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Celebrate the Best of Brooklyn at MoCADA’s 5th Annual Soul of Brooklyn Festival

Celebrate the Best of Brooklyn at MoCADA’s 5th Annual Soul of Brooklyn Festival

Celebrate the best of Brooklyn at MoCADA's 5th Annual Soul of Brooklyn Festival, featuring live music, arts workshops, performances, shopping, and film screenings throughout the borough! MoCADA's Soul of Brooklyn initiative is dedicated to branding t

Summer Celebrity Basketball Classic: Are you Team Cano or Team Sabathia?

The 2014 Summer Classic Charity Basketball Game at Barclays Center Brooklyn, the hoops game of the season is around the corner: On Thursday, August 21, at Barclays Center, Robinson Cano and CC Sabathia will host the Summer Classic Charity Basketball

Uma Thurman's Brother Can't Buy a House in Bed-Stuy... Who Cares?

Actress Uma Thurman (second from right) and her brother Mipam Thurman (far left) in their younger days WebPortal News reported earlier this week how Bed-Stuy has gone so ashy-to-classy that actress Uma Thurman's brother, Mipam Thurman, most recently

Rooftop Films Closing Night, Featuring Lucy Walker, George Takei and  2014 Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winner ‘Of God and Dogs’

Balance If you haven't had a chance to check out the dozens of films showcased this summer through the 2014 Rooftop Films Summer Series, you have one more chance: This week is the closing week, and they are going out with a big bang! The conclusion o
'Beat Street,' the Movie, Celebrates its 30-Year Anniversary

'Beat Street,' the Movie, Celebrates its 30-Year Anniversary

For those of us "mature" enough to remember the early days of Hip Hop-- looong before the birth of the World Wide Web-- there were two movies of the genre that sent Hip Hop culture viral, turning it into a national phenomenon: Breakin' and Beat Stree
Spider-Man, the Avengers, Iron Man, the Hulk and More Come to Life in Brooklyn

Spider-Man, the Avengers, Iron Man, the Hulk and More Come to Life in Brooklyn

Marvel fans, get ready as beginning this Wednesday, Barclays Center will present Marvel Universe LIVE! The show, which runs from August 13 - 17, brings the action-packed adventures of the Marvel characters you know and love to life with a mind-blowin

'Unframed' Opens at FiveMyles

Beginning August 10 through August 24, FiveMyles Gallery presents "UNFRAMED" The exhibition presents particular visions of our daily environment through photographs, drawings and a sculpture that stand on their own, without frames or pedestals.
DNC Scouts Barclays Center as Possible Site for Next Convention

DNC Scouts Barclays Center as Possible Site for Next Convention

As more proof that Brooklyn is fast gaining on the heels of Manhattan as the place to be for media, politics and culture, the Democratic National Committee scouting team will be in town today and tomorrow scouting out Barclays Center as a potential h
Story Time at Butterfly 7

Story Time at Butterfly 7

Rick Shorter and Fiona Bloom at Butterfly 7.

Check It Out, Mate: Chess Festival Tomorrow

Chess Festival slated for Dr. Ronald McNair Park It doesn't matter whether you've ever touched a pawn in your life or you're a Grandmaster, tomorrow's chess festival has something for everyone with even a passing interest in the game.