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Funk, God, Jazz and Medicine: When Live Art Imitates Radical Black Life

Funk, God, Jazz and Medicine: When Live Art Imitates Radical Black Life

What is art? How we view it in our minds and how we feel it in our hearts is entirely subjective.
Yo, Broooooklyn! Get Ready for the Biggest Weekend in Hip Hop! SOURCE360 Music Fest is Here!

Yo, Broooooklyn! Get Ready for the Biggest Weekend in Hip Hop! SOURCE360 Music Fest is Here!

We first announced it earlier this summer, and now it's here, right in the heart of Brooklyn's cultural district! It's the first annual SOURCE360 Music, Art & Culture Expo.

BAMcafé Live and SOURCE360 Present “Pass The Mic: A Night of Women Emcees," featuring Nitty Scott, Rajé Shwari, Roxanne Shanté and Sweet Tee

Rajé Shwari Celebrating some of the hottest women in the game, On September 19, the Brooklyn Academy of Music's BAMCafé Live and SOURCE360 Present "Pass the Mic—Ladies Night, a free night of live hip-hop celebrating some of the hottest, fierces

At Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, Cumbo Announces More than $20 Million in Arts and Culture Funding

City Councilmember, flanked by leaders of major arts and cultural institutions in her district, announces $22 Million in capital funding for arts programming City Councilmember Laurie Cumbo was joined by the presidents and directors of more than a do
Killer Heels: Brooklyn Museum Puts the Woman’s Ultimate Pedestal on a Pedestal

Killer Heels: Brooklyn Museum Puts the Woman’s Ultimate Pedestal on a Pedestal

The name of the exhibit is "Killer Heels," and I think I really did die and go to heaven. No, really. All of the classic symptoms were there: sweaty palms, a racing pulse, sensory overload and finally, metamorphosis.

Singer Toshi Reagon to Host 4th Annual Festival of Words, Rock and Justice for Women

"I was made this way," said Fort Greene resident Toshi Reagon when asked about her activist roots.

Brooklyn Museum Director Arnold Lehman Announces Retirement

Brooklyn Museum Director Arnold L. Lehman announces his retirement Photo: newyorknatives.com Brooklyn Museum Director Arnold L. Lehman announced yesterday at the fall meeting of the Board of Trustees that he will retire in mid-2015.
Brooklyn Museum 'Gets Digi With It'

Brooklyn Museum 'Gets Digi With It'

A new initiative new initiative blending art, technology, and interpretation at Cleveland Museum of Art's Gallery One Photo: artmuseumteaching.

Face Time: Karen Bernod

Brooklyn native and Bed-Stuy resident Karen Bernod is planting seeds. As a singer, songwriter and community activist, Bernod knows that what you put out in the universe today, will become tomorrow's harvest.
Brook-Lens: Block Party in Brooklyn Highlights NYC 'Street Styles'

Brook-Lens: Block Party in Brooklyn Highlights NYC 'Street Styles'

Culminating Fall Fashion Week 2014, in New York City, Essence Magazine decided to get in the game by showcasing the origin of where much of today's top designers get their inspiration: the street! On Sunday, September 7, Essence sponsored a block par