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Super Foodtown Celebrates Store's Grand Reopening

Super Foodtown Bed-Stuy Owner Noah Katz (center) holds ribbon-cutting for store's grand reopening with (l to r) Gov.

Kelis at Restoration: Her Book, Her Loves and Her Life (Bounty and Full)!

Recording artist Kelis paid a visit to Bed-Stuy's Restoration Plaza Wednesday night for a signing of her new cookbook, " My Life on a Plate .

Bed-Stuy Restoration Chief Colvin Grannum Named a Trustee of Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colvin Grannum, president and chief executive officer of the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, recently was named a board trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently has elected Colvin W.

Three Brooklynites Chosen to Receive 2015 MacArthur 'Genius Grants'

(l to r): 2015 MacArthur Fellows Mimi Lien, Ben Lerner, Michelle Dorrance The John D. and Catherine T.

Infant Mortality Addressed at Healing Circle, Meeting in Brownsville

September is Infant Mortality Awareness Month. What is classified as infant mortality? According to the Center for Diseases Control, infant mortality is the death of a baby before his or her first birthday.

Goodbye Summer, It Was Real

Unlike other seasons that can drag on like a M Night Shyamalan flick, the summer often feels shorter than celebrity dresses on the red carpet. September sucks, as it brings the end of our fun season and is the bearer of bad news.

Video: Let's Bike, Bed-Stuy!

Citi Bike Ambassadors Tracey Capers, Joanna Lee Jacobs and Dani Simons Dozens of wheels were in motion this past Saturday at Marcy Playground, as Bed-Stuy residents celebrated the expansion of 26 new Citi Bike stations in the neighborhood.

Blood Moon in Brooklyn!

Photo: The Brooklyn Reader On Sunday, September 27, at around 10:00pm, Brooklynites were treated to a rare and special lunar surprise! A Super Full Moon made its appearance, beginning at around 8:10pm.
Frank Morrison: Inside the Mind of a Children's Book Illustrator

Frank Morrison: Inside the Mind of a Children's Book Illustrator

Who would have guessed that illustrating a children's book could be a painstaking process? I, for one, had always assumed that illustrators were granted creative freedom-- not only to choose the parts of the book they wanted to draw, but also draw th
You're Invited: Community Presentation on 2 Rezoning Proposals Affecting Fort Greene/Clinton Hill Residents

You're Invited: Community Presentation on 2 Rezoning Proposals Affecting Fort Greene/Clinton Hill Residents

YOU'RE INVITED The New York City Department of City Planning and City Councilmember Laurie Cumbo are inviting Fort Greene/Clinton Hill residents out to an informational presentation regarding to major rezoning proposals that will affect area resident