Category Archives: bushwick

silent barn redux

17 Jul Filed under art collective, art gallery, art studios, bushwick, communal living, community space, living space, music, parties, performance. 7 Comments.

neighborhood: ridgewood | space type: music, art, events | active since: 2013 | links: website, facebook, twitter

By now everyone probably knows the storied history of the Silent Barn. The band Skeletons started the DIY venue in their …

body actualized center

26 Oct Filed under bushwick, community space, music, recreation. 3 Comments.

neighborhood: bushwick | space type: community space, yoga studio | active since: 2011 | links: website, facebook, twitter

Body Actualized Center for Cosmic Living is a new space in Bushwick that has quickly gained a lot of acclaim. …

bushwick city farms

8 Jul Filed under activism, bushwick, community space. 10 Comments.

space type: community farm | neighborhood: bushwick | active since: 2008 | links: website, facebook, twitter

The first thing my sister Laurel told me about Bushwick City Farms was that being a volunteer there went a tremendous way …

fort useless

30 May Filed under bushwick, music, performance. 4 Comments.

neighborhood: bushwick | space type: music & events | active since: 2009 | links: website, facebook, twitter

In a dense (and getting denser!) corner of Bushwick, Fort Useless, a DIY show space housed in what used to be …

vaudeville park

25 Mar Filed under bushwick, closed, east williamsburg, music, performance, williamsburg. 4 Comments.

space type: art & music venue | neighborhood: williamsburg | active: 2008–2013 | links: website, facebook, twitter

Vaudeville Park is a plucky arts venue with wildly diverse programming. It sits right on the borderline (at least, the current …

page not found (chaos cooking)

26 Feb Filed under bushwick, living space, parties. 4 Comments.

space type: event space | neighborhood: bushwick | active since: 2009 | links: website, facebook

Like Red Lotus Room’s Shanghai Mermaid, Page Not Found is best known for one of its recurring events: Chaos Cooking, “A continuing …

running rebel studios (formerly semi-legit)

5 Feb Filed under bushwick, commercial, parties. 10 Comments.

neighborhood: bushwick | space type: commercial space | active since: 2010 | links: running rebel (website, facebook); proliferation publishing (website, facebook)

One of the reasons I started this project is that I was alarmed …

the muse

15 Jan Filed under bushwick, performance, williamsburg. 6 Comments.

space type: aerialist venue | neighborhood: williamsburg, bushwick | active since: 2011 | links: website, facebook, twitter

Update, spring 2015: Last winter, Vice magazine took over two adjoining buildings on the Williamsburg waterfront, evicting several underground spaces in …

greenroom brooklyn

28 Dec Filed under bushwick, living space, music, parties. 4 Comments.

neighborhood: bushwick | space type: apartment & party space | active since: 2010 | links: website, facebook, twitter

Self-described as “Brooklyn’s underground launchpad for performing artists,” Greenroom Brooklyn is run by violinist and dancer Johnny Arco, with …

chez bushwick

1 Nov Filed under bushwick, nonprofit, performance. 10 Comments.

space type: dance studio | neighborhood: bushwick | active since: 2002 | links: website, facebook, myspace

Chez Bushwick, an artist-run dance studio and performance space, is one of the vanguards of the modern incarnation of Bushwick as an …