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Ladies of Jazz April is Jazz Appreciation Month, the time of year to pay tribute to jazz as both a living and historic American music art form.

The Machine Band Photo: Creative Commons For close to 30 years, The Machine has forged reputation of excellence, extending the legacy of Pink Floyd by exploring collective improvisation paralleling and even rivaling that of an early 1970's Pink Floyd

"Baby, said Alice B. Toklas. . ." Photo Courtesy: FiveMyles Gallery On Saturday, April 23, FiveMyles Gallery will introduce a moving art exhibit, " Baby, said Alice B. Toklas. . .

Gentrification. It's not just a "Brooklyn thing;" it's become a national phenomenon, spreading like a virus through most major cities and some suburban communities across the country.

It's baaaack . For those of you Brooklynites who live and die by "the flea," the Big Cahuna of all Kings County outdoor markets-- Brooklyn Flea-- opens for the summer season in Fort Greene this Saturday, April 2.

Author Zetta Elliott Photo: Valerie Caesar "I was a storyteller before I was a writer," said Brooklyn resident Zetta Elliott , 43.

Dr. Michael Eric Dyson and Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad On Sunday, April 3, 2016, 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College will present a conversation with Dr. Michael Eric Dyson and Dr.

Guess who's baaaack? The world-famous Cyclone, signaling the impending start of summer! Coney Island's Luna Park, New York City's largest amusement park and home of the Cyclone, will reopen for the seas this Saturday, March 26, at 11:30am, at 1000 Su

Award-winning Novelist Edwidge Danticat will be honored at the 13th Annual Black Writers Conference at Medgar Evers Few will argue the tremendous impact award-winning novelist and short story writer Edwidge Danticat has made on the contemporary, lite

l to r: Heben Nigatu, Mallory Ortberg, and Lori Adelman, will be panelists, along with Susana Polo at Brookln Historical Society's "Not Your Mother's Feminism: Sisterhood in the Digital Age" What does it mean to be a feminist in this age of informati