CMJ seems to have been a success this year — or at least, that’s what a handful of Brooklyn club owners said when we spoke…
These Guys Want to Bring Brewing Back to Bushwick
These days, Bushwick is generally regarded as the land of artisan pizza and warehouse parties, but let’s not forget that it was once the beer…
There’s a New Flea Market, and This One Has a Live Piano Player
After hosting some epic events over the summer (Tiki Disco, Kim Gordon) the onetime factory that goes by the name Knockdown Center is remodeling so…
Tuesday at the Newsroom: Indie Publishers Press On!
According to popular legend, the death knell tolled for print publishing years ago. But while industry insiders threw up their hands in defeat and the giant Borders crumbled…
Carlo Mirarchi On the Roberta’s Cookbook and Bushwick’s Neighborhoodization
In 2007, Bushwick favorite Roberta’s was an empty cinderblock bunker rented from an Orthodox Jewish couple, pleased that the space was being leased for a…
Monday: An Evening With the Owners of the Night
Sure, it’s fun to sit around remembering CBGB and the Mudd Club, but what about the great clubs and creative hubs of today? Join us…
Watch It Live: A Bushwick Writers Confab
Can’t make it to our tonight? Worry not: we’re coming at you live. Watch and listen as Brando Skyhorse, author of The Madonnas of Echo…
These North Brooklyn Writers Agree: Stop Talking Shit About Williamsburg
After spieling with a pair of downtown memoirists about changes in the East Village and Lower East Side over the years, we brought together to…
Watch Sock Puppets Down Booze and Pills in ‘Psycho’ By The Shining Twins
If you caught our screening of How to Act Bad last week, then you know some of the documentary’s most memorable moments were Adam Green’s…
Soap Made Out of Beer; Sunglasses Made From Wood
Behold! Eleven major changes to Williamsburg’s retail scene, including progress at the forthcoming Whole Foods. [Racked] A Gretsch Building apartment that sold for $950K in…