Arts & Entertainment

BRIC Announces the 2015 Celebrate Brooklyn! Dance Parties at Brooklyn Bridge Park

Photo: Courtesy BRIC Three Spring Nights with Live Bands and DJs in Stunning Waterfront Locale Sponsored by Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy Featuring Jamie Lidell, Felix Hernandez's Rhythm Revue, Poncho Sanchez and More Photo: Courtesy BRIC BRIC , p

Apr 1, 2015 1:59 PM Read more >

Brooklyn Pride to Participate in 'Taste of Fifth'

Spring is just around the corner and so is A Taste Of Fifth! Celebrate Fifth Avenue's acclaimed destination restaurants and legendary watering holes at — A Taste Of Fifth , Wednesday, April 1st, from 6:30 - 9:30pm at The Grand Prospect Hall.

Mar 31, 2015 8:57 AM Read more >

The Confined Arts: A Creative Outlet For Current And Previously Incarcerated Men and Women

America loves college football, blue jeans, fast food and unfortunately, it also seems to love locking up its citizens.

Mar 26, 2015 5:52 PM Read more >

How Art Thou: Free Weekend Arts Workshops for Bklyn Youth, Led by Local Art Masters

Arts education in public schools may be seeing its final days, but a group of young local arts advocates are pushing back... and bringing the masters with them.

Mar 20, 2015 10:53 AM Read more >

Melanie Charles Performing Live On B-Side

If you haven't been checking out B-Side, the Thursday night, live music series down at BRIC House, which is located at 647 Fulton Street, in the downtown part of Fort Greene, then you're playing yourself.

Mar 19, 2015 9:59 AM Read more >

Nefertite Nguvu on her Film 'In The Morning,' Almost-Love and No Regrets

Filmmaker and Director Nefertite Nguvu Photo: The Brooklyn Reader What a difference three years have made for Nefertite Nguvu.

Mar 18, 2015 4:06 PM Read more >

Common to Headline the 2015 Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival

The Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival , one of the longest running and largest hip hop cultural events in New York City, has announced its headliner for this year's festival-- Chicago-born MC Common.

Mar 18, 2015 12:15 PM Read more >

Saying Adieu: Brooklyn Historical Society Hosts Special Farewell for Karen Brooks Hopkins and Arnold Lehman

On Thursday, March 24, Brooklyn Historical Society will hold a special farewell meeting and discussion for two culture leaders in Central Brooklyn who are retiring: Karen Brooks Hopkins , president of the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), where she ha

Mar 17, 2015 5:45 PM Read more >

Soul Inscribed at BRIC: Unique Sounds Capture Memories and Visions

Photo: Kate Hess Baba Israel, purveyor of a unique soul-inspired poetic Hip-Hop, is in residence at BRIC, along with his group, Soul Inscribed, until next January when they will premiere the full-length music-theater piece "The Spinning Wheel" they a

Mar 12, 2015 4:33 PM Read more >

String is in the Air! The 2015 Fiddlefest is on its Way!

Fiddlefest 2014 On Saturday, March 28, The Noel Pointer Foundation presents the 2015 annual Fiddlefest fundraiser and concert! An army of young NPF musicians from 28 different NYC schools will come together, f or ONE DAY ONLY , to play their string i

Mar 12, 2015 4:16 PM Read more >