Arts & Entertainment

Author Siri Hustvedt in her Brooklyn home.

The stark reality, surprisingly under-recognized, is that Long Island was once a place of widespread slavery.

DICK & DAVE, on BK Live, where David Colon and I, talk about many of the same events that I recommend here on BK Reader. CHECK IT OUT! So Snowstorm Jonas came through like a wild and angry Kanye twitter rant and just mashed up the East Coast.

The first Quarter Sessions event at Weeksville Heritage Center is here! The Weeksville Quarter Sessions engages young audiences with live performance, art making, film screenings, and more that offer a contemporary lens to Weeksville's history of rad

Photo: Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership Central Brooklyn, it's that time of year again...

Brooklyn resident Samara Gaev just had one of her most intense, most powerful and most rewarding years ever.

Zina Saro-Wiwa (British/Nigerian, born 1976). The Invisible Man, 2015. Pigmented inkjet print, 28 3/4 x 44 in. (73 x 111.8 cm). Seattle Art Museum, Commission, 2015. Courtesy of the artist.

Martin Luther King was one of the most important people of the 20th century, and the national holiday that honors his legacy has seemingly devolved into a reason to party.

Over the course of the fall-winter season, Haiti Cultural Exchange in Crown Heights will present a series of public programs around the theme Revolisyon/Revolution to mark the revolutionary spirit of Haitian people and their continuous quest for libe

Brooklyn Public Library is celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legacy with a weekend of events designed to explore Dr. King's message as well as his lasting effect! Special Screenings, Eyes on the Prize January 12-14, 7:30pm.