Archive for October, 2011

• Bushwick Community Board ‘Live’: June ’10

  June 17th, 2010
  
  Diana Reyna envoy Alejandro Echeverri, left, with CB4 Parliamentarian and grill master Odolph Wright. — Photo by Aaron Short

  7:00 PM: Community Board 4 is getting off to a late start tonight, even for Bushwick Time. It is…

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• Bushwick Culture Weekly Picks 6/17/10

  June 17th, 2010

  Ok, Bushwick. This week has been a bit of a personal time clusterfuck/Mac madness and I’m at a bit of a loss locating the tons of events that are generally available to us…

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• WORK: Tanya, Power-Tool Pioneer

  June 17th, 2010

  Tanya was the first female mechanic to work at the Woodside, Queens Black and Decker office back in the ’80s. She wanted to find more work in carpentry and construction but couldn’t get hired — she suffered harassment and…

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• Bushwick Apartment Roundup 6/17/10

  June 17th, 2010

  I kept it under $1100 this week, and there was some pretty good stuff, including real two-bedrooms if you’re willing to live pretty far from almost anything…

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• Sucuzhañay Suspect Back in Court After Mistrial

  June 16th, 2010

  The main suspect in the murder of José Sucuzhañay goes to trial for the second time on Tuesday after a mistrial in the first case last month.

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• Pols, Neighbors Get Willoughby Sober House Shut

  June 16th, 2010
  
  979 Willoughby is a luxury condominium briefly used as a sober house. Political and neighborhood opposition has resulted in the owner shutting the program down and renting it at market rate. — Photo by Diego Cupolo

  In Bushwick,…

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• Recommended Show: Acid Tiger

  June 16th, 2010

  

  Acid Tiger are something of a punk supergroup, to the extent that their drummer plays with Converge and United Nations and their guitarist plays with United Nations, Thursday, and The A.K.A.s. Their second live guitarist, Jim Carroll, is…

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• Cops Crack Down on Art Spaces and Alcohol

  June 16th, 2010
  
  The police have been cracking down on alcohol — for sale or free — at large gatherings. The ARCH Collective, above, was recently shut down for serving beer. — Photo by Brian Raby.

  A fledgling art space’s…

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• Bushwick Chic: ‘Something You Can Sweat In’

  June 15th, 2010
  Stacey at Myrtle and Broadway. Click to see the whole outfit. — Photos by Nicole Wasilewicz.

  I stopped Stacey as she sipped on her kombucha in front of Mr. Kiwi’s because I was really digging her laid…

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• Tenant Destroys Nude Photos at ‘Art Haven’ Apts

  June 15th, 2010
  
  Only a few white scuffs remain on the wall that hosted photographer Rafael Fuchs’ nude photo collage. A resident tore the piece down because she believed it was inappropriate for her children to see. — Photo by Diego

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