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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
'Doing It For Themselves:' Longtime Bed-Stuy Residents Celebrated in New Exhibition

'Doing It For Themselves:' Longtime Bed-Stuy Residents Celebrated in New Exhibition

A new art exhibition celebrates the residents and neighbors of the Jackie Robinson Housing Complex, and all they are doing for the Bed-Stuy community. 
How a Fort Greene Class is Using Dance to Alleviate Parkinson’s Disease

How a Fort Greene Class is Using Dance to Alleviate Parkinson’s Disease

Dance for PD allows Brooklynites living with Parkinson’s to connect not only with friends, but with their own bodies.
Bark for Books: Brooklyn Public Library Therapy Dog Is Helping Kids Learn to Read

Bark for Books: Brooklyn Public Library Therapy Dog Is Helping Kids Learn to Read

A literature-loving pooch is helping to give Brooklyn kids a love of reading through a monthly program where children can come and read aloud to him from their favorite book.
BKR’s Totally Awesome Weekend Event Picks: 3/3 – 3/5

BKR’s Totally Awesome Weekend Event Picks: 3/3 – 3/5

First Saturdays at the Brooklyn Museum; a Rihanna Dance Party, the largest NYC gathering of photographers and filmmakers, and more!
A Holocaust Mystery Buried 61 Years is Finally Released as a Book, to Critical Acclaim

A Holocaust Mystery Buried 61 Years is Finally Released as a Book, to Critical Acclaim

Roslyn Bernstein visited Jerusalem as a teenager in 1961, while the news of the Adolf Eichmann trial was still crackling over the radio waves. While the trip made an impression, it took her more than 6 decades to write her story based on the experience.