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Buy Better Foods: One Woman’s Ambition to Bring Wellness to Bedford Stuyvesant

Buy Better Foods: One Woman’s Ambition to Bring Wellness to Bedford Stuyvesant

Buy Better Foods is a new organic specialty market in the 'hood-- a great alternative to the usual bodega snacks.
Summer is Coming: Here Are 15 CSAs Feeding BK Farm-Fresh Food

Summer is Coming: Here Are 15 CSAs Feeding BK Farm-Fresh Food

Sign-ups are starting for many of the Community Supported Agriculture programs around the borough.
Brownsville Rapper Steph G Steps into the Spotlight During 'Prime Time' for Women in Rap

Brownsville Rapper Steph G Steps into the Spotlight During 'Prime Time' for Women in Rap

The Brooklyn rapper of Dominican heritage is repping New York with her Drill-influenced sound, in addition to using her platform to spread pediatric cancer awareness with St. Jude.
Spectacular Spectacles: Meet the Canarsie Eyewear Sensation Making Glasses Cool

Spectacular Spectacles: Meet the Canarsie Eyewear Sensation Making Glasses Cool

As an adolescent, Canarsie's Kadayalee Washington was bullied for needing glasses. Now, she's designing bold, fun eyewear that matches her personality.
High on Empowerment: Brooklyn Cannabis Ball Celebrates Women in Style!

High on Empowerment: Brooklyn Cannabis Ball Celebrates Women in Style!

The Black Institute Group (BIG) holds first-ever "Cannaball NYC" event at Giando on the Water
BKR’s Totally Awesome Weekend Event Picks: 3/10 – 3/12

BKR’s Totally Awesome Weekend Event Picks: 3/10 – 3/12

A poetry open mic, a boozy brunch, a clothing swap and more things to do in Brooklyn this weekend.
The National Black Writers Conference Returns, In-Person to Brooklyn, March 31 - April 1, 2023

The National Black Writers Conference Returns, In-Person to Brooklyn, March 31 - April 1, 2023

The biennial symposium will return to Medgar Evers College to celebrate "Black Speculative Fiction"
‘There will be civil disobedience’: BK Advocates Pressure State to Pass Good Cause Eviction Bill as Time Runs Out

‘There will be civil disobedience’: BK Advocates Pressure State to Pass Good Cause Eviction Bill as Time Runs Out

Brooklyn housing justice groups are preparing to fight in Albany next week for a state-wide Good Cause Evictions law after the city-wide law was nixed.
British TikTok Star Famous For Fancy Watches and ‘Find Tim’ Challenges Takes Brooklyn By Storm

British TikTok Star Famous For Fancy Watches and ‘Find Tim’ Challenges Takes Brooklyn By Storm

Tim Hayden, an entrepreneur and TikToker from the United Kingdom, is spending the next three months in the United States to promote his watch business.
She's on a Mission to Prepare Brooklyn Youth For Success— Against All Odds

She's on a Mission to Prepare Brooklyn Youth For Success— Against All Odds

East New Yorker Alyssa Abernathy-Boston has founded a nonprofit that empowers youth to redefine success on their terms