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BAM to Host the 32nd Annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

The celebration will feature a keynote address by author/educator Jelani Cobb, a performance by multi-award-winning singer Martha Redbone, and a talk with Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors and author/ journalist asha bandele New York Cit

Year in Review: Top-10 Stories of 2017

If you didn't happened to catch some of these amazing stories when they were first published, here is a quick look back! Wow! What a year it has been for news in America! Nationally, thanks to the election of our new U.S.

50 Years of Restoration: Building Assets and Community Wealth

2017 marked the 50th anniversary of the country's oldest community development corporation. Addressing affordable housing and the wealth gap emerge as priorities in 2018. Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation Founded in 1967 by Robert F.

A Brooklyn App Helps Manage Food Stamps - and to Put Food on the Table

With Fresh EBT recipients of food stamps can see their balance and transaction history and use additional features to set up a budget and to create grocery lists - all via smartphone Photo credit: tech crunch.
'Treecycle' Your Christmas Tree or 'Chip' in at the Annual MulchFest

'Treecycle' Your Christmas Tree or 'Chip' in at the Annual MulchFest

Christmas has come and passed and soon it's time to take down those decorations - and now what to do to with the tree? The city has a few options to "treecycle" your Christmas tree.

Brrrr! City Issues Extreme Cold Weather Health Advisory

New Yorkers are encouraged to take serious precautions during the upcoming extreme cold weather front to avoid health problems such as hypothermia, frostbites or the worsening of existing health conditions Photo credit: zimbio.

The Comedy Get Down Tour with Cedric, Hughley, Griffin and Lopez Will Have You in Stitches!

The Comedy Get Down Tour is coming to the Barclays Center and the lineup is ridiculous! The Comedy Get Down Tour is coming with a ridiculous lineup of comedy royalty to Brooklyn.

Celebrating the First Day of Kwanzaa: Umoja!

The seven-day festival was founded in 1966 as a way for African-Americans to celebrate the holiday through community building and honors seven principles, beginning with 'unity' (Umoja) Today, December 26, marks the first Day of Kwanzaa, a Kiswahili

New Brooklyn Museum Exhibit ‘Radical Women' Celebrates Revolutionary Latina Artists

The groundbreaking exhibition highlights the artistic work of women across Latin America and the United States during a period of political and social turmoil and is a continuation of Brooklyn Museum's series 'Radical Women' Photo credit: LA Weekly "

Santa is Coming to Town: Family Fun This Holiday Weekend in Central Brooklyn

While waiting for Santa, keep yourself and the family busy with fun events all around Brooklyn! Just a few more days until Santa pays us his annual visit.