Archive for October, 2011
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FDNY Kicks Legal Eldert Loft Tenants to Curb
June 16th, 2011
Residents of a large loft building at 345 Eldert Street, home to artists for many years, have been served with a partial vacate order by the fire department. The tenants in 41 of the 76 units — up…
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Newtown Radio Celebrating First Anniversary
June 16th, 2011
Newtown Radio, the Bushwick-based online radio station, is celebrating its first anniversary this Sunday at Shea Stadium. The home of the Punk Rock Party, DJ Mark Kamins’ show, and live broadcasts of local band sets is celebrating one year of…
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Bushwick Culture Weekly Picks 6/16/11
June 16th, 2011
Motivating. It’s the best way to describe this delightfully easy going weather. Good thing we’ve got so many ways to help you let loose all that energy. Maybe take a trip Northside, though there’s plenty of overspill happening…
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iBomba Lite – Cumba Melee Edition
June 16th, 2011
Atropolis has been a busy guy since he last performed in Bushwick in March. His debut LP dropped on Dutty Artz; he put together a bangin mixtape for Culture System; and he’s celebrating his birthday this week.…
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MTA Advisory: L Train Disruption Fri-Mon
June 16th, 2011This weekend the L train will be running normally in Brooklyn, but Manhattan-bound passengers will have to transfer at Bedford Avenue to continue into the city. The train then stops at 1st Avenue, skips Third, and ends at Union Square,…
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Ballet at Tandem: ‘Whoever Does It Worst Takes a Shot’
June 15th, 2011
“You’re late!” A thin muscular man calls out, his chin pointed high in the air with dissatisfaction.
A young lady joins a string of other young women lined up at Tandem’s wooden bar. Each is dressed in some variation…
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Bushwick Apartment Roundup 6/15/11
June 15th, 2011
Not much great new stuff on the Classifieds this week, but here are three that look pretty good.
$1450 — 2br: Fabulous place in a great, leafy location near enough to Bushwick’s Jeffersony hotness to get home fine drunk,…
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New Single From Not Blood Paint
June 15th, 2011
Bushwick band cum performance artist troupe Not Blood Paint are back with a new single. If the title “Tommy” immediately brings to mind rock operas, that’s perfectly appropriate: This mini epic tells a story of love and betrayal in…
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Former Thieves Playing the Acheron
June 14th, 2011Former Thieves are touring in support of their debut full length, The Language That We Speak. The Iowa hardcore outfit take a melodic approach to their noise, and bury complex guitar leads under their frontman’s breathless screaming vocals to…
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Hey, Remember the Third Person?
June 14th, 2011
Kay Turner, Folklorist for the Brooklyn Arts Council, says she got the idea for Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn, a series of storytelling events that lasts through June 22, from her feeling of saturation with social media. …
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