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Developing Story: Bushwick Community Darkroom Finds Bigger Digs
Bushwick Community Darkroom previews its massive new space (Photo: Scott Nyerges) Back in 2011, Lucia Rollow set up a small darkroom in the basement of her Bushwick apartment where she could process...
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NYC Porn Film Fest Begins; Bye Bye, Benny’s Burritos
(Photo: Scott Lynch) The city closed Lower East Side lounge and taqueria Los Feliz on Wednesday night following a police raid due to numerous neighborhood complaints. [Bowery Boogie] British model Lily...
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This Week In Film: Vampire Giggles, Larry Clark Is Back (Sort Of), And...
It’s Awards Season. Apparently. Which means we here at Reel Psyched are staying as far, far away from TV screens as is possible in this day and age, lest we’re tricked into watching the fashion police...
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#AnnieHall Brings Woody Allen’s Classic Into the Internet Age
J.P. Porter — the hero of #AnnieHall, a new homage to Woody Allen’s classic, essential love letter to New York City — is a rather sassy guy who likes to talk. Admittedly, it’s mostly jabber fueled by...
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‘This Is About the Shadow’: My Emotional Healing Session With a Hoodoo Shaman
A selection of Khi Armand’s tools (Photo: Angelica Frey) The room, a sunlit study in Sunset Park, was filled to capacity with bottles of oil and herbs. Altars of La Virgen de Guadalupe, Santa Muerte,...
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‘Boozyburg’ Locals Don’t Want Locavore Restaurant Shoved Down Their Throats
Nobody was surprised when Williamsburgers put up a stink about Urban Outfitters and Starbucks trying to score liquor licenses in their neighborhood, but what happens when an independently owned...
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Is ‘Bushwick Girl’ Destined to Be the Next ‘Brooklyn Girls’?
“Bushwick Girl” opens with a nod to the L Train. (Photo: Chuck) After people spent last summer hating on Catey Shaw’s “Brooklyn Girls,” it’s a bold move to put out a song combining the word “Girl” with...
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Fire Heats Up Demand For the Completion of Bushwick Inlet Park
(Photo: Matthew Caton) For 10 years, the residents of Greenpoint and Williamsburg have been waiting patiently for the City to fulfill its promise of Bushwick Inlet Park, a 28-acre expanse of open,...
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15-Year-Old Arrested for East Williamsburg Shooting; Champagne Scion Opens...
(Photo: Scott Lynch) A 15-year-old was arrested in connection with the Jan. 20 shooting outside of Progress High School in East Williamsburg. [NYDN] Ground has finally been broken on the first of five...
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Two Guys Walk Into a Coffee Shop and End Up On Saturday Night Live
It’s one thing to see “Saturday Night Live” being filmed in the neighborhood and quite another to end up being filmed for “Saturday Night Live.” Live from New York, here’s Joshua D. Fischer, who does...
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You Can Bank On Knitting Factory’s Next-Door Restaurant Opening Next
Artist rendering of The Federal (Courtesy of Knitting Factory Entertainment) The Kitting Factory is on its way to becoming a restaurant-venue hybrid a la Baby’s All Right, as it gets ready to open an...
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Oiji Has Quietly Opened in Dok Suni’s Former Digs
Oiji, a chic Korean restaurant, has opened in the space that housed beloved Dok Suni for over two decades. As noted when we spoke to Brian Kim and Tae Kyung Ku back in October, the chefs and co-owners...
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This Week’s Readings: Gary Indiana, Women’s Day, and The Unspeakable
Monday At the freshly renovated LGBT Community Center, Kevin Sessums will dish about his life in the trenches of NYC glamor, working for Andy Warhol at Interview and Tina Brown at Vanity Fair. His new...
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Wellne$$ Day Raises $50,000 for God’s Love We Deliver
On Saturday, a portion of NYC’s wellness community gathered at the Prince George Ballroom in NoMad for Big Love Weekend. The event was a fundraiser for God’s Love We Deliver, a non-profit on the...
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Starbucks Seeks Sidewalk Cafe; ‘Men and Cats’ Photo Show
(Photo: Scott Lynch) Police seek help finding the two armed teens seen in this video stealing $400 from a Halsey Street convenience store in Bushwick last month. [WABC-7] At this Monday’s Community...
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Video: Boutique Bandits Strike Again, This Time at Biodynamic Wine Store
Here’s a video of the boutique bandit in action. We previously reported that police believe a man — sometimes with an accomplice — has robbed six stylish stores in Nolita, Soho, and the East Village,...
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Vape Shops Aim For More Political Juice So They Don’t Go Up in Smoke
On the counter at Beyond Vape, on St. Marks Place, you’ll find the usual varieties of “juice” used to power e-cigarettes. And you’ll also find a relatively recent addition: a donation jar. Nearly a...
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‘Hasidic Melody Is Like Wine’: A Pre-Purim Chat With ‘Hasidic Hipster’ Band...
From Left: Zachariah “Juke” Goldshmiedt, Shlomo Ari Gaisin, and Elisha Mendl Mlotek (Photo: Marko Dashev) They’ve been called a “Hasidic hipster” band, but Zusha is all about dispelling labels and...
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About the Mysterious ‘Detroit’ Banner That Unfurled in Bushwick
(Photo: Nicole Disser) So a screen-printed canvas banner isn’t exactly in the tradition of Diego Rivera’s proletarian frescos, but the message this building-sized advert is sending to Bushwick...
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Meet the Man Who Risks Life and Limb to Deliver Your Weed
(Photo: Hannah McCarthy) You know The Guy in High Maintenance? Mark is that guy. He knows where you live, and sometimes he hangs out in your living room. He probably sees you more than he does his best...
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