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Brooklyn Director Uses Running as Inspiration for Change in New Film

Brooklyn Director Uses Running as Inspiration for Change in New Film

Brigid Turner's new film Run Crew, based on childhood relationships, will be filmed in various locations around Brooklyn.
Fort Greene’s BAM Launches New Artist Residency Program

Fort Greene’s BAM Launches New Artist Residency Program

Brooklyn Academy of Music has launched the seven residencies to support artists through the challenges of COVID-19 and beyond
Bed-Stuy’s Woodhull Hospital Hosts Painting Party for New Mural

Bed-Stuy’s Woodhull Hospital Hosts Painting Party for New Mural

The mural is one of ten currently being painted in NYC Health and Hospitals locations as part of the Arts in Medicine program
Brooklyn's Haitian Community Celebrated with the Return of 'Lakou NOU' (Our Yard)!

Brooklyn's Haitian Community Celebrated with the Return of 'Lakou NOU' (Our Yard)!

The artists residents program will bring Haitian dance, storytelling, acting and more to Central and East Brooklyn
Bed-Stuy's Billie Holiday Theater Expanding Reach with New Division

Bed-Stuy's Billie Holiday Theater Expanding Reach with New Division

The new education and humanities division will be spearheaded by Chris Berry, a champion of the arts in Black spaces.
Meet Brooklyn's Newest Art Collective

Meet Brooklyn's Newest Art Collective

Artists-X-Change has partnered with Brooklyn Arts Council in the collective's first project to help artists deal with the effects of the pandemic
Powerful Bushwick Photographer Documents What Changes, What Stays the Same

Powerful Bushwick Photographer Documents What Changes, What Stays the Same

Andre D. Wagner talks about his journey as a Black photographer, and the drive behind his upcoming book 'New City, Old Blues'
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