Archive for October, 2011

• Bushwick Music Review: Contradia

  September 30th, 2010

  Each 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.

  Dreary weather calls for brooding music. Contradia…

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• Bushwick Culture Weekly Picks 9/30/10

  September 30th, 2010

  I’ve been updating the calendar for weeks now and am still amazed at how much goes on around here! But here to help — as always — are THE PICKS.

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• Bushwick Apartment Roundup 9/29/10

  September 29th, 2010

  This week, why not check out the rooms available in the neighborhood, because not everyone wants their own apartment.

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• Keeping Versed on Vito: A Timeline of Tribulation

  September 29th, 2010
  
  Vito Lopez, in blue, at the recent Democratic County Committee meeting where he was reelected as chairman despite a full on assault by investigators and the press. — Photo by Aaron Short

  New Yorkers who have never heard…

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• Greenfield Clothiers: Best Dressed on Varet Street

  September 28th, 2010
  
  Workers trim pieces of a suit for basketball star Patrick Ewing at the Martin Greenfield Clothiers on Varet Street, in operation in the neighborhood for decades. — Photos by Paul Cox
  Click to see slideshow>>

  Martin Greenfield is…

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• The Last Straight Man in Theatre

  September 28th, 2010

  Kurt Fitzpatrick is taking the road less traveled, bringing a multitude of characters and non-sequitur laughs to the masses — most recently at a local theater.

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• Relatives Mourn Two Locust St. Victims

  September 28th, 2010
  
  The scene on Sept. 24 on Locust Street near Broadway, after a man was shot three times. — Photo by Rachel Eisley

  At about 9:30 pm on September 23, a Hispanic man was shot at Locust St. and…

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• Philip Seymour Hoffman Playing Shea Stadium

  September 28th, 2010

  By now you may have realized that any mention of Philip Seymour Hoffman in Brooklyn has nothing to do with the Oscar-winning actor. Though easy to lump in with other local lo-fi guitar acts, most don’t have the same…

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• New York Under Another Tornado Warning

  September 28th, 2010
  
  A large tree uprooted by the tornado on Sept. 16 at Maria Hernandez Park. New York is under another severe weather warning today and throughout the week. — Photo by Aaron Short

  New York City and much of…

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• Newtown Creek Declared Superfund Site

  September 27th, 2010
  
  Newtown Creek aeration project aims to revive aquatic life in the waterway, which was recently put on the federal Superfund list despite over 25 years of remedial attempts. — Photo by Diego Cupolo

  The Environmental Protection Agency today…

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