Arts & Entertainment

Celebrate Paul Reubens and Pee-wee Herman at Coney Island’s first-ever look-alike contest, with prizes, fun and nostalgia for all ages.

Green-Wood Cemetery hosts its annual Battle of Brooklyn and the Meaning of Freedom, with costumed interpreters, activities, and a march to Battle Hill.

The Creole Food Festival returns for its 7th year with a new home in Dumbo, featuring chefs of color from across the world, a Grand Tasting under the Brooklyn Bridge, live music and community programming.

Brooklyn’s Bus Festival returns Sept. 21. Explore vintage buses, meet transit experts and enjoy free family fun, rain or shine.

The Brooklyn Dribble, returns Sept. 7 to Brooklyn Bridge Park with a one-mile dribble parade, family activities and a championship celebration.

Raekwon The Chef, a Brownsville native, performed his landmark solo debut "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…" on its 30th anniversary at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! in Prospect Park.

Dominican rapper El Alfa will headline Barclays Center on Aug. 23 as part of Planet Brooklyn, a two-day music and entertainment festival.

Two nights of boundary-pushing jazz hits BRIC in October.

What would the future of global reparations in America look like for Black and indigenous people? A new exhibition in Williamsburg goes deep with artwork from six Black artists.

Brooklyn residents can experience free, high-impact theater under the open sky as Theater for the New City’s street musical makes three stops in the borough.