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Youth Exhibit Interactive Installation Project Dealing With the Issue of Gentrification

DIVAS for Social Justice hosted the second annual STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Arts Math) Awards at Weeksville Heritage Center on August 15, 2014.

Bringing You Kirshnamurti and Billy Joe Shaver-- Weeks 26 & 27 of Year-Long Hand Lettering Project

This week's email is short on words and long on the art. Also a link to a video of the song by Billy Joe Shaver at the bottom. Have a beautiful week! Illustrated Hand Lettering By Harriet Faith.

...And I'm back...with Dorothy Parker

Illustrated Hand Lettering By Harriet Faith. Quote by Dorothy Parker Yes, I've been AWOL haven't I? Sorry. Won't bother you with the details. I hope you have been well! There are a few images backlogged and I will be slowly catching up.

Get Your Ukulele On

Come Tiptoe Through The Tulips and enjoy the music of the The Clinton Hill Ukulele Social Club as they are having a public ukulele jam session. When: Saturday, Aug.

New Food Co-op Planned For Bed-Stuy, North Crown Heights

Where in Central Brooklyn straddling Bedford-Stuyvesant and North Crown Heights would you like to see a new food co-op and what types of foods would you like to see being carried there? These were the types of questions organizers from the non-profit

The Bed-Stuy Gateway BID, Then and Now - Pt. 2

Following my interview with Joel Dabu , Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation's former Director of Commercial Revitalization for the Bed-Stuy Gateway BID, I sat down with Michael Lambert, the current executive director of the BID.

The Great Imitator

Our children are our greatest admirers. Give them something worth imitating.

The Bed-Stuy Gateway BID, Then and Now - Pt. 1

Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) are partnerships formed between property owners and commercial tenants within an area in an effort to support business development and improve the quality of life within a community.

Five Young Brooklynites "Do Right, Do Good," Win College Scholarships

Photo of DRDG Team & Scholars: Mohamed Kanu, Jickael Bazin, Jean Alerte, Tenzin Choekyi, Christian Hernandez, Robert Cornegy, Daniel Pottinger, Kareem Crump, Henri Smith, Sasha Hill, Frank Gateau, Jeff Wells Submitted by Guest Blogger Jean Alerte

An Interview with Soul Summit's DJ Sadiq

DJ Sadiq Photo: Jada Martin-Capers By Guest Contributor Jada Martin-Capers, age 14 DJ Sadiq was scheduled to be the first DJ to play at Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration's Tuesday music series, "Soul Summit." But with the rain, the event was canceled.