Arts & Entertainment

Youth Poets Harness 'Words, Sounds, Power' to Shed Light on Racial Inequality

Brooklyn high schoolers will share the stage with spoken word legends like Mumu Fresh and La Bruja at BAM's annual celebration of poetry and hip-hop

Apr 4, 2019 4:03 PM Read more >

Fort Greene Park Honors Literary Greats with 'Pieces of Poetry' Mosaic

The community art project celebrates the legacy of Fort Greene icons Walt Whitman, Marianne Moore and Richard Wright.

Apr 2, 2019 12:17 PM Read more >

News Live Music Series Soul Sets Is Coming to East NY

Fusion East Caribbean Soul is launching a new live music series to help promote the local arts scene.

Mar 29, 2019 2:00 PM Read more >

WE SEE YOU! Afropunk Reveals 2019 Lineup with Jill Scott, FKA Twigs, Santigold and More!

Other performers include Kamasi Washington, Leon Bridges, Gary Clark Jr., Lianne La Havas and Masego.

Mar 27, 2019 6:35 PM Read more >

Photos: 2019 National Black Writers Conference

This year's conference spotlighted screenwriters and playwrights

Mar 26, 2019 4:46 PM Read more >

Celebrate Art, Spring, Love with Shakespeare on Stratford

Brave New World Theatre is celebrating the poet's birthday with sonnets, madrigals and dance on East Flatbush's Stratford Road

Mar 26, 2019 11:24 AM Read more >

Bushwick Students Tackle Climate Change and Habitat Loss in New Play

The students' plays portray how pollution, deforestation, storms and heat waves threaten our survival, and how we can find solutions together

Mar 22, 2019 1:47 PM Read more >

Weeksville Art Exhibit Explores What it Means to Be Female, Black and Human

Brooklyn artist Imani Shanklin Roberts takes viewers on a journey into self-discovery and shares her vision of holistic femininity in the 21st Century

Mar 20, 2019 1:46 PM Read more >

BAM Reveals Expansion Plans Along Fulton Street

The expansion will connect three of BAM's spaces, make the Harvey Theater more accessible, and add an art gallery and terrace.

Mar 18, 2019 12:06 PM Read more >

Disturbingly Beautiful: Irondales New Play Is on a Gory Quest for Love

Concepts of love, trust and greed take centerstage in a play that pushes the audience to leave their comfort zone

Mar 14, 2019 7:24 PM Read more >