Arts & Entertainment

Canarsie resident Julius Stukes created the short film “The Way The Rain Pours," which follows a young Brooklyn man who begins to heal by helping a homeless New Yorker.

Artists and community members will create a living chalk mural centered on equity, expression and belonging on May 1 at Brooklyn Borough Hall.

Brooklyn Conservatory hosts Open Stages on May 9, featuring performances on stoops, sidewalks, playgrounds and cafes.

The New York African Film Festival returns with a sweeping program that traces ancestral memory and future possibility across continents through film. The festival lands at BAM between May 22 and 28.

The Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk transforms a 1.5-mile stretch of the corridor with more than 125 artists, installations, local shops and community-driven exhibits.

Pacha Chief Executive Officer Kabir Mulchandani told Community Board 1 that the new club will include major improvements and will not be like the old Brooklyn Mirage, according to Hell Gate.

Molière in the Park will host a one-night event at BRIC, with two plays that blends verse, comedy and contemporary storytelling on May 14.

"Darkroom Masters of Culture," a documentary series on Black and brown photographers created by Russell Frederick and Anderson Zaca, is up for a Webby People's Voice award.

The outdoor video art exhibition projected onto Manhattan Bridge and along the BQE wall in Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park returns in May.

Brooklyn's Memorial Day weekend tradition returns with performances, films, classes, visual art, and the iconic outdoor DanceAfrica Bazaar on May 22–28.