Self-Reflection Opening Tuesday September 27 at The Untitled Space, 6 pm to 9 pm. On view through October 8. No less than 21 female artists…
The Burbs Before Bushwick: Meryl Meisler Straddles ’70s Long Island and Downtown
Meryl Meisler turned heads last year with her photographs of Bushwick in the late ’70s and early ’80s, when the neighborhood was racked by arson,…
Hot Photos: Local Documentarians Talk Arson and Swingers Clubs
A couple of photographers who’ve been featured in these pages (both of whom happen to have had shows at Bizarre Bar’s Black Box gallery in…
Meryl Meisler and A Tale of Two Cities: Disco Era Bushwick!
Meryl Meisler worked as a school teacher in cracked-out, riot-prone 80s Bushwick—but she also carried a medium format camera everywhere she went, snapping epic photos…
Bushwick History Photo Walk with Meryl Meisler
We all know Bushwick has changed, but none of us more so than Meryl Meisler. The photographer, who worked as an art teacher in Bushwick from…
War, Marxism, Nannies and Crime: Serious Stuff at This Week’s Talks and Walks
If the fun and frippery of summer are wearing you out already, explore a darker side of life at these readings, talks, and historical walks.…
‘There’s Beautiful Light’: Meryl Meisler’s Snapshots of Disco-Era Bushwick
The ’70s were a wild time to be in Bushwick: following a major blackout in 1977, shops and homes were devastated in a wave of…