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Noel Pointer Music Foundation Releases Fall Class Schedule, Announces Open House

For over 20 years, the Noel Pointer Foundation has offered city-wide string music instruction and served over 30,000 students Photo credit: Noel Pointer Foundation Gearing up for another inspiring season of music education, the Noel Pointer Foundatio

Clinton Hill Street Milling Scheduled to Begin Wednesday

The street milling of parts of Willoughby Avenue and Clermont Avenue is scheduled from Wednesday, August 16 to Friday, August 18 photo credit: Telstar Logistics The Department of Transportation (DOT ) has planned the milling of selected streets in Cl

Upcoming Photo Exhibit at Bed Stuy Gallery Explores Changing Identities of Black America

Shawn Theodore's 'Church of Broken Pieces' presents concepts of race, spirituality, patriarchy, matriarchy and class structure within disappearing Black communities "Off Kilter.

Brooklyn Artist Jeff Rothberg 'Sits with Kaepernick'

Artist Jeff Rothberg does not shy away from controversial topics and uses a variety of mediums to express his art photo credit: WNYC Brooklyn artist Jeff Rothberg is best known for his digital and fine art work.
It's Still Summer... So Get Your Life This Weekend!

It's Still Summer... So Get Your Life This Weekend!

Your Weekend events roundup includes a rooftop cookout, a women garden party, beer, wine, felines and more! The back-to-school commercials have officially begun, signaling the end of summer and the pending arrival of fall.

No Diggity! Blackstreet Brings 'Love in the '90s' Tour to Kings Theatre

Blackstreet will be joined by the who-is-who of '90s R&B including Dave Hollister, Total, Case, RL of Next, Syleena Johnson and Soul For Real Ladies - and gentlemen - iconic R&B group Blackstreet is bringing their 'Love in the '90s' tour to t

Ta-Nehisi Coates Comes to Flatbush's Kings Theatre

Ta-Nehisi Coates presents 'We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy,' in conversation with Jeffrey Goldberg photo credit: Gabriella Demzuk Ta-Nehisi Coates, national correspondent at The Atlantic and author of #1 New York Times bestseller "

NYPD ShotSpotter Program Expanding to Fort Greene

ShotSpotter is a technology that picks up on the sound of gunfire and alerts police to it photo credit: NYPD By the end of the summer, the NYPD is expanding its ShotSpotter program to Fort Greene and Washington Heights reports amny.com .
Certain Antibiotics May Increase Risk of Birth Defects

Certain Antibiotics May Increase Risk of Birth Defects

A large study published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology found that certain antibiotics taken during pregnancy may increase the risk for birth defects.

Celebrate Children's Health Day with a 'Back to School Carnival' in East New York

Children's Health Day is part of National Health Center Week, highlighting the mission and services of community health centers around the country To celebrate Children's Health Day, HealthCare Choices (HCC), a Brooklyn based health center, will host