×By Augostina Mallous, Brooklyn PaperThe Bushwick Film Festival is preparing for a milestone birthday celebration this month by embracing themes of personal growth and a new passage into life’s next chapter. From October 25 to October 29, the festival will celebrate its “Sweet 16” with red carpets, live screenings, movie industry conferences, screenplay competitions, award ceremonies, and more.The festival, developed in 2007, is a platform for emerging filmmakers to showcase their work to a diverse and global audience, both in New York City and internationally. Part of the Minority and...…×By Augostina Mallous, Brooklyn PaperThe Bushwick Film Festival is preparing for a milestone birthday celebration this month by embracing themes of personal growth and a new passage into life’s next chapter. From October 25 to October 29, the festival will celebrate its “Sweet 16” with red carpets, live screenings, movie industry conferences, screenplay competitions, award ceremonies, and more.The festival, developed in 2007, is a platform for emerging filmmakers to showcase their work to a diverse and global audience, both in New York City and internationally. Part of the Minority and...WW…

Bed Vyne Brew owner Rotimi Akinnuoye in front of his Tompkins Avenue wine store in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Photo by Alex Krales/THE CITYThis article was originally published on Sept. 27, 2023, by THE CITY.At the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Taras Kravtchouk’s small workshop has produced 20 electric motorcycles made from recycled materials and hopes to manufacture 200 more over the next year before his company Tarform moves into mass production.Blocks away, 180 designers at BIG NYC are working on urban projects — including how to rebuild the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway — spread over a wide open floor...…Bed Vyne Brew owner Rotimi Akinnuoye in front of his Tompkins Avenue wine store in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Photo by Alex Krales/THE CITYThis article was originally published on Sept. 27, 2023, by THE CITY.At the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Taras Kravtchouk’s small workshop has produced 20 electric motorcycles made from recycled materials and hopes to manufacture 200 more over the next year before his company Tarform moves into mass production.Blocks away, 180 designers at BIG NYC are working on urban projects — including how to rebuild the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway — spread over a wide open floor...WW…