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City Councilmember Laurie Cumbo (far right) joins library patrons, staff and community members for a celebration of the branch's beautification efforts Photo: Brooklyn Public Library, Clinton Hill branch On Tuesday, City Councilmember Laurie A.

The BAM R&B Festival, part of the Summer@Metrotech summer series Summer@MetroTech has returned with a season-long festival of free music, movies, activities and televised sporting events in Downtown Brooklyn's MetroTech Commons.

The 2015 Impact Award Winners; pictured 3rd from right, Cecilia Clarke, Brooklyn Community President and CEO The Crown Heights-based Brooklyn Community Foundation was honored on Tuesday with the 2015 Impact Award in the category of Grantmaking Public

Rae Holliday By Lauren A. Sylvester , Journalism Student, Medgar Evers College His mother suffered from alcoholism, and his father died of AIDS.

So…you might be like: Oh wow! Substance abuse and addiction is associated with impaired impulse control?! Tell me something I don't already know! It's true. It seems pretty no brainer (pardon the pun).

Balé Folclórico da Bahia - Photo Credit Courtesy of Balé Folclórico da Bahia Now in its 38th year, DanceAfrica-- the nation's largest festival dedicated to African dance-- galvanized by the vision of Artistic Director "Baba" Chuck Davis, unites dance

Frida Kahlo in her garden On Saturday, May 16, the exhibit "Frida Kahlo-- Art, Garden, Life" opened at the New York Botanic Gardens .

On Thursday, presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton posted a video to her Facebook page about her excitement around setting up campaign digs in Brooklyn! What is rather peculiar, noted writer Collier Meyerson for fusion.

Foreground - Nicholas Park, Jack Mosbacher, Ally Bonino Backgroud - Jason Pinta], Joanna Carpenter, Anne Wechsler, Kevin Ray Johnson, Joseph Bowen, Luke Hoback, Matt Welsh, Jay Paranada Photo: Michael Dekker THE ART OF SEEING, By Michael Milton, Arts

HAVE YOU BEEN WANTING TO WORK OUT IN THE MORNING AND YOU JUST CAN'T SEEM TO GET OUT OF BED? DO YOU WAKE UP AND RENEGOTIATE YOUR PROMISE TO EXERCISE, TURN OVER IN BED AND SAY @#$@ IT, OR DO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING THINGS: GET UP AND GO WORKOUT PULL THE B