Archive for October, 2011
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Update: Williamsburg Bridge Weekend Closure
July 16th, 2010Bike and pedestrian lanes WILL be affected, but remain open, while several lanes are closed to drivers and trucks are detoured to the Manhattan bridge.
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Sweltering Menahan Nights
July 16th, 2010This one’s been around for a minute now, but it’s made by a group called The Menahan Street Band, and is just so good that we had to post it. Besides, what’s wrong with older music anyway? The…
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WORK: Dorothy the Educator
July 15th, 2010Meet Dorothy Minor. She worked as an assistant at the Board of Education for 35 years before retiring. She’s 81 years old and spends all day sitting on her porch or looking out the window. She unabashedly shares the…
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Recommended Show: Quiet Loudly and GunFight!
July 15th, 2010Quiet Loudly are hitting the road, but are kicking things off at home tonight at the Brooklyn Fire Proof. They play a bluesy alt-country, where the “alt” is provided by messy distorted arrangements and the “country” comes from…
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Bushwick Culture Weekly Picks 7/15/10
July 15th, 2010Summer 2010 is shaping up to be pretty awesome from where I sit. I personally haven’t left the ‘Wick a whole heck of a lot — who needs to?
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Williamsburg Bridge Weekend Lane Closures
July 15th, 2010Drivers beware the Williamsburg Bridge this weekend: NYC Dept. of Transportation will be doing maintenance on the overhead structures and will need to close off three Manhattan-bound lanes.
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Bushwick Apartment Roundup 7/14/10
July 14th, 2010This week, everything is from our own Bushwick Classifieds — yes, you could have easily found these yourself, but then, you wouldn’t know what I thought about them. Right? Yeah.
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Bushwick Music Review: Motico
July 14th, 2010Each week we’ll highlight a different song by a Bushwick band or artist we like. If you would like to have your band’s song considered, you can submit an MP3 here.
Happy Bastille Day! We’re celebrating France’s national holiday…
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In Photos: Bushwick’s Gay Pride Parade
July 14th, 2010It wasn’t as big as the NYC Pride Parade, but the annual Bushwick Pride Parade drew attention from neighborhood residents on Saturday afternoon…
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Lauren Flax Is Good for Your Diet
July 14th, 2010
Flax on the decks.Lauren Flax is a bit of a local star. Ask people in the area who makes music in Bushwick, and a good many will mention her name. Although she’s primarily a house deejay, she…
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