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In just 12 short years, Afropunk now is experiencing the problem of growing pains Photo: Dante Bowen for BK Reader Who isn't proud of the success of AfroPunk? In just 12 short years since its founding in 2005, the festival has grown to become a globa

Afropunk is, perhaps, the one "safe space" where black people can gather annually en masse to express their gloriously diverse, true punk selves Photo: Dante Bowen for BK Reader By Ghazala Irshad Afropunk has never been your typical music festival.

The emergency town hall was held in response to protests which have been erupting since news broke that Summerhill advertised cocktails in front of fake bullet holes photo credit: Gothamist District Leader Geoffrey Davis held an "emergency town hall

The Billie Holiday Theatre's inaugural season reflects on the past into the future, exploring notions of sisterhood, family ties, love and loneliness, domestic terrorism against Blacks in the US, and colorism.

Associate Curator Aysin Yoltar-Yildirim will contribute to the reinstallation of the Arts of the Middle East galleries; Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art Ashley James will be taking the lead on the upcoming exhibition 'Soul of a Nation: Art in th

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A group of residents from Brooklyn's Community Board 2 has staged yet another gentrifiers' insurrection, against the incumbent Black culture of brownstone Brooklyn, with a last-minute attack against Afropunk.

The comprehensive package, consisting of eleven bills to expand tenant protection, is a joint effort of the STS Coalition and the City Council's Progressive Caucus photo credit: BK Reader On Wednesday, the City Council passed a comprehensive legislat

This Year's Wine and Food Festival will be held on Saturday, September 16, in the redesigned courtyard of Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Plaza

ArtBuilt Brooklyn's project will provide affordable long-term leases to around 50 individual artists photo credit: nycedc.