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Apr
05
Public Art: Breathing Pavilion Features Weekly Live Music Series In Downtown Brooklyn

Public Art: Breathing Pavilion Features Weekly Live Music Series In Downtown Brooklyn

Melanie Charles performing at the Breathing Pavilion. (Image: Argenis Apollinario/Downtown Brooklyn Partnership)The normally bustling plaza at 300 Ashland
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Apr
02
Socially Distant Blues

Socially Distant Blues

My fridge is full, pantry too So, why do I still feel empty inside? I’m physically distant but digitally
1 min read
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
25
Open Culture Program Brings Live Events to Brooklyn Streets

Open Culture Program Brings Live Events to Brooklyn Streets

Performers at Dock Street between Front Street and Water Street, Brooklyn. Photo by Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.This Spring,
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Mar
19
Brooklyn Galleries Struggle And Reinvent What It Means To Share Art

Brooklyn Galleries Struggle And Reinvent What It Means To Share Art

Outside La Bodega (Photo by Miguel Ayuso)La Bodega [https://www.labodegastudios.com/] on the edge of Sunset Park wasn’
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Mar
19
Skelly! On Smartphone Or Skelly IRL?

Skelly! On Smartphone Or Skelly IRL?

Skelly [https://eightygames.wordpress.com/2015/06/21/skelly-a-new-york-street-game/comment-page-1/] , a popular children’s street game, is making a comeback
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Mar
19
Arrivals & Departures At Brooklyn Borough Hall

Arrivals & Departures At Brooklyn Borough Hall

Arrivals and Departures. Rayna Iwamoto/BklynerA new interactive art installation in front of Brooklyn Borough Hall pays tribute to people
3 min read
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
09
What’s The Latest in The Brooklyn Music Scene? One Artist Explores an Unconventional Sound

What’s The Latest in The Brooklyn Music Scene? One Artist Explores an Unconventional Sound

Adam Holmes playing in his music studio. Cai Pigliucci | BklynerAfter many years of trial and error, in his latest EP,
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Mar
05
Pandemusic Concerts Offer Musicians A Payday—and a Chance to Reconnect

Pandemusic Concerts Offer Musicians A Payday—and a Chance to Reconnect

Emily Braden [https://emilybraden.com/] performing at a Pandemusic event in October. (Image: Josue Caceres)When the coronavirus pandemic overtook
4 min read