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The Downtown Brooklyn Beautypreneurs: Redefining Self-Care and Self-Love for Women

The Downtown Brooklyn Beautypreneurs: Redefining Self-Care and Self-Love for Women

In honor of Women’s History Month, here are three local entrepreneurs whose businesses are helping women be their best selves.
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As Pandemic-Era SNAP Benefits End, 2.6 Million Food-Insecure New Yorkers Turn to Food Pantries

As Pandemic-Era SNAP Benefits End, 2.6 Million Food-Insecure New Yorkers Turn to Food Pantries

The emergency allotment granted to SNAP recipients during the COVID-19 pandemic ended on March 1.
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Gaia NoMaya: Behind the Gold Curtain of a Social Wellness Club in Flatbush

Gaia NoMaya: Behind the Gold Curtain of a Social Wellness Club in Flatbush

Opened in 2022, Gaia NoMaya combines healing and spa treatments with social activities like music events and parties.
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BKR’s Totally Awesome Weekend Event Picks: 3/17 – 3/19

BKR’s Totally Awesome Weekend Event Picks: 3/17 – 3/19

A poetry open mic in Bed-Stuy, TEDx talks in Flatbush, A Southern music dance party in Bushwick and more Brooklyn events.
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Atti Brings Decadent, Non-Traditional Korean BBQ With Impeccable Service to Downtown BK

Atti Brings Decadent, Non-Traditional Korean BBQ With Impeccable Service to Downtown BK

The decadent Korean barbecue feast at Brooklyn's Atti will impress, but it won't break the bank.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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