Occasionally, the bottomless procrastination pit of Facebook serves a greater purpose than stalking exes. Sometimes the social network affords a community of strangers the chance to…
An Island of Misfit Books Gets Washed Away
The scale of Andrew Beccone’s office is intimate, and he sits right in the middle of it, with dozens of books in teetering piles everywhere.…
LES Gains a Gallery and Loses a Pizzeria; Full Moon Fest Redux
This weekend, 100-plus Bushwick residents lobbied at Cathedral of Joy Church of God for affordable housing on the development underway at the former Rheingold Brewery. [Gothamist]…
Harmon Leon’s Bodyslamming for Jesus and Infiltrating Porn, for You
What’s it like to be a clothed extra at a porn shoot? How about a member of the most hated church in America? A carney?…
Video: Busking for Benjamins With "Gypsy Jazz"
“One day we were playing a really sad song, and when I finished a girl came over and hugged me,” says Jordi Nus as he adjusts…
Surface Support, the Show for Artists Who are Smashing the Screen
A new group exhibition at Signal Gallery Surface Support started out with the question, “How does video exist outside itself?” Curator Amanda Schmitt has worked with…
Go Watch a Puppet Variety Performance Fundraiser for Matt and Nora Brooks
Next Tuesday at The Connelly Theatre puppetry meets philanthropy as some of NYC’s top puppeteers perform a “one-night only puppet variety show” in support of…
War Flag Brewery is ‘Going to Surprise a Lot of People’
After reading this intriguing post about a Greenpoint-based brewery (well, in the sense that Braven Brewery is based in Bushwick, which is to say it’s operated…
Triple Shooting in Bushwick; New Venture for Boss of Barramundi
Two teens and a 23-year-old were shot last night around 11:30 p.m. at the intersection of Cornelia Street and Bushwick Avenue. All three arrived at…
Throw on a Romper and Smear Mud on Your Butt, It’s Wet Hot Brooklyn Summer!
Michelle Joni is kind of a pro when it comes to fun and games. The party and event planner is captain of the New York…