Lifestyle & Culture

Sweet potato goodness! Photo credit: The Nourished Seedling Cornbread is a favorite for most feasts - how could a sweet potato cornbread not be a hit for your next holiday dinner? This recipe can easily be made vegan as no eggs are needed.

Latke Lovers around the city came out to celebrate the creative interpretations of the potato pancake! Winners of the 9th Annual Latke Festival In what is becoming a Brooklyn tradition, the New York City catering company, Great Performances, hosted t

Drink and be merry during the second annual Kwanzaa Crawl in support of black-owned bars in Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, Clinton Hill and Fort Greene Photo credit: Soul Society 101 Kwanzaa Crawl, a Kwanzaa-celebrating bar crawl, returns

As executive director of the Center for Black Literature, Dr. Greene has consistently pursued her passion for expanding and enriching the public's knowledge and appreciation for the value of Black and African diaspora literature Dr. Brenda M.

Fort Greene residents celebrated in 2016 when they won $10.5 million to upgrade their neighborhood park—but now residents question the direction of the proposed rehabilitation.

The city will finance the acquisition of cluster sites by locally-based not-for-profit developers requiring them to convert the sites into affordable housing for homeless and low-income families, creating more than 1,100 affordable units Photo credit

The 'No Gun No Smoke School Tour,' a hip-hop music tour that launched in 2004, has morphed into an established nonprofit that offers workshops, mentorship and afterschool programs

The suspect was identified as Akayed Ullah, a resident of the Flatlands, allegedly inspired by the Islamic State; direct ties to the terror organization have not been established Photo credit: NY Daily News A Brooklyn resident of Bangladeshi origin i

The funds will go toward creating 80 units of emergency and permanent housing for homeless families and individuals, as well 46 units of affordable housing for low-income residents Breaking Ground's "The Hegeman" in East New York.

This year, Restoration is celebrating its 50th anniversary-- five decades of providing the community arts and culture programming, business development, housing assistance, financial empowerment and so much more! Photo: BSRC Nestled between New York