Arts & Entertainment

On Thursday, May 22, from 6:30pm - 9:30pm, the Crown Heights Mediation Center will present this year's art for the Arts to End Violence contest at the Ron Taylor Gallery, located at 1160 St. Johns Place in Crown Heights.

Summer is around the corner, and the 18th Annual Rooftop Films Summer Series has just launched.

Showing now at Five Myles Gallery is its latest exhibition, entitled, "Grateful Transitions," a selection of works from a series created by New York-based photographer Anders Bernard Jones.

Enjoy these photos from Saturday night's Selebrasyon! kickoff event at FiveMyles Gallery in Crown Heights.

Abdel Salaam Photo: wcalvinanderson.wordpress.com The Brooklyn Academy of Music announced in a statement on Sunday that Abdel R. Salaam will be the new incoming artistic director for DanceAfrica, replacing elder Dr. Charles "Chuck" Davis.

WHAT: The Brooklyn Community Pride Center Presents "Spring Out: Citywide LGBT Dinner and Youth Dance" -- Explore and get to know your community over dinner — specifically our Trans members and their stories.

Executive Director Marjorie Moon and Artistic Director Jackie Alexander present the world premier of "The Seeds of Abraham," opening today and running through June 29, 2014 at the Billie Holiday Theatre in Restoration Plaza, located at 1368 Fulton St

This weekend, Saturday May 17 - Sunday, May 18, South Of the Navy Yard Artists, (SONYA)-- a 501(c)3 non-profit organization of visual artists living, creating, and/or exhibiting in the neighborhoods of Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Wallabout and Bedford

Get ready for the opening ceremony of New York City's first, official citywide annual celebration of Haitian arts and culture! Selebrasyon! Sponsored by the Haiti Cultural Exchange, a non-profit organization established to develop, present and promot

Young dancers at DanceAfrica It's back!!! One of the liveliest, most exciting and colorful augurs of summer: DanceAfrica! Returning for its 37th year and hosted by Brooklyn Academy of Music, located at 30 Lafayette Avenue in Fort Greene, DanceAfrica