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Brooklyn Botanic Garden to Open Ancestral Ecologies Exhibition

Brooklyn Botanic Garden to Open Ancestral Ecologies Exhibition

“Ancestral Ecologies,” is an exhibition exploring Latinx and African diasporic relationships to land, ritual and spirituality can inform contemporary ecological thinking.
Free At-Home Reading Support Now Offered Across Brooklyn Libraries

Free At-Home Reading Support Now Offered Across Brooklyn Libraries

Brooklyn Public Library and The Reading Institute are offering free reading tools designed to help caregivers build early literacy skills using research-based activities.
Historic Bed-Stuy Mansion, Paul Robeson Theater Hits The Market For $8.25M

Historic Bed-Stuy Mansion, Paul Robeson Theater Hits The Market For $8.25M

Two historic Brooklyn properties once owned by pioneering physician Dr. Josephine English are on the market for $8.25 million amid preservation efforts and community interest.
Brooklyn Unscripted: Ilana Glazer

Brooklyn Unscripted: Ilana Glazer

Brooklyn Unscripted is a monthly series where Brooklynites unpack the serious — and not so serious — issues shaping the borough. This month we shine the spotlight on actress and comedian Ilana Glazer.
Explore Brooklyn's Historic Houses of Worship This May

Explore Brooklyn's Historic Houses of Worship This May

Four Brooklyn landmarks are part of the Sacred Sites Open House on May 16 and 17.
Brooklyn’s Debt Gala Blends Runway And Resistance

Brooklyn’s Debt Gala Blends Runway And Resistance

Back for its fourth year, the alternative to the Met Gala blends fashion, activism, and fundraising to eliminate medical debt and uplift Black trans communities.
Change at Lefferts Historic House In Brooklyn's Prospect Park to Continue

Change at Lefferts Historic House In Brooklyn's Prospect Park to Continue

In 2021, the Prospect Park Alliance launched the ReImagine Lefferts Initiative through a grant from the Mellon Foundation. The next phase, where details are still under wraps, will bring more exhibits and programs outdoors.
Coney Island Mermaid Parade Returns in June

Coney Island Mermaid Parade Returns in June

The Mermaid Parade, the unofficial kick-off to summer in New York City, will commence on the Brooklyn waterfront on June 20.
Brooklyn's Block Party Season Kicks Off in Clinton Hill

Brooklyn's Block Party Season Kicks Off in Clinton Hill

Despite the rain, father-son DJ Jo Vill and DJ Chill started Brooklyn's block party season with the 6th annual Saint James Joy in Clinton Hill.
Brooklyn Public Library Curates 250 Must-Read Titles

Brooklyn Public Library Curates 250 Must-Read Titles

The "250 for 250" is a handpicked, librarian-curated list of the 250 most notable books from 250 years of American history.