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NYC Actor, Producer Stars in New Short Film Challenging White Microaggressions

NYC Actor, Producer Stars in New Short Film Challenging White Microaggressions

Roderick Lawrence is the star of Silent Partner, a new film highlighting white microaggressions in the workplace and how they hold up a racist status quo.
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Photos: Wizkid Electrifies Audience at Celebrate Brooklyn Performance

Photos: Wizkid Electrifies Audience at Celebrate Brooklyn Performance

Nigerian producer-phenom Wizkid lit up the stage in Brooklyn, performing all of his afrobeats hits, including global chartopper, "Essence."
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Remembering 9/11: 20 Years On, Brooklynites Share Memories, Some for the First Time

Remembering 9/11: 20 Years On, Brooklynites Share Memories, Some for the First Time

Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, current and former Brooklynites reflect on those days in New York, some for the first time in their lives.
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Straight Outta Brooklyn: Clean-Buy Products for Afro-Textured Hair

Straight Outta Brooklyn: Clean-Buy Products for Afro-Textured Hair

During Zero Waste Week, meet the Bed-Stuy resident with a line of zero-waste, food-based products for afro-textured hair.
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Doors Open at East New York's First Public School Dedicated to STEM Learning

Doors Open at East New York's First Public School Dedicated to STEM Learning

District 19 STEM Academies has 1,000 seats for grades K-8 and aims to set students on a path to college and career readiness.
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Bed-Stuy Restaurant Group Calls for Support of Equitable, Permanent Outdoor Dining

Bed-Stuy Restaurant Group Calls for Support of Equitable, Permanent Outdoor Dining

Charlotta Janssen, the owner of Chez Oskar, has started a petition to rally the community behind local restaurants
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The Week in Crime: Spotlight on Fort Greene/Clinton Hill

The Week in Crime: Spotlight on Fort Greene/Clinton Hill

Overall, crime is down in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, and Brooklyn as a whole.
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BK's Fulton St Fellowship Is Calling Black Wine Lovers Who Want to Join the Industry

BK's Fulton St Fellowship Is Calling Black Wine Lovers Who Want to Join the Industry

The free Clinton Hill program will sponsor four fellows for a full scholarship at the Institute for Culinary Education to study wine.
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Biggie's Fort Greene Apartment on the Market for $1.7M

Biggie's Fort Greene Apartment on the Market for $1.7M

Legendary Brooklyn rapper Notorious B.I.G recorded 'Ready to Die' in the famed apartment
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Queens Man Indicted for Vicious Assault on 68-Year-Old East NY Man

A 21-year-old man has been indicted for the daylight assault and robbery that left a Brooklyn in hospital with shattered bones
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