Local Voices

Are parents that berate their kids causing future damage? Today, even for old-school-at-heart parents, spankings, especially in public, are taboo.

Harriet Faith Week 9 Of A Year-Long Hand-Lettering Project By Harriet Faith.

Recently, we said goodbye to many BedStuy small businesses. And though some are gone, not all are lost. We still have many great gems such as Little Red Boutique on Lewis for great quality clothes and a great chat with owner, Josie.

And the winner Is I'm not a big movie person! There, I said it and I feel no ways about it.

This week, Living the Dream Larger than Life speaks to Dui Jarrod. Dui Jarrod is a film producer and director, known for Lesson Before Love (2011), My Angel (2008) and Nothing More, Nothing Less (2008).

Are vaccines causing more diseases than they cure? I had my immunization shots as a child, so I didn't think too much to have my own child immunized shortly after birth and at her following doctor's appointments.

At the beginning of 2014, I started a weekly, year-long hand-lettering project. The name of the project is "Pay Attention To Your Dreams," and that was also the name of the first piece I illustrated.

As a small business owner in Central Brooklyn, failure is always on my mind. I can never get it out, it is always there. Like a first-time parent, I constantly worry.

DIVAS for Social Justice and The Awake Youth Project @ Brooklyn Zen Center and Central Brooklyn Organizing for Action have launched a website to recognize youth who have been lost to gun violence.

VALENTINE'S DAY INVASION Neither Polar Vortex, Sochi Olympics or NY Fashion Week can stop it, so it's coming whether you like it or not and this year it coincides with the Presidents Day weekend, which means an extra day to make the magic last.