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Photos: Doug E Fresh and Rick the Ruler aka "The Get Fresh Crew" Rock the Stage at Restoration

Photos: Doug E Fresh and Rick the Ruler aka "The Get Fresh Crew" Rock the Stage at Restoration

Enjoy these photos taken at the 2014 Restoration Rocks concert, with crowd-rousing performances by headliners Doug E.
'Demerara Gold' to Open at Oxford Space in Fort Greene

'Demerara Gold' to Open at Oxford Space in Fort Greene

A seven-year-old girl's world is turned upside down when her parents leave Guyana for America without her. The girl and her sister are left in the clutches of their strict grandmothers as they wait for visas to join their parents.
Winners Announced!

Winners Announced!

As a part of the Bed-Stuy Alive! Restoration Rocks concert, we gave the public a chance to weigh in and vote on the local artists that should perform as the opening acts.

Announcing Winners Tomorrow and Another 15 Hours to Vote for the Female Artist!

A message from Restoration : So, you have spoken and have selected the winners for our online Restoration Rocks competition in partnership with the Brooklyn Reader .
Restoration Rocks the Vote: 24 Hours to Vote Here for Your Favorite Local Band!!!

Restoration Rocks the Vote: 24 Hours to Vote Here for Your Favorite Local Band!!!

THE POLLS HAVE CLOSED!!! WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED TOMORROW! BUT... We need to open the competition up again to make sure we have one talented female to represent.
Bed-Stuy Alive!: 10th Annual Tohma Y. Faulkner Awards to Honor Spike Lee, Hon. Annette Robinson

Bed-Stuy Alive!: 10th Annual Tohma Y. Faulkner Awards to Honor Spike Lee, Hon. Annette Robinson

Tohma Y. Faulkner passed away on September 6, 2008-- a transition that rocked her entire community of Bedford-Stuyvesant. "The World has lost a great voice, Delta Sigma Theta Sororority, Inc.

Award-Winning Authors Sonia Sanchez and Peniel E. Joseph to Speak at Medgar Evers College Reading Series

(l to r): Award-Winning Authors Peniel E. Joseph and Sonia Sanchez Award-Winning Authors Sonia Sanchez and Peniel E.

Bynam Cutler: A Recollection of Journeys, Refuge and God

Old piano inside of the abandoned Bethel AME Church, restored for the exhibit "Bynam Cutler," and part of "Funk, God, Jazz and Medicine: Black Radical Brooklyn" With all that we have ever read, discussed or debated around the veracity of genetic memo

Doug E Fresh, Slick Rick to Headline Restoration Rocks 2014

Slick Rick and Doug E Fresh La di da di, we like to party ...
Funk, God, Jazz and Medicine: Weekend Highlights

Funk, God, Jazz and Medicine: Weekend Highlights

The exhibit, Funk, God, Jazz and Medicine , is headed into the third of its four-week installment. If you've had a chance to catch any or all of the four exhibits, great! Continue coming, as there are new events taking place each weekend.