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Brooklyn Museum Announces KAWS Exhibition, Showing 25 Years of Artist's Work

Brooklyn Museum Announces KAWS Exhibition, Showing 25 Years of Artist's Work

The KAWS: WHAT PARTY exhibition will feature rarely seen graffiti drawings, notebooks, paintings and sculptures.
The Week in COVID-19 (11/13/20): Brooklyn, Here’s Everything You Need to Know

The Week in COVID-19 (11/13/20): Brooklyn, Here’s Everything You Need to Know

The country is facing a surge in coronavirus cases, prompting lockdowns in several states as hospitalizations and daily case numbers hit record levels. In New York, a second wave is imminent and new restrictions have been put in place on restaurants, gyms and gatherings, and it is likely public schools will close as early as next week.

Brooklyn's Asase Yaa School of the Arts Will Hold A Virtual Benefit to Help End SARS

The virtual event will feature African dance and music in an effort to raise money to fight against police brutality in Nigeria

Meet Some of the Brooklyn Activists Fighting for Justice in the Borough and Beyond

BK Reader talks to some of the boroughs many activists who have led protests and direct-actions this summer for a number of social justice causes
Org for Black Filmmakers 'Levels Up' With Membership Program

Org for Black Filmmakers 'Levels Up' With Membership Program

Black Film Space, founded in Flatbush, now has a membership program that allows it to offer grants and other services
Four Men, Including MTA Subway Conductor, Indicted for Trafficking Guns to Sell on Brooklyn Streets

Four Men, Including MTA Subway Conductor, Indicted for Trafficking Guns to Sell on Brooklyn Streets

The four men trafficked guns from the South and sold them near defendant’s Brownsville home
Bed-Stuy Welcomes Popular Acai Bowl Franchise’s First Brooklyn Store

Bed-Stuy Welcomes Popular Acai Bowl Franchise’s First Brooklyn Store

SoBol Bed-Stuy brings a healthy food option during a pandemic that devastated lives and businesses in the community
$5.7M Expansion and Beautification of Brownsville’s Zion Triangle Plaza Complete

$5.7M Expansion and Beautification of Brownsville’s Zion Triangle Plaza Complete

The project, which began in 2018, includes new benches, trees and plantings, and ample space for outdoor performances.
City Gives Org $1.5M to Help Young People Avoid 'School-to-Prison Pipeline'

City Gives Org $1.5M to Help Young People Avoid 'School-to-Prison Pipeline'

Exalt runs a program that educates young people accused of crimes and helps them to get internships
BRIC Awards $100,000 to 10 New York City-Based Visual Artists

BRIC Awards $100,000 to 10 New York City-Based Visual Artists

The Brooklyn art institution has announced the winners of its Colene Brown Art Prize