When COVID-19 hit the city, the founders of Collective Fare, an education and catering company in Brownsville, knew that something...
DanceAfrica is Back For Its 43rd Year – And It’s All Virtual
BAM’s beloved DanceAfrica – a typically weekend-long festival celebrating dance traditions from Africa and the African diaspora – is...
DEC Blocks Williams Pipeline Project
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced on Friday, May 15, their denial of the required Clean...
Assembly Line At 570 Westminster Road: Neighbors Have Made over 1,500 Masks For Essential Workers
Residents of the 570 Westminster Road co-op in Ditmas Park are a force to be reckoned with. When the...
BAM Honors Cate Blanchett and Zadie Smith in First-Ever Virtual Gala
Tomorrow, BAM will honor acclaimed actor, director, and humanitarian Cate Blanchett, renowned author and part-time New York resident Zadie Smith,...
Helping War Efforts Through Design: Pratt Institute
Today marks the 75th anniversary of VE (Victory in Europe) Day, the end of WWII in Europe. And, while we...
For Last-Minute Mother’s Day Gifts, Turn To Your Local Businesses
You forgot Mother’s Day. It’s fine – there’s a lot to worry about right now. Happily, however, we live in...
Pandemic Was The Final Straw: Greenpoint Store Flying Squirrel Closes Its Doors After 17 Years
Kate Schmitz, an artist and the owner of Greenpoint’s Flying Squirrel, was hopeful to be finally, after 17 years, turning...
A Rainbow Connects Brooklyn to the World
What may be the world’s purest movement – thousands of rainbows, drawn by hand and hung in windows for children...
Off Their Plate is Helping Provide a Hot Meal — And A Paycheck — To Those On The Front Line
Off Their Plate is working to ease the overwhelming burden placed on both restaurant and hospital workers by the coronavirus...
Solidarity, Not Charity – Flatbush United Mutual Aid
New mutual aid groups, grassroots organizations that operate on the idea that communities can and should care for one another...
Hiring Begins for New, Non-Medical Jobs At Public Hospitals
NYC Health + Hospitals, the city’s public hospital network, is currently hiring 500 non-clinical staff members to assist with patient...
New COVID-19 Testing Center for Healthcare Workers Opens in Brooklyn
A new COVID-19 testing site for healthcare and essential workers opened today at Medgar Evers College. Mayor de Blasio announced...
During COVID-19, Internet is a Blessing – Unless You Need Verizon
Over the past month, internet access has helped New Yorkers maintain a vague semblance of the life we had before...
Surviving COVID-19 With Puppets
Equal parts informative, and entertaining, Cow and COVID19: Don’t Lose Your Sh*t! YouTube series consists of seven two- to three-minute...