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#GetOrganizedBK is Hosting Civic Festival at Prospect Park

#GetOrganizedBK is a group of Brooklyn residents targeting issues such as climate change, cultural exchange and outreach, women's health, free press and racial justice photo credit:#GetOrganizedBK # GetOrganizedBK is hosting its Civic Festival on Tue

City Announces CreateNYC Initiative for Greater Cultural Equity and Access

Following months of public engagement with nearly 200,000 New Yorkers, CreateNYC aims to achieve greater cultural equity, inclusion and access photo credit: Department of Cultural Affairs On Wednesday, Mayor de Blasio, Cultural Affairs Commissioner T
Cumbo Receives Key Endorsement from BP Adams

Cumbo Receives Key Endorsement from BP Adams

Councilmember Cumbo, first elected in 2013, represents the 35th District including Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights, parts of Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights On Thursday, Councilmember Laurie A.
Where to Watch the Fireworks in Brooklyn

Where to Watch the Fireworks in Brooklyn

Now with its manicured rooftops, miles of beaches and expansive piers, Brooklyn offers a few options for where-to-watch the fireworks! Got fireworks? Brooklyn does! Brooklyn offers a growing selection of local destinations to view a beautiful firewor

Uni Project Reading Room Pops Up in Brownsville

Using custom-made mobile carts, the Uni Project creates pop up reading rooms to read, draw and explore.

Northside Festival 2017 Brings Music and Innovation to Brooklyn

Another successful year for the biggest block party of North Brooklyn! Northside Festival Main Stage at McCarren Park.
'Flatbush Misdemeanors' Web Series Gives a Lens into a More Realistic Brooklyn, Says Creators

'Flatbush Misdemeanors' Web Series Gives a Lens into a More Realistic Brooklyn, Says Creators

Co-writers of the web series, "Flatbush Misdemeanors," Dan Perlman and Kevin Iso.

At Brooklyn Museum, Disabled Residents Use Art to Define Home

Artist Zenalia Brown proudly shows off her work. How do you define home? For the past year, 14 residents living in the Institute for Community Living 's houses around New York have been trying to tackle this question through art.

Brooklyn’s First Transgender Firefighter Featured in Award-Winning Doc at BAM

Brooke Guinan was the subject of the documentary Woman on Fire, which will be showing at BAM on June 5. Life hasn't changed much for Brooke Guinan since the documentary Woman on Fire premiered at DOC NYC last November.

Upcoming Film Festival Gives Brooklynites a Cinematic View of Haitian Culture

Movie: The Empty Box, showing at the 4th Biennial Haiti Film Festival Back again for its 4 th biennial year is the Haitian Film Festival, hosted by Haiti Cultural Exchange .