Lifestyle & Culture

After more than a decade, Myrtle Avenue Plaza is open and ready to serve the Clinton Hill community with free fitness programs, kids events and music performances.

The Brooklyn Book Festival, NYC's largest free literary event, returns on the weekend of September 15! Photo courtesy Brooklyn Book Festival The Brooklyn Book Festival Literary Council celebrated the annual launch of the Brooklyn Book Festival ( BKBF

The mix-media video projection by Maksaens Denis presents a counterpoint to the negativity often directed at members of the LGBTQ community, focusing on love instead.

Participants and spectators alike did not hide their pride and showed love the Brooklyn way at this year's Brooklyn Pride Parade

How much has the proliferation of the street art in Bushwick played a role in the acceleration of the neighborhood's gentrification? Hotel RL in Bushwick displays the blending of art and commerce.

Kenny Leon has garnered numerous accolades for his Broadway hits including Fences, Holler If Ya' Hear Me and A Raisin in the Sun. Photo credit: EURweb.

BP Adams is throwing a reception to honor LGBTQ New Yorkers including Aja of RuPaul's Drag Race, journalist Charles Blow and activist Abby Stein.

Go Green! Brooklyn is dedicated to informing Brooklynites about sustainable living in the borough, and how they can get involved. Go Green! Brooklyn Festival.

A graduate of Benjamin Banneker Academy for Community Development in Clinton Hill, Ashanna Morris plans to pursue a career in journalism to become the editor of a major magazine. Ashanna Morris graduated summa cum laude with a 3.

DanceAfrica 2018 celebrates the rich culture and history of South Africa with dance performances, workshops, visual arts, the FilmAfrica festival and, of course, the beloved DanceAfrica Bazaar.