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Asase Yaa Celebrates 'Antique Blackness' with Annual Fundraiser

'Antique Blackness' benefits Asase Yaa's scholarship fund to supports children who wish to study with professional teaching artists at the acclaimed dance and art school Photo credit: Asase Yaa Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation is hosting "Antique B

BRIC's 'Brooklyn Photographs' Chronicles Bklyn Life, Tradition and Change

'Brooklyn Photographs' displays the work of eleven artists illuminating Brooklyn's neighborhoods, their tradition, cultural, social diversity and their transformation with new populations emerging Photo credit: George Malave, Fire Hydrant Spray, 1968
It's the Last Weekend of the Summer - Get it While It's Hot!

It's the Last Weekend of the Summer - Get it While It's Hot!

Music, food, family fun? Brooklyn has it all! All good things have to come to an end, it seems, and so does Summer in Brooklyn. But, wait - we have one more to go before it's officially over.
BHS Presents Nilofer Merchant and 'How to Make Your Wildest Ideas Mighty'

BHS Presents Nilofer Merchant and 'How to Make Your Wildest Ideas Mighty'

Author Nilofer Merchant assures if we claim our own, unique spot in the world, our "onlyness," we have a lever by which to move the world photo credit: BHS.

Get Ready for a Litty Weekend! Full Events Lineup Ahead

So many events... so little time... This weekend's events carry a general theme of race, resistance and rock-n-roll!! Photo: MSNBC.com This weekend is so chocked full of amazing things to do, my brain is hurting trying to sort them all out.
Brooklyn Comedy Festival Returns with Roy Wood Jr., Sasheer Zamata, T.J Miller

Brooklyn Comedy Festival Returns with Roy Wood Jr., Sasheer Zamata, T.J Miller

This year, the Brooklyn Comedy Festival returns to 17 venues all over Brooklyn with a big line-up, showcasing both established and up-and-coming performers Brooklynites who need a good laugh - don't fret: The Brooklyn Comedy Festival 2017 has arrived
The Billie Holiday Theatre Announces its 2017-2018 Season

The Billie Holiday Theatre Announces its 2017-2018 Season

The Billie Holiday Theatre's inaugural season reflects on the past into the future, exploring notions of sisterhood, family ties, love and loneliness, domestic terrorism against Blacks in the US, and colorism.
Tia Powell Harris Steps Down as E.D of Weeksville Heritage Center

Tia Powell Harris Steps Down as E.D of Weeksville Heritage Center

Harris's leadership at Weeksville has brought about a number of innovative new developments and creative cultural arts programming Outgoing Executive Director of Weeksville Heritage Center Tia Powell Harris Announced today, Tia Powell Harris will be
Weekend Events: Pop-up Pool, Art Walk, 'Beats in the BackYard,' and More!

Weekend Events: Pop-up Pool, Art Walk, 'Beats in the BackYard,' and More!

It's the weekend, y'all! Make it happen like you live in the greatest city in the world! (Because you do!) FRIDAY WHAT: Forth Wanderers, Featuring Zula and Poppys WHO: Few bands enjoy such an endearingly short path to fame, where news of your début a

Brooklyn Museum Welcomes Two New Curators, Adds Two More Curatorial Positions

Associate Curator Aysin Yoltar-Yildirim will contribute to the reinstallation of the Arts of the Middle East galleries; Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art Ashley James will be taking the lead on the upcoming exhibition 'Soul of a Nation: Art in th