Archive for October, 2011

• Son de Cali, A Slice of Colombia

  April 9th, 2010
  
  Owner Yuly Arcila at Son de Cali, her Colombian bakery and restaurant on Wyckoff Avenue. — Photos by Scarlett Lindeman

  On the southern stretch of Wyckoff Avenue, home to sidewalk sales and aging warehouses, is a bright spot…

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• A Beacon for Young Artists

  April 9th, 2010

  “A lot of people come to the game to take, not to give,” says 20-year-old MC Riddic, also known as Barrington Botswana Black. “We want to give back.”

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• Recommended Show: Lil Daggers!

  April 9th, 2010

  

  Here’s a quick show recommendation:

  Tonight, Friday April 9, at Don Pedros is a great, diverse lineup, but I’m particularly excited about Florida band Lil Daggers.

  Rowdy, organ-driven, careening-around-the-room…

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• Bushwick Culture Weekly Picks 4/8/10

  April 8th, 2010

  If you’re not too busy baldazzling this week, there’s plenty of stuff to do around here!

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• A Bushwick ‘Battle’ Results in Stalemate

  April 7th, 2010

  This past Saturday was Bushwick Schlacht!, a two-day-only pop-up show on Boerum Street… The show examined new work in painting from the US and Germany in our “urban war zone.”

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• RBSCC Employee Busted for Defrauding City

  April 7th, 2010

  36-year-old employee Tyess Crespo, for whatever reason, saw fit to — allegedly! — submit fake karate attendance sheets in order to get $4,080 more for RBSCC’s coffers.

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• The Garifuna Culture, Kept Alive Through Music

  April 5th, 2010

  As a class of drumming students chase their teacher’s rhythm in the next room, James Lovell explains the need to protect the history of his people, the Garifuna.

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• Zipcar Expands Into Bushwick

  April 5th, 2010
  
  286 Stanhope, a new rental building, will host Zipcars in its underused garage. — Photo by Abhiram Sunkavall

  Zipcar members in Bushwick have had to schlep to the far side of Woodhull hospital or take the subway as…

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• Drunk Driver Crashes Head-On with Bus

  April 5th, 2010

  An intoxicated man crashed into the front of a city bus while driving on the wrong side of the road late Saturday night.

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• Market Hotel shut down by Police

  April 5th, 2010
  
  (above: Ponytail playing Market Hotel in happier times)

  Looks like there was trouble for Market Hotel this weekend:

  “so…. Market Hotel got into some police trouble. What does this mean? Hard to tell. Places have survived such…

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