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A Night of Fashion and Black Dandies at the Brooklyn Museum

photo credit: Shantrelle P. Lewis In honor of Shantrelle P.
Photos: The Community Honors 'Baba Chuck'

Photos: The Community Honors 'Baba Chuck'

Scenes from a video tribute to Baba Chuck Davis On Sunday inside of the BAM Gilman Opera House, the community gathered to pay loving tribute to one of the community's most beloved leaders of African arts and Culture: Baba Chuck Davis who passed away

Social Entrepreneur Mawuli Hormeku Runs for City Council in East New York

Statistically superlative in terms of homicide rates and failing schools, Brownsville needs to kick its bad rap - and the key is to increase home ownership, says Mawuli Hormeku who is running for a City Council seat for District 42 against incumbent

Brownsville Fresh Food Box Program Returns in June

photo credit: amny.com A lot is changing in Brownsville and East New York: new housing, new retail and dozens of renovation projects afoot. And - the Brownsville Fresh Food Box program is just around the corner, starting its third season in June.

African Dance Community Shaken as Chuck Davis, a Beloved Icon, Passes Away

photo credit: bam.org Chuck Davis, the highly esteemed founder of the African American Dance Ensemble , has died at age 80. The ensemble announced his passing on its Facebook page on Sunday, May 14.

NYCHA Farms Bring Fresh Produce To Residents

Red Hook Community Farm. Photo credit: inhabitat.com. Recently, I read in Valerie Imbruce's From Farm to Canal Street about the difficulty to find bok choy, a common Asian green, outside of Chinatown.
Clinton Hill Icon 'Five Spot' Restaurant Closed due to Seizure by City

Clinton Hill Icon 'Five Spot' Restaurant Closed due to Seizure by City

Photo by Myrtleavenue.org Clinton Hill restaurant and entertainment hub Five Spot has been closed for the last week.
In Latest Production, Truthworker Theatre Explores the oft Untold Stories of 'Life After Prison'

In Latest Production, Truthworker Theatre Explores the oft Untold Stories of 'Life After Prison'

It can be painful; it can be hard to look at. It can be beautifully human. Truthworker Theatre Company 's latest production RE:VISION | A State of Emergence will move you the whole way through, says the company's founder Samara Gaev.
NYC Creates 'Jail to Job' Program for Released Inmates

NYC Creates 'Jail to Job' Program for Released Inmates

Mayor Bill de Blasio plans a new "jail to job" initiative that will provide all Rikers inmates serving sentences of a year or less with short-term employment after their release, the Associated Press reports.

Community Raises Money for Bedford Stuyvesant Mosque Damaged by Fire

photo credit: lauchgood.com The fire that destroyed a Bedford Stuyvesant mosque and deli on Saturday, April 22, 2017, is currently under investigation by the New York Fire Department.