Local Voices

2014. What a year! Nationally, there were a lot of cheers and an equal amount of jeers in the headlines. All in all, however, optimism won out, as we made it through the ups and downs, smarter, more aware and in many ways stronger than ever.

Guest Blogger Dr. Robert Gore In my first blog post , I talked about how to tell if you or someone you know has S.A.D. (Seasonal Affect Disorder) aka "Winter Blues.

This is a year-end reflection on just who is free to express exactly what. Artwork by Luba Lukova Two years ago, at Christmas-time, Sony Pictures also released a movie into a storm of controversy.

Harold King in his shop Flowergarden next to some of his beautiful houseplants. The most personal, unusual, quite the prettiest, best smelling shop on DeKalb Avenue is also one of the easiest to miss; but don't pass it by.

By Guest Blogger Verna Ademu-John, Program Manager, Partnership for Healthier Brooklyn at Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Since 2009, Dr.

Hello! So, very quickly, I will let you know why I have been AWOL. I had two art exhibits (yay) while I was going through a stressful situation with a landlord (oy!) I moved and my workload doubled at my job. So, okay, there you have it.

By Guest Blogger Dr. Robert Gore I was talking to a friend of mine and she was complaining about how she finally realized that summer was over.

Brooklyn residents from Fort Greene Peace and Brooklyn for Peace on the feeder march through Brooklyn.

By Karen Malpede "Do you have a deep faith in reason?" Jim Peck, the interviewer and former freedom rider, asked in 1987. [1] "I don't have faith in reason or in anything else.

Like it does at the end of each and every week, the weekend has arrived and feeling rather feisty! Perhaps you're going out of town this weekend or maybe you're already down in South Beach for Art Basel Miami...