Archive for October, 2011

• In Photos: Bushwick’s Puerto Rican Day 2010

  June 14th, 2010

  The PR Day Parade is held in Manhattan, but when the show is over, the festivities shift to Puerto Rican neighborhoods uptown, in the Bronx, and Brooklyn…

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• This Is a Good Time to Flee the Country Again

  June 14th, 2010

  
  OPINION — Freelance Wasteland

  Each and every one of you will be filled with agony upon learning that I am moving down to Mexico after a quick stint in Texas where I will, bizarrely enough, be covering a Sarah Palin…

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• Pine Box: Bar Opening Soon in Casket Factory

  June 11th, 2010
  
  Pine Box Rock Shop will open soon at 12 Grattan Street. The facade was painted by street artist ROA. — Photos by Jeremy Sapienza

  Jeff and Heather Rush weren’t sure if they should be identified by name…

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• Hillstock Festival Starts Today

  June 11th, 2010

  

  The second Hillstock Festival kicks off today. The weekend-long DIY music fest will be starting today at 5pm at Shea Stadium. The all ages festival will continue tomorrow in the Backyard of 106 Emerson Place, and Sunday…

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• House of the Week: 221 Cornelia, Reduced

  June 11th, 2010

  I hate to just repost a House of the Week but this seems like such a good deal, especially now that it’s been reduced a further $30,000…

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• Bushwick Cooks: Strawberry-Hoisin Ice Cream

  June 11th, 2010

  

  Ice cream making has become a recent obsession of mine. Especially given last week’s temperatures, it seemed to be the only thing I wanted to consume. Since we finally have berries back in season in New York, I created…

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• Bushwick Open Studios ’10 Profile: Alexandra Pacula

  June 10th, 2010
  
  Alexandra Pacula, in front of her newest work, Progressive Current. — Photo by Diego Cupolo

  Bold, energetic strokes, high contrast, powerful composition and intense color schemes all combine to make Alexandra Pacula‘s paintings quite compelling.

  Her work…

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• Art on a Theme: Connectivity

  June 10th, 2010

  Arts in Bushwick’s fourth annual Bushwick Open Studios didn’t have an official theme, but if it did, it would likely echo Norte Maar’s Merzbush…

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• Recommended Show: Future Islands and Lower Dens

  June 10th, 2010

  Get ready to kick it ’80s style at Silent Barn this Saturday. Baltimore’s Future Islands are bringing the new-New Wave and all of its wonderful synthy goodness to Ridgewood. Their tunes range from upbeat dance numbers to downtempo numbers…

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• Bushwick Culture Weekly Picks 6/10/10

  June 10th, 2010

  Has everyone recovered from BOS 2010? Everyone is certainly wiped out but leave energy for a few events, including the spectacle of the Puerto Rican Day Parade!

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