Arts & Entertainment

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 .

Misty Copeland poses with a young fan Photo: The Brooklyn Reader "You're my idol; you're the reason why I run every day," gushed a fan, after arriving at the front of the line to get her booked signed by superstar ballerina Misty Copeland .

It's official, so mark your calendar: Superstar entertainer, actor and comedian, Kevin Hart is bringing his What Now? Tour to Barclays Center on Thursday, July 9. Kevin Hart is a skyrocketing force in comedy and television.

On Saturday, March 7, the Skylight Gallery at Restoration Plaza will debut "Poems for the Breaking of Spells," an exhibition of recent works by esteemed artist and curator Ché Baraka.

Six-time Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter Ed Sheeran will perform at Barclays Center on Sunday, May 31. Tickets for the show go on sale Friday, February 27 at 10:00am and will be available online at www.barclayscenter.com , www.ticketmaster.

Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic at The Brooklyn Museum: the foot of the subject in "Portrait of a Venetian Ambassador, Aged 59, II," 2006, oil on canvas Photo: The Brooklyn Reader The exhibit , Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic opened Friday at the Brookly