Local Voices

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 [email protected] .

" 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.

Alex Tavis as the fossil fuel industry mogul Frank, being fired upon by George Bartenieff as Uncle, an environmentalist, and Kathleen Purcell as Annie: "The wind turbine works!" in "Extreme Whether" Photo: Beatriz Schiller By Guest Blogger, Karen Mal

Me in the kitchen with my dogs as puppies Photo: Rod Morrison By guest blogger Karen Malpede After nearly 24 years as good tenants, sometimes even friends, our landlady has chosen to take us to housing court in order to evict us from the Clinton Hill