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Where Brooklyn At? Fashion Week Brooklyn Highlights Hip-Hop Culture, Sustainability and the Metaverse

Where Brooklyn At? Fashion Week Brooklyn Highlights Hip-Hop Culture, Sustainability and the Metaverse

Designers, creatives and community institutions collaborate in a week-long celebration of fashion across the borough.
How Franklin Avenue's Amani Market Creates Retail Space for Fun, Fresh Black-Owned Brands

How Franklin Avenue's Amani Market Creates Retail Space for Fun, Fresh Black-Owned Brands

Brooklyn entrepreneur Nicole Mebane proves that trusting your gut is good for business.
BKR’s Totally Awesome Weekend Event Picks: 4/7 – 4/9

BKR’s Totally Awesome Weekend Event Picks: 4/7 – 4/9

Smorgasburg in Prospect Park, the Bed-Stuy Easter Parade, a roller skating party, the Crown Heights art walk and more Brooklyn weekend events.
Coping Through Crisis: A Look at the State of Brooklyn’s Black-Owned Restaurants, Pt. 1

Coping Through Crisis: A Look at the State of Brooklyn’s Black-Owned Restaurants, Pt. 1

This is the first in a two-part series on Brooklyn's Black-owned restaurants that are struggling to stay open amidst a new wave of pandemic challenges. 
Brooklyn Resident Carla Giarrusso, Overcomes Barriers to Create Exceptional Buildings

Brooklyn Resident Carla Giarrusso, Overcomes Barriers to Create Exceptional Buildings

In construction, women only make up around 11% of the workforce, but that never discouraged Giarrusso.
Inside REFORM Alliance: The NYC-Based Organization Changing Probation and Parole

Inside REFORM Alliance: The NYC-Based Organization Changing Probation and Parole

REFORM Alliance, a local organization that works to reform probation and parole laws in the country, hosted a well-attended job fair last month at Barclays Center.
BKR’s Totally Awesome Weekend Event Picks: 3/31 – 4/2

BKR’s Totally Awesome Weekend Event Picks: 3/31 – 4/2

A clothing swap, Smorgasburg, a children's Holi celebration, a cannabis cultivation workshop, dance parties and more Brooklyn weekend events.
BK Neurodiverse Theater Company Teams Up With Broadway Stars for Autism Awareness

BK Neurodiverse Theater Company Teams Up With Broadway Stars for Autism Awareness

The Fort Greene-based theater company EPIC Players will partner with Broadway stars to bring a neurodiverse cabaret performance to 54 Below
A Doggie Day Care in Bushwick Brings Employment Dreams to Life for Autistic Adults

A Doggie Day Care in Bushwick Brings Employment Dreams to Life for Autistic Adults

Pawsability is a non-profit dedicated to helping create a neurodiverse workforce, empowering autistic adults with real-life training in the pet care industry.
Three Years Post-Lockdown, Has Crowdfunding Saved Brooklyn’s Distressed Restaurants? Pt. 2

Three Years Post-Lockdown, Has Crowdfunding Saved Brooklyn’s Distressed Restaurants? Pt. 2

This is the second in a two-part series on the outcomes for restaurants in Brooklyn that turned to crowdfunding as a lifeline during COVID.