Archive for October, 2011

• Todd P Goes to Austin

  December 21st, 2010

  If you’ve ever gone to a show in Bushwick, it’s very likely that Todd P was in some way affiliated with it. The notorious local DIY promoter and one of the key people behind the Market Hotel is the subject of a new documentary by Bushwick director Jay Buim, Todd P Goes to Austin.

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• Bringing a Chorus Program to PS 137

  December 21st, 2010
  
  6th graders in the music program at PS 137. Photo by Mike Steyels for BushwickBK

  Within months of getting her hands on a guitar, Ebony Vasquez was studying at the Music Advancement Program at The Julliard…

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• Khalifa Meets Bushwick Dubstep

  December 20th, 2010
  
  Cobra Krames flossin. Photo by Nicky Digital.

  Some songs seem to get the remix treatment from everyone, and “Black and Yellow” by Wiz Khalifa is one of those songs. Now Bushwick’s Cobra Krames and Terror…

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• Chelsea Gallery Buys Into Bushwick

  December 20th, 2010
  
  Chelsea gallery Luhring Augustine recently purchased this warehouse at Knickerbocker and Ingraham for two million dollars. Photo by Devvon Simpson for BushwickBK

  A former 99-cent-store distribution warehouse will soon be home to the storage space of a…

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• House Destroyed in Christmas-Light Fire

  December 20th, 2010
  
  An inflatable Santa set the house at 201 Menahan St. on fire on Thursday.
  Photo by Jonathan Mena for BushwickBK

  Christmas decorations sparked a three-alarm fire that destroyed a Bushwick rowhouse and damaged two others.

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• Bushwick Goes to Miami

  December 17th, 2010

  Wynwood is the Bushwick of Miami. It is equal parts working-class housing and warehouses, plus some condominiums, new cafés, and of course a few galleries.

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• FBI Seeks Ridgewood Albanian Mobster

  December 16th, 2010
  
  The FBI is seeking Plaurent “Lenti” Devishaj, of Ridgewood, for murders in Albania.

  An Albanian mob boss with ties to Ridgewood has landed on the FBI’s Most Wanted list.

  The Feds and Interpol want Plaurent “Lenti” Devishaj for…

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• Bushwick Community Board ‘Live’: Dec. ’10

  December 16th, 2010
  
  The holiday meal is the highlight of the otherwise uneventful December meeting of Community Board 4. Chair Julie Dent says “wait your turn!” — Photo by Aaron Short

  I am running very late tonight because of two breaking…

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• Bushwick Culture Weekly Picks 12/16/10

  December 16th, 2010

  Well, Bushwick, it’s cold. I prescribe homemade soup, hot toddies, mulled wine and (new!) cinnamon sugar bagels from the Wyckoff Starr….

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• Bushwick Music Review: Red Sullivan

  December 16th, 2010
  Photo by Sarah Rayne

  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.
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