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    • Lady Magma Rocks Out for Charity
      Andrea Mersits of Lady Magma. -- Photo by Phoebe Waterson Bushwick-based band Lady Magma played to a packed crowd at K&M Bar Friday night as part of a benefit for the AIDS Resource Foundation For Children. The band, made up of singer Andrea Mersits, Brian Derdiarian and Teresa McMahon on guitar, bassist Chelsea Vigue, and drummer Max Dunlop, rocked out with ...
    • Rally and March Honors Jose Sucuzhañay
      Protesters march down Myrtle Avenue. -- Photo by Diego Cupolo Myrtle Avenue was lined with local news vans Sunday afternoon, as a furious, 300-person crowd rallied against hate crimes and held a vigil for Jose O. Sucuzhañay. With a mural depicting the effects of racism as their backdrop, prominent New York politicians and community leaders spoke before leading a march to the ...
    • March and Vigil for Jose Sucuzhañay
      In protest of the evil crime that took place Monday morning and in support of the family of murdered Bushwick resident Jose Sucuzhañay, vigils have been organized for Sunday. FROM MYRTLE-WYCKOFF AREA, 2PM: Sunday, December 14 at 2pm at the Children's Community Park at the corner of Grove St. and Myrtle Ave. The march will proceed to the scene of the ...
    • BETA Spaces: Arts in Bushwick Keeps ‘em Coming
      The Hang at Summer Home Exported, by Joel Myers Strong turnout and a wide range of media and subject matter marked Arts in Bushwick’s latest event. BETA Spaces, which was a free one-day arts festival of independently curated group events held on Sunday, came as the latest evidence that the organization’s presence in the neighborhood is becoming more pronounced. As early ...
    • Final Countdown: Election Night in Bushwick
      The longest and most expensive presidential race in American history should come to an end tonight -- depending on the performance of those pesky voting machines -- and what better way to watch the future unfold than to drown it in alcohol among friends at a fine local bar? There’s plenty at stake, perhaps the entire world, so take advantage of ...
    • This Sunday: BETA Spaces!
      BETA Spaces, a "one-day festival of independently curated group exhibitions," is taking place in a triangularish chunk of Bushwick this Sunday. In contrast with the overwhelming chaos of hundreds of artists opening their studios to thousands of strangers across the neighborhood as in June's Bushwick Open Studios, this will be a much more manageable -- and walkable -- event, with ...
    • Up From Flames: A Tour of Bushwick's Nadir
      The tour begins -- see more photos from the tour>> Bushwick was graced with another walking tour from the good folks at the Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment, and as usual I nearly missed it. I got all confused about the dates and realized it was happening this past Sunday with some 20 minutes to spare. I made it to ...
    • Up From Flames Walking Tour
      Last Wall, by Meryl Meisler Historian and teacher Adam J. Schwartz invites you to tour Bushwick's most infamous sites with him: "One of NYC's oldest communities, Bushwick is also a cross section of urban planning successes and failures. Municipal neglect during the 1960's and 70's led to the community's abandonment and devastation by arson. Since that time, everything has changed in our ...
    • Bushwick Culture Clicks 8/1/08
      Good Wood opening (Village Voice) Quite a pool party, but...NYT reports today that as plans for McCarren Pool to convert back to its original purpose, the Open Space Alliance has its sights set on the Bushwick Inlet Park.  It's pretty much North Williamsburg, but close people. "Bands like these deserve a crowd like that." Gothamist reviews a Todd P. hot and sweaty ...
    • Bushwick Culture Weekend Picks 6/26/08
      So. Much. To do this weekend!  What will savvy Bushwick Culture fans choose?  Tonight, local genius performance art troupe Eagle Ager kicks off their annual summer tour with a whole new extravaganza at Space Space.  Friday brings the opening of Papa B Studios' latest show "Our Lady: Work by 8 Women Photographers" sponsored by the illustrious L Magazine, AND Goodbye ...
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