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LaShawn Allen-Muhammad, Deputy Executive Director for the Central Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation and the Brooklyn Director of the Long Island African-American Chamber of Commerce Photo: The Brooklyn Reader "Bedford-Stuyvesant is done," sai

Arts education in public schools may be seeing its final days, but a group of young local arts advocates are pushing back... and bringing the masters with them.

If you haven't been checking out B-Side, the Thursday night, live music series down at BRIC House, which is located at 647 Fulton Street, in the downtown part of Fort Greene, then you're playing yourself.

Filmmaker and Director Nefertite Nguvu Photo: The Brooklyn Reader What a difference three years have made for Nefertite Nguvu.

State Senator Jesse Hamilton By: State Senator Jesse Hamilton With the passage of a ballot measure allowing for electronic distribution of bills to legislators, the people of New York State took an important step towards bringing the legislature into

Attention Clinton Hill Residents: A second town hall meeting has been planned around the closing of the Key Food Grocery on Lafayette Ave and Grand avenues.

The 300 Halsey Street Block Association in Bed-Stuy turns 74 yrs old this month, and to celebrate this milestone occasion, it will hold a commemorative gathering with a special citation presented by City Councilmember Robert Cornegy.

1153 President Street On Thursday, a 15-year-old boy fell to his death in Crown Heights, reported 71st Pct. police.

By Jill Katz, Sudden Infant and Child Death Resource Center Sleep-related infant death is preventable. Most involve suffocation combined with an unsafe sleep condition.

Photo: Kate Hess Baba Israel, purveyor of a unique soul-inspired poetic Hip-Hop, is in residence at BRIC, along with his group, Soul Inscribed, until next January when they will premiere the full-length music-theater piece "The Spinning Wheel" they a