Arts & Entertainment

image credit: billboard.com The long-awaited renovation for Fort Greene's historic Paramount Theatre is expected to begin this fall as Amplify reports.

More than 200,000 NYC public school students - roughly 1 out of 5 - were chronically absent (missing 38 days or more of school) last year, according to the Mayor's Interagency Task Force on Truancy, Chronic Absenteeism and School Engagement .

Pierre Francillon in front of the first mural in the PLG ABC project in Prospect Lefferts Gardens.

The weekend is here, so let's all cheer. Ok, maybe not cheer. That might be a bit much, but the weekend is a reason to have a drink, cut a rug and gather with friends. So in that spirit, here's a few recommendations for your social calendar.

Now in its 40th year, DanceAfrica 2017 returns, beginning Friday, May 26 - Monday, May 29, for its annual celebration of dance, music and culture of the African diaspora in the United States and abroad.

photo credit: bam.org Chuck Davis, the highly esteemed founder of the African American Dance Ensemble , has died at age 80. The ensemble announced his passing on its Facebook page on Sunday, May 14.

It's Mother's Day weekend, aka, time to treat your momma like the superstar she is! There are more fun things to do aside from Mother's Day.

Former City Councilmember Al Vann leads the ribbon-cutting of the re-opening of the Billie Holiday Theatre Can we all say: The Billie is Back! Bed-Stuy's legendary Billie Holiday Theatre officially reopened Tuesday morning in Restoration Plaza to the

Movie: The Empty Box, showing at the 4th Biennial Haiti Film Festival Back again for its 4 th biennial year is the Haitian Film Festival, hosted by Haiti Cultural Exchange .

Who doesn't love dope street art? Well, if you live in Brooklyn, where the presence of street art is as ubiquitous as the millions of pedestrians and pigeons that inhabit the borough, at worst, you learn to tolerate street art; at best, you come to l