Arts & Entertainment

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.

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

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

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

On Saturday, March 14, BRIC will host the livest all-ages, all-day party in Brooklyn! The day starts with free, family-friendly activities and ends with a dance party featuring The Rub ($5 with code MAPPING5. Online Only.

I'm a huge fan of having fun on the weekday, which was instilled in our hearts and souls as kids.

Nina Simone Brooklyn playwright Amy Evans will hold a work-in-progress reading of The Champion , a new play inspired by the life of legendary music artist Nina Simone.

La Paloma Vintage and the Shamanic Stylist present another installment of A Love Bazaar-- swirling some color into this wintry snowscape, shining sun into your soul, and bringing the heat, as we head into Women's History Month and Carnaval season! Fo

Photo: BAM This Saturday, February 28 at BAMcafé Live is Brooklyn-bred singer, keyboardist and composer Akie Bermiss. Bermiss possesses a soulful voice that packs an emotional wallop.

Join Erika DeSimone and Fidel Louis at Weeksville Heritage Center on Friday, February 27, where they will discuss their new book Voices Beyond Bondage: An Anthology of Verse by African Americans of the 19th Century .