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Brooklyn’s Photoville Festival Is Spreading Across the Five Boroughs

Brooklyn’s Photoville Festival Is Spreading Across the Five Boroughs

The annual free photography festival kicks off on Thursday Sept. 17 and will run outdoors across the city for two months
Photos: Brooklyn Museum Plaza Transformed to Creative Canvas for Reopening Celebration

Photos: Brooklyn Museum Plaza Transformed to Creative Canvas for Reopening Celebration

On Saturday, Brooklynites gathered for the museum's reopening party, celebrating local art and culture.
Crown Heights Writer and Librarian Wins Prestigious National Poetry Award

Crown Heights Writer and Librarian Wins Prestigious National Poetry Award

Cyrée Jarelle Johnson will receive $25,800 for winning a Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship
Billie Holiday Theater Spotlights Breonna Taylor in Performance Addressing Racial Injustice

Billie Holiday Theater Spotlights Breonna Taylor in Performance Addressing Racial Injustice

The show 12 Angry Men…and Women: The Weight of the Wait will be performed live in Bed-stuy on Saturday night, and streamed online
Brooklyn Museum to Host Reopening Celebration This Weekend

Brooklyn Museum to Host Reopening Celebration This Weekend

After six months of shuttered doors, Brooklyn Museum is reopening this Saturday and putting on a show to celebrate
Brooklyn Creatives Capture New York's Underground Artists Through Quarantine

Brooklyn Creatives Capture New York's Underground Artists Through Quarantine

When NYC's underground and street musicians were forced back into their homes during the pandemic, nonprofit Urbano Street went with them
Bed-Stuy's Black Lives Matter Mural Gets Festive for West Indian Day

Bed-Stuy's Black Lives Matter Mural Gets Festive for West Indian Day

Despite the annual parade moving online due to COVID-19, socially-distanced celebrations hit the streets of Brooklyn
The Bushwick Film Festival is Going Online with Theme of Transformation

The Bushwick Film Festival is Going Online with Theme of Transformation

Amidst COVID-19, the ways in which we interact with art must be reimagined. The Bushwick Film Festival has found a temporary solution.
Brownsville Youth Honor Black Lives Matter with New Mural

Brownsville Youth Honor Black Lives Matter with New Mural

A new Black Lives Matter mural painted by students of the Youth Design Center aims to inspire other Brownsville youth
What's Up Weekend? September 5-6

What's Up Weekend? September 5-6

BK Reader's list of safe weekend activities to get you out of the house and exploring the city (socially-distanced of course!)