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Rachel Lindy Baron

Rachel Lindy Baron

Rachel is a reporter for Bklyner and recent Brooklyn transplant who is a bit obsessed with food.
Mar
26
BAM Guest Curator Hanif Abdurraqib Releases Essay Collection on Black Performance

BAM Guest Curator Hanif Abdurraqib Releases Essay Collection on Black Performance

Hanif Abdurraqib. Photo credit: Megan Leigh Barnard. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In his new essay collection, ‘A Little Devil in America: Notes in
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Mar
12
‘White People. DOING Something’ Wants You to Have the Hard Conversations

‘White People. DOING Something’ Wants You to Have the Hard Conversations

Unite NY Rally on Juneteenth 2020. (Photo: Adrian Childress/Bklyner)When Brooklyn couple Aja Davis and Molly Ola Pinney read
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Mar
03
Brooklyn Nurses Honored With NYC Health + Hospitals Awards

Brooklyn Nurses Honored With NYC Health + Hospitals Awards

Megan Alyssa Leyesa with nursing staff. Courtesy of NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island.The pandemic has added a new layer
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Feb
11
BKLYN Fashion Academy Graduates Debut Their Looks In Virtual Fashion Show 

BKLYN Fashion Academy Graduates Debut Their Looks In Virtual Fashion Show 

Dominus Sowell working at home. Courtesy of Dominus Sowell.Tomorrow, the soon-to-be graduates of Brooklyn Public Library’s BKLYN Fashion
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Feb
04
Brooklyn Teacher Receives Award for Literacy Education

Brooklyn Teacher Receives Award for Literacy Education

Rebecca Quiñones. Courtesy of ILA.Rebecca Quiñones, a second-grade dual-language Spanish teacher at Ditmas Park’s P.S. 139, has
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Jan
27
BLM Mural: Capturing A Crucial Moment In Bed-Stuy History 

BLM Mural: Capturing A Crucial Moment In Bed-Stuy History 

Last June, right after the paint had dried on the giant new D.C. mural sporting the words ‘Black Lives
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Jan
08
A New City Point Residency Gives Aerialists and Acrobats A Chance

A New City Point Residency Gives Aerialists and Acrobats A Chance

For aerialists like Kyla Ernst-Alper [https://www.kylaernstalper.com/], life during the pandemic has felt pretty precarious. Kyla Ernst-Alper performing
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Dec
29
RIP Baba Inde: Court Street Loses a Beloved Friend and Neighbor

RIP Baba Inde: Court Street Loses a Beloved Friend and Neighbor

Anyone used to passing by the Court Street Trader Joe’s, where these days an interminable line of customers often
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Dec
18
After A Year of Chaos, Pioneer Works Residency Promises Artists Some Stability

After A Year of Chaos, Pioneer Works Residency Promises Artists Some Stability

Left: painting by Alvin Armstrong. Right: installation by Azzah Sultan. Courtesy of Pioneer Works.Artist-run cultural space Pioneer Works [https:
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Dec
16
For Last-Minute Gift Shopping, Buy Local

For Last-Minute Gift Shopping, Buy Local

Hanukkah is almost over, and with Christmas a little less than two weeks away, it’s time to get your
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