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Weekend Updates - Hot & Fresh!

Weekend Updates - Hot & Fresh!

The weekend soon come and here's some event and party recommendations to set it off like Jada Pinkett! The weather projects to be decent, Lebron James might get swept and people will still be obsessing over Donald Trump and a possible impeachment.

ChoreoQuest's 'Afro-Pas de Deux' Challenges Race, Gender, Sexuality

photo credit: RestorationArt Afro- Pas de Deux, the one-day festival featuring the award-winning 2017 ChoreoQuest, returns this Saturday, June 10, to RestorationArt .

WordFest 2017 Returns to Celebrate Caribbean Literature, Culture

An impressive list of Caribbean authors will take us on a journey through Caribbean literature during WordFest 2017 on Sunday, June 11, at Bedford Restoration Plaza.

Brooklyn’s First Transgender Firefighter Featured in Award-Winning Doc at BAM

Brooke Guinan was the subject of the documentary Woman on Fire, which will be showing at BAM on June 5. Life hasn't changed much for Brooke Guinan since the documentary Woman on Fire premiered at DOC NYC last November.

Libation 2017 Kicks Off Intl. African Arts Festival with Blitz The Ambassador

Libations 2017 Libation 2017 is kicking off the 46th Annual International African Arts Festival with feature performances by Blitz The Ambassador and Asase Yaa African American Dance Theater on Sunday, June 4, at the Restoration Plaza in Bedford-Stuy

Isese Festival NYC 2017 Returns to Bed-Stuy

photo credit: Isese Festival NYC Isese Festival NYC, the annual celebration of traditional African culture and spirituality, returns to Bedford-Stuyvesant this Sunday, June 4! The classic Brooklyn celebration is presented by Ogbe Sooto Ifa Temple, th
Weekend For Dummies

Weekend For Dummies

OK, you're not a dummy, but you could probably use some social direction to get your weekend litty! As per usual, the weather in Brooklyn is mirroring our presidential situation - unpredictable and dismal - but this weekend will have a sunshine sight

A Night of Fashion and Black Dandies at the Brooklyn Museum

photo credit: Shantrelle P. Lewis In honor of Shantrelle P.
Photos: The Community Honors 'Baba Chuck'

Photos: The Community Honors 'Baba Chuck'

Scenes from a video tribute to Baba Chuck Davis On Sunday inside of the BAM Gilman Opera House, the community gathered to pay loving tribute to one of the community's most beloved leaders of African arts and Culture: Baba Chuck Davis who passed away
Memorial Day Weekend Event Picks

Memorial Day Weekend Event Picks

With a long weekend on deck, the real question is what NOT to do. Don't holla at ladies like you on a one day pass. Don't bring flowers to folks with allergies. Don't bring your jump off to your best friend's wedding.