Arts & Entertainment

Wednesday, July 16, marks the official return of the Marcy Plaza Farmers Market to the Bedford-Stuyvesant community.

It's the weekend after July 4th and summer is in full swing. It's actually my mental sweet spot, where I'm just thinking about fun and sun and the specter of the fall and the dreaded winter has yet to enter my thoughts.

Elizabeth A. Sackler Photo: Joan Roth Native Brooklynite Dr. Elizabeth A. Sackler is chairman of The Brooklyn Museum, the first woman in the museum's near 200-year history to serve in this role.

Opening at FiveMyles Gallery on July 19 - August 9, 2014: " The Perception of Wilderness in The Garden of Us " Creating a temporary habitat of the borrowed, procured and hand grown, artist Rashanna Rashied-Walker has created a site-based installation

How many of you have lived in Brooklyn long enough not only to remember but also to have skated at the old Empire Roller Rink in Crown Heights? More than 60 years old, the rink in Central Brooklyn was known across New York City as the true birthplace

Established in 2005, The Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival (BHF) is New York City's largest Hip-Hop cultural event that showcases the positive aspects of Hip-Hop culture by highlighting Hip-Hop's legacy as an agent of artistic progression, community building

Photo: CNN.comBroo It's a 4 th of July 3-day weekend! Woo hoo!! But with all that NYC has to offer, in the event you somehow still black out and can't figure out a single thing to do, the Brooklyn Reader has done the work for you.

Barclays, of course!! July and August Barclays Center Events Walking with Dinosaurs — The Arena Spectacular Dates: July 16-20, 2014 Times: July 16 & 17: 7 p.m.; July 18: 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; July 19: 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Shaggy Photo: Wikimedia.com Brooklyn Borough President on Monday Eric L. Adams announced the "Summer Music Series at Borough Hall Plaza," featuring Grammy Award-winning artist Shaggy.

Queens Arts Intervention needs Brooklynites! The Rego Park Green Alliance is hosting Queens Art Intervention and is looking to import Brooklyn artists, residents, organizations, and everyday people to Queens for an all day arts intervention.