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At the Vine Film Festival, They Were Showing Vines and Feeling Fine

Much as we love the handiwork of Nicholas Megalis, he isn’t the only Master of Vine Arts. Last week, Melanie Schnitzlein and Karly Snajczuk brought the first Vine Film Festival to the Bat Haus in Bushwick. Watch our video to see 6-second masterpieces from folks like Chanice White, winner of the Best How-To Vine, and Bill Stiteler, comedian and inventor of the flip-phone chip clip. (And don’t even think of stealing the chip clip; you will get called out.)

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Caught Between Two Worlds in Bushwick

Caught Between Two Worlds in Bushwick
(Photos: Joshua Kristal)

(Photos: Joshua Kristal)

Jazz is floating through my window and it’s coming from the taqueria across the street. At Mesa Azeteca, there’s live jazz on Thursdays and mariachis on Fridays. Welcome to Bushwick, 2013.

The restaurant sits on Wyckoff Avenue near Hart Street, which has become a clear dividing line between two different worlds. More →