Local Voices

Submitted by guest blogger, Jesse Hamilton IV, 11 yrs. old September 4, 2014 Dear Governor Cuomo, My name is Jesse Edward Hamilton the 4th, I am 11 years old and my father is an elected official in Brooklyn, New York.

I purged the words below in a stream of consciousness, in the morning, without neither a coffee or a wasted letter. It tasted like bile, yet it was joy inside my tears, because a worthy route out of darkness will follow the light; everyone's light.

Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation sees an important part of its mission to "improve the quality of life" for those in Central Brooklyn.

Colvin Grannum, president and CEO of Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation has been serving the Bedford-Stuyvesant community for nearly fifty years, providing Brooklynites with a variety of resources an

Hand-Lettered Art By Harriet Faith. Homage to Robin Williams This week's image is an homage to the late, great and greatly beloved Robin Williams.

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

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.

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.

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.

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