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Quirky Gift Shop 'Awesome Brooklyn' Brightens up Flatbush Avenue

Awesome Brooklyn is a quirky treasure chest full of funny, smart and culturally aware gifts and local products. A shiny unicorn balloon greets you upon entering Awesome Brooklyn.

World's First 'BlackVegFest' Comes to Bedford Stuyvesant this August

Black VegFest is set to inspire Brooklynites by presenting delicious plant-based foods, fitness routines and workshops to promote compassion and dialogue about health, racism, sexism and animal welfare. Photo credit: curacao.

Unreality Bomb Art Exhibit: Removing Layers to Create New Spaces and Realities

Unreality Bomb, a term which characterizes a painting that had pieces deliberately removed, is a new exhibit of works that have unseen layers removed to playfully reveal the artists' emotions and vulnerable sincerity.

Cumbo, Mosley Host Resource Fair for Summer Internships, Jobs, Camps for Central Brooklyn Youth

The Youth Resource Fair welcomed more than 50 city agencies, nonprofit and cultural organizations to provide participants with seasonal and year-round opportunities for employment and arts programming.

'Brooklyn Tea' Brings Tea Culture Back to the Borough

This new Brooklyn tea brand wants everyone to slow down and sip some loose-leaf tea. Brooklyn Tea builds a culture around loose leaf teas rather than the bagged teas most people are used to.

Breukelen Rub Is Spicing up Brooklyn Neighborhoods

The Flatbush-based spice maker Breukelen Rub creates fine seasonings named after East and Central Brooklyn neighborhoods Jamaal Dunlap's cooking class at Make Manifest.

New BRIC Art Exhibit Examines the Complex History of Haiti and the Dominican Republic

BRIC's Bordering the Imaginary examines the idea of nationhood as it relates to Haiti and the Dominican Republic whose shared border bears a racialized history, yet has also created a space of cultural collaboration Scherezade Garcia, Acariando el ch
Photos: ACC Mascots Have Dance-Off with Brownsville Youth

Photos: ACC Mascots Have Dance-Off with Brownsville Youth

The ACC Mascots challenged the kids from the Brownsville Ascend Charter School to a fun but fierce dance-off! What great fun! On Tuesday, mascots from the Atlantic Coast Conference celebrated the return of the ACC Men's Basketball Tournament to Brook

Black Card Revoked Co-Founder Latesha Williams in Conversation at Richard Beavers Gallery

Sports and media executive Latesha Williams shares some insights about the inspiration and success of her hilarious card game Black Card Revoked , which is all about the shared experiences that African Americans hold dear Photo credit: Latesha Willia
Bed-Stuy Beauty Collective to Host First Madam C.J. Walker Leadership Awards

Bed-Stuy Beauty Collective to Host First Madam C.J. Walker Leadership Awards

The inaugural Madam C. J . Walker Leadership Awards will honor seven dedicated local entrepreneurs for their commitment, success and leadership in Bed-Stuy's beauty care industry Photo Credit: thebedstuybid.