Archive for October, 2011
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Dinosaur Feathers Playing Silent Barn
June 9th, 2011Family Waves by Dinosaur Feathers from Big Ugly Yellow Couch on Vimeo.
Of all the bands playing surfy music right now, none capture the essence of beachy summer fun quite like Massachusetts-based band Dinosaur…
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Bushwick Culture Weekly Picks 6/9/10
June 9th, 2011
First, a super big congrats to AiB & all of you involved in BOS’11! What a weekend. Personally the brain is still processing, so this week let’s go laid back: no lists, no schedules, and nothing but leisurely…
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Hop Along Playing Silent Barn
June 8th, 2011
It’s going to be a Beat Happening sort of evening at Silent Barn on Thursday with Hop Along. Previously the solo project of frontwoman Frances Quinlan, the Philadelphia trio (with expanded live line-up) toe the line between tween…
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The Bank Bushwick Built
June 8th, 2011
While some Bushwick residents have been thanking our lucky stars that we finally have Bank of America on Knickerbocker, others have been managing just fine in our branch-forsaken neighborhood. Bushwick may be short on financial services but we’re long on community…
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The Bushwhack Series: Best 3 Out of 10
June 7th, 2011
This weekend was time again for the fourth annual Bushwhack Series, a collection of ten performance pieces, at the Bushwick Starr as part of Bushwick Open Studios.
That theatre is included in BOS is a fine acknowledgement of the…
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DJ Spinn Brings Juke to the Neighborhood
June 7th, 2011
A lot of the important names in juke rarely get to travel far from Chicago, where the style is rooted. Because of that, New York doesn’t often get to hear the real thing in a public setting. Brooklyn-based Lit City…
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Eric Trosko’s Synthesizer and Ducks
June 7th, 2011
What initially led BushwickBK to Eric Trosko’s studio this past Saturday was the promise of trapeze artists and acrobats. While that part of the show was cancelled, our dashed hopes were assuaged by Trosko’s musical act at Factory…
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The Craft Influence at Bushwick Open Studios
June 7th, 2011
One of the things I love most about Bushwick is the neighborhood’s constant shifts and multiple personalities, so I’m never really sure what to expect. Yesterday I was pleasantly surprised with…well yes, the weather, but more importantly the variety of…
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Jeremiah Jones’ Wonky Animations at BOS
June 6th, 2011
Jeremiah Jones is a new media artist, but the work he had on view during Bushwick Open Studios had an accessible and wonky tactility uncommon in new media art.
Upon entering his studio on Bogart Street, the only light sources in…
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J. Pasila’s Postmodern Portrait of the Artist’s Studio
June 6th, 2011
Below is a discussion of J. Pasila’s photographs, which were presented alongside Peter Scott’s photographs.
J. Pasila / Peter Scott, on view at Momenta Art during Bushwick Open Studios 2011, J. Pasila‘s project is an exploration of artists’ studio…
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