Archive for October, 2011
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Rapper Nyle Builds His Own Beat
June 16th, 2009Rapper Nyle has a lot to celebrate this 4th of July, and if you drop by his Lake Johnson festival that will feature 15+ bands, BBQ, fireworks, and more, you can celebrate with him…
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Sex, Thighs, and Pixelated Video Tape
June 16th, 2009
The anticipated Sex Cells opening on Friday; appropriately, this picture was taken with a cell phone. — Photo by Kevin ArmentoIf the jaded critic George Jean Nathan was accurate in his assessment that “art is the sex…
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Bushwick Open Studios Profile: Edouard Nardon
June 15th, 2009Sometimes, the contents of a freezer can be dreadful — other times, they can be enlightening. The outcome depends on your religious views…
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BOS Profile: ‘Draw’ at Norte Maar
June 15th, 2009“Draw: Vasari Revisited or a Sparring of Contemporary Thought” was the exhibition on view in the beautifully renovated storefront gallery space on Wyckoff Avenue…
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Wyckoff Avenue’s Own Puerto Rico Day Parade
June 15th, 2009
Millie from 83 Wyckoff dances in celebration of Puerto Rico Day. — Photos by Jeremy SapienzaOver the two years and change I’ve lived here, I have come to realize that warnings to stay in or get out…
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Bushwick Open Studios Profile: Stephen Truax
June 13th, 2009In the hallway connecting his railroad “wings” were prints of “photo errors” taken in Italy and India — the technical process of which I was quickly told is a secret…
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Bushwick Open Studios Profile: Mary Judge
June 12th, 2009Part of the reason I visited Mary Judge up on St. Nicholas Avenue was because so many people told me I had to just so that I could see her studio…
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The Ridgewood Reservoir’s Threatened Wildlife
June 12th, 2009
Nature photographer Steve Nanz presents his work on wildlife in the Ridgewood Reservoir. — Photo by Diego CupoloThere are yellow-billed cuckoos, black-cap chickadees and ferocious snapping turtles living right in our backyard and local environmentalists credit the…
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Bushwick Cooks: Pea-Shoot Pesto
June 12th, 2009
If anyone walked by Starr Space this past Wednesday afternoon, they probably saw my friend Gwen standing out front surrounded by an amazing abundance of vegetables. Thanks to Garden of Eve Farm (as well…
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Club Bouncy Rides on the L Train
June 12th, 2009If you travel to and from Bushwick via the L train, keep an eye out for the cute/creepy person in a furry dolphin (or is it a bluebird?) costume giving away “free bouncy rides” on his/her lap…
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