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Brooklyn Shows Dancehall Icon Sister Nancy The Respect She Deserves

Brooklyn Shows Dancehall Icon Sister Nancy The Respect She Deserves

Hundreds gathered for the documentary screening of "Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story" at Brower Park in Crown Heights for an evening of film and music.
Brooklyn Domestic Violence Center Expands After Helping Survivors For 20 Years

Brooklyn Domestic Violence Center Expands After Helping Survivors For 20 Years

The Brooklyn Family Justice Center is a one-stop shop where domestic violence survivors can get help. It recently expanded into a new space in Downtown Brooklyn.
Brooklyn Native Charts Hundreds of New NYC Climbs

Brooklyn Native Charts Hundreds of New NYC Climbs

Thanks to Sam Lerner Dreamer, a Brooklyn climber, the updated New York City Bouldering guide contains 705 problems (including 14 projects) in the range V0 to V13, from Central Park to Pelham Bay Park.
Brooklyn Comic Balances Raunch With Heart in Fast-Paced Set

Brooklyn Comic Balances Raunch With Heart in Fast-Paced Set

Josh Sharp’s one-man comedy show “ta-da!” is an experimental multimedia performance with lewd jokes, rogue text slides and a “Herculean feat of stupidity.”
Soul Summit Turns 23 And Brooklyn Keeps Dancing

Soul Summit Turns 23 And Brooklyn Keeps Dancing

The Soul Summit Music Festival attracted thousands of people to Fort Greene Park on Sunday. “It's just an organic vibe, and it's a creative space,” an attendee said.
Hip-Hop Royalty Shuts Down Brooklyn

Hip-Hop Royalty Shuts Down Brooklyn

Fat Beats, the iconic Hip-Hop commerce brand, partnered up with SummerStage to bring some of the best artists to Herbert Von King Park in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Saturday.
New Brooklyn Open Streets Program Highlights Community And Commerce

New Brooklyn Open Streets Program Highlights Community And Commerce

A new Open Streets program landed on Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights this summer, with organizers noting its focus on local merchants and kid-friendly programming.
Brooklyn Artists Transform BQE Underpass

Brooklyn Artists Transform BQE Underpass

As the city weighs how to repair the crumbling Brooklyn-Queens Expressway near Downtown Brooklyn and Brooklyn Heights, the Atlantic Avenue underpass beneath the highway has been transformed into a work of art.
A Brooklyn Church Opens a Banned Book Library

A Brooklyn Church Opens a Banned Book Library

Brooklynite Samirah Horton, 16, helped to launch the Nazarene Library, a reading room stacked with banned titles at the Nazarene Congregational United Church of Christ in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
Brooklyn Photographer Empowers Black Creatives Through Studio Access

Brooklyn Photographer Empowers Black Creatives Through Studio Access

Antonio Jefferson, a photographer and studio owner, is encouraging Black and queer artists to pursue a full-time career in the arts.