Arts & Entertainment

Whether it's a phrase ("Ain't nobody got time for dat"), a dance craze (twerking) or a fashion style (high top fades), there's never a shortage of fads to follow, trends to choose, waves to ride.

Oscar-nominated actress and Emmy-nominated choreographer Rosie Perez will be back in her home borough of Brooklyn on Friday, May 9, at Restoration Plaza to discuss her new book, Handbook for an Unpredictable Life: How I survived Sister Renata and My

Tonight, April 28, at 7:30pm, Greenlight Bookstore presents a reading and conversation with Ruchama King Feuerman and Beth Bosworth .

Judy Chicago's upcoming pyrotechnic performance A Butterfly for Brooklyn is a continuation of a series of performances early on in her career. Photo Courtesy: Broolklynmuseum.

WHAT: The Brooklyn Food Book Fair - - The Third Annual Food Book Fair brings together food enthusiasts, chefs, artists, writers, designers and publishers to celebrate the intersection between food culture and food systems.

The leftover baskets on store shelves have been chucked; the gigantic rabbit costumes have been folded and tucked away; and the bags of jellybeans and synthetic grass have been marked down 70 percent. Easter's over. Wait, hold on.

WHAT: Ai Weiwei: According to What? Ai Weiwei is one of China's most prolific and provocative contemporary artists.

Crowd at The Do-Over at Beekman Beer Garden Beach Club during the Red Bull Music Academy in New York, April 28 to May 30, 2013 // Tony Blasko / Red Bull Content Pool // P-20130528-00464 // Usage for editorial use only // Photo: www.redbull.

Pedro Hernandez, Bianca Darby-Bell, Jay-Z, Dania Diaz, Gordon J.

Mayor Bill De Blasio announced Monday that the July 4 fireworks display would return to the East River this summer, The Wall Street Journal reports.