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MTA Hates Your Mother

New Yorkers can't agree on many things, but for sure we can come together on one thing-THE MTA FARE INCREASE. It's happening this weekend, and it should be making everyone angry! I mean, it's easy to be angry in New York.

Mar 20, 2015 4:31 PM Read more >

Bringing up Brownsville

LaShawn Allen-Muhammad, Deputy Executive Director for the Central Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation and the Brooklyn Director of the Long Island African-American Chamber of Commerce Photo: The Brooklyn Reader "Bedford-Stuyvesant is done," sai

Mar 20, 2015 3:34 PM Read more >

How Art Thou: Free Weekend Arts Workshops for Bklyn Youth, Led by Local Art Masters

Arts education in public schools may be seeing its final days, but a group of young local arts advocates are pushing back... and bringing the masters with them.

Mar 20, 2015 10:53 AM Read more >

Melanie Charles Performing Live On B-Side

If you haven't been checking out B-Side, the Thursday night, live music series down at BRIC House, which is located at 647 Fulton Street, in the downtown part of Fort Greene, then you're playing yourself.

Mar 19, 2015 9:59 AM Read more >

Albany Pols Introduce Bill that Gives Parents Option to Opt Kids Out of Common Core

In the five years since the introduction of Common Core standardized testing, a growing number of parents and teachers in the state have expressed concern around over-testing of children.

Mar 19, 2015 5:59 AM Read more >

Nefertite Nguvu on her Film 'In The Morning,' Almost-Love and No Regrets

Filmmaker and Director Nefertite Nguvu Photo: The Brooklyn Reader What a difference three years have made for Nefertite Nguvu.

Mar 18, 2015 4:06 PM Read more >

Common to Headline the 2015 Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival

The Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival , one of the longest running and largest hip hop cultural events in New York City, has announced its headliner for this year's festival-- Chicago-born MC Common.

Mar 18, 2015 12:15 PM Read more >

Comptroller Report: When Factoring in Daily Commute, New York City is Hardest-Working City in America

A new report released today by New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer found that, overall, New Yorkers are the hardest workers in America. For most New Yorkers, the news is no spoiler alert.

Mar 18, 2015 9:33 AM Read more >

Saying Adieu: Brooklyn Historical Society Hosts Special Farewell for Karen Brooks Hopkins and Arnold Lehman

On Thursday, March 24, Brooklyn Historical Society will hold a special farewell meeting and discussion for two culture leaders in Central Brooklyn who are retiring: Karen Brooks Hopkins , president of the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), where she ha

Mar 17, 2015 5:45 PM Read more >

Be a Happy Woman - Create a Happy World

Did you know that happiness is a choice and you can make up your mind to be happy today? Happiness is a moment to moment choice and with that choice it becomes your expression. Omg when a women is happy, it is the sweetest thing on the planet.

Mar 17, 2015 3:43 PM Read more >