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'Santaland,' Healthfirst's holiday celebration, brought Christmas Cheer to 2,500 little and not-so-little guests alike On Saturday, Healthfirst transformed the Seth Low Community Center in Brownsville into a dreamy winter world.

We are all in this together, no matter how we wish to be "other than." "The Art of Seeing," by Michael Milton I am, by most accounts, an affable guy. I'm also a big guy: Six feet four inches, weighing in at about two hundred and twenty pounds.

Cathie Wright-Lewis and daughter Cheyenne Lewis created 'Mama Relly,' a children's book that teaches history, drawing stories from their own family's slave narratives Mother-daughter duo: Author Cathie Wright-Lewis (left) with illustrator Cheyenne Le

As executive director of the Center for Black Literature, Dr. Greene has consistently pursued her passion for expanding and enriching the public's knowledge and appreciation for the value of Black and African diaspora literature Dr. Brenda M.

'Brooklyn to Benin' features two documentary shorts about the personal journey of two Haitian-American women exploring the historical, cultural and spiritual connections between the African diaspora and Benin Photo: 'African Odyssey: Ancestral Memori

The 'Art in the Parks: Active Open Space' initiative awarded $100,000 to eight community-based organizations to install public art that promotes physical activity and community connectivity in neighborhoods with high rates of chronic diseases Art ins

Fort Greene residents celebrated in 2016 when they won $10.5 million to upgrade their neighborhood park—but now residents question the direction of the proposed rehabilitation.

The newly released MTA mitigation plan seeks to increase subway and bus services, and implement additional bus lines and a new ferry

The week-long comprehensive review of the history of contemporary black theater will highlight key historical moments like the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Power Movement taught by veterans of Broadway and film The Billie Holiday Theatre in colla

With 'Stuypend,' a mobile app payment system, customers won't have to fulfill minimum credit card requirements and merchants won't get hit with hefty processing fees Photo credit: Business Insider Go shopping, support local businesses and save them s