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Hand-Lettered Art By Harriet Faith - Week 34 Of Year Long Hand Lettering Project - Quote By Marilyn Monroe Please enjoy this absolutely adorable quote from the adorable Marilyn Monroe: "We are all stars and we deserve to twinkle!" I had never heard t

By Guest Blogger Darlene Boston I was shocked this week to read the news that parents and community leaders are being shut out of the effort to turn around Boys & Girls High School.

Dominga Martin, Filmmaker, Producer of "Diary of a Reel Girl" Truth be told, right now, Dominga Martin is living out of her suitcase between the cities of Los Angeles and Bed-Stuy. Her home base is Brooklyn.

By Guest Blogger Lorenzo Steele The following are more images I have taken surrounding my photo exhibit, "Behind These Prison Walls." You can read my story here . For more information on "Behind These Prison Walls," contact Lorenzosteele2@yahoo.com .

" Going natural " or ceasing to relax my hair was probably the biggest and most difficult decision I had to make as an eighteen-year-old. It was tough because simply put, I did care what my friends and family had to say about my new look.

There are parts of the past that we love to dwell on and sometimes wallow in. The present is where life exists; it's what is happening now and is alive. The future is what we pray, hope and desire to live into and get to.

A letter from Cecilia Clarke, president and CEO of Brooklyn Community Foundation Brooklyn Community Foundation President & CEO Cecilia Clarke, September 2013 Dear Friends: It has been a little over a year since I joined Brooklyn Community Foundat

The following is the 4th in a series on "Landlords, Eviction and Gentrification:" Making a Killing in Clinton Hill By Guest blogger Karen Malpede Walter Rappelyea Davies -- 280 Washington's second owner; the house was originally built by a Pfizer, of

By Guest Blogger Linda Cousins-Newton, "The Brooklyn Storyteller" A storyteller, writer, artist tends to see a story, beauty, history just about everywhere.

By Guest Blogger Linda Cousins-Newton, "The Brooklyn Storyteller" As a long-time Brooklyn-based ancestral storyteller and writer, I enjoy, relish and grow from the adventures and lessons of life.