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QUEENS buzz Epic weekend in Bushwick, Ridgewood FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com JUNE 2, 2016 • TIMES 29 and East Williamsburg BY KATARINA HYBENOVA khybenova@ridgewoodtimes.com @kamelka The fi rst weekend in June is traditionally epic in this Bushwick. Big events, which used to be held in conjunction with Bushwick Open Studios, continue on after the massive Bushwick art event moves to October. Here’s what awaits you this weekend: Bushwick Block Party (Saturday - Sunday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., free) Troutman St. & St. Nicholas Ave., Bushwick A huge, photographer’s dream, Bushwick C o l l e c t i v e Block Party brings together street art, music, food and drink. The party goes on all weekend: so make sure to swing by and have the time of your life. Look forward to performers Chris Rivers, Joell Ortiz, Dave East, Tournament and DJ Statik Selektah & Friends. Live painting on the Bushwick walls will be done by D*Face, Giz, Case Maclaim, Crash One and many, many others. Expect also vendors’ market section, food trucks, beer tents, raffl es, body paint, free face paint for kids, and don’t forget a sunscreen–you’ll need it! Color Me Bushwick (Friday – Sunday, 12:30 – 11:15 p.m., free, donations accepted) 61-63 Wyckoff Ave., Bushwick If you thought that hair coloring and threeday music and community festival are anything but related, think again. The ladies behind P i c k t h o r n , NYC’s premier hair colorist studio Chelsey Pickthorn and Jocelyn Simone, are throwing their third annual event that fuses hair, lifestyle, beauty and party. Featuring more than 30 bands, most of which are local faves such as Sharkmuffi n and The Nuclears, Color Me Bushwick’s salon will be hosting and refreshing you with PBRs, Bruce’s Ginger Lemonade and Red Bull. If you just thought: “Now this is awesome, all that is left out are tattoos,” we are psyched to tell you that All Hail Tattoo, which is across the street from Pickthorn, will be offering $20 Color Me Bushwick inspired tats. Micheal Breach will be doing baristart, AKA painting your face on a latte, and Phil Buehler will let you step into his 3D Space Oddity Panorama. Chock A Block Party (Saturday 1 p.m., Sunday noon, free) 288 Seigel St., East Williamsburg We wouldn’t mind if the fi rst weekend of June turned out to be a weekend of multiple awesome block parties, and so in this vein, Bushwick’s beloved chocolate factory, Fine & Raw, is throwing a sweet block party as well. They will be presenting some of New York’s tastiest house DJs (William Roy, Jen Orlando, MPL, MDG, Nikki, Jordan James, Moe.Bpm) as well as a choco-boozy milkshake bar, freshly pressed sandwiches from Brooklyn Bread Lab, and lots of beer, wine and love! Bushwick Collective Art Fair (opening Friday 7 p.m. – midnight, open Saturday – Sunday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.) 198 Randolph St., East Williamsburg Bushwick Collective is not only about partying. They have prepared a giant East Williamsburg warehouse to feature four art shows: one from the Parsons School of Art and Design, one by the Museum of the City of New York, and one called Beyond the Walls–a curated Bushwick Col l e c t i v e show. The final show? An Artists of 11237 E x h i b i t , which will feature artists selected from amongst the submissions from Brooklyn’s 11237 ZIP code. Bushwick Community Day (Sunday, noon – 6 p.m., free) Irving Square Park, Bushwick Arts in Bushwick is inviting everybody to Irving Square Park (bordered by Weirfi eld St., Halsey St., Knickerbocker Ave. and Wilson Ave.) for a day of children’s activities and performances by musicians, artists and poets in the park. Expect yoga, music, performance art, vendors, face-painting and a lot more. Bushwick Arts Festival (Friday – Sunday, noon – 10 p.m.) Bushwick After Bushwick Open Studios decided to postpone till October, Brandon Mickman, who runs local blog Bushwick Bomb, announced he’s throwing a mini-version of the open studio event. With about 25 participating spaces, Bushwick Arts Festival is debuting this weekend as well. Some of the participating artist spaces include Cotton Candy Machine (43 Porter Ave.), Brilliant Champions (5 Central Ave.) or The Rack Shack at 155 Central Ave. La Playa NYC opens! (Saturday, noon, free) 176 Woodward Ave., Ridgewood Beach? Party? Staying local? If you want all of three components to be a part of your weekend, we suggest you swing by this formerly empty 5,000-square-foot lot at 176 Woodward Ave. in Ridgewood. Rockaway Brewing Company is launching La Playa NYC, a pop-up beer garden, which promises to be quite something! The fi rst day is Saturday at noon, afterwards, regular hours are Sunday-Thursdays, 5 p.m.-midnight, Fridays and Saturdays noon-midnight.


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