogart Street created quite a stir, as heavy crowds pushed their way through the stark storefront of Morgantown’s newest tenant,…
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Bushwick House of the Week: 1369 Hancock
March 4th, 2009
How I wish houses in this area of Bushwick were even on the market when I was looking back in 2006 — the lovely limestone and brick exteriors, the uninterrupted facades marching down these stable, tree-lined blocks. This proud…
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