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Arts & Culture

Aug
20
A Mural For Kids: “Bloom Where You’re Planted”

A Mural For Kids: “Bloom Where You’re Planted”

Volunteers working on the octopus mural at P.S. 54 in 2019. Courtesy of Lauren Cawdrey.Two years ago, on
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Aug
14
Comedians On Call, Laughter On The Line – Lifting Spirits One Phone Call At A Time

Comedians On Call, Laughter On The Line – Lifting Spirits One Phone Call At A Time

Rosalyn Marhatta has been enduring the Coronavirus lockdown while cooped up in her Greensboro, N.C., home with her sister
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Aug
14
How One Child’s Artwork Brought Hope to a Devastated Brooklyn Business

How One Child’s Artwork Brought Hope to a Devastated Brooklyn Business

Bradberry in Boro Park, Aziza MirtalipovaBy Aziza Mirtalipova, employee at Breadberry When the ceiling came down in the Breadberry supermarket
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Aug
07
After Five Months Without, Brooklyn Welcomes Back Live Comedy

After Five Months Without, Brooklyn Welcomes Back Live Comedy

Caption: Comedian Derek Gaines (@thegreatboy) performs at a recent @takeitoutsidecomedy show in Bed Stuy. Photo courtesy of JT Anderson (@jtcanshoot)
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Jul
15
Greenpoint Film Festival Returns with Drive-In Movie Experience

Greenpoint Film Festival Returns with Drive-In Movie Experience

Welcome to Greenpoint mural. Courtesy of Sicily Publicity.Indie film-lovers needn’t panic; the Greenpoint Film Festival [https://greenpointfilmfestival.org/
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Jul
08
How an Angela Davis Quote Wound Up at the Barclays Center Subway Entrance

How an Angela Davis Quote Wound Up at the Barclays Center Subway Entrance

Angela Davis Quote at Barclays Center. Norman Oder/BklynerOn June 7, the tenth day of protests that coalesced around the
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Jul
06
Essential Workers, Neighbors, Life In Brooklyn – Reflected In Two New Murals in Williamsburg

Essential Workers, Neighbors, Life In Brooklyn – Reflected In Two New Murals in Williamsburg

Portrait of Mayo Orozco by artist Nadia Westcott. Courtesy of Joe Matunis.Two new murals in Williamsburg – one at the
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Jun
26
Pop-Up Lefferts Celebrates Caribbean American Heritage Month – Virtually

Pop-Up Lefferts Celebrates Caribbean American Heritage Month – Virtually

Lefferts Historic House is closed for renovations. BklynerWhile the Lefferts Historic House is undergoing renovations, its programming is moving online,
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Jun
26
Calling Artists: $600,000 Grant To Beautify Downtown Brooklyn With Public Art

Calling Artists: $600,000 Grant To Beautify Downtown Brooklyn With Public Art

Connecting Downtown Brooklyn to the surrounding communities, making it more open, greener, more part of the rest of the city
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Jun
19
Make Music New York This Sunday To Help Heal The City

Make Music New York This Sunday To Help Heal The City

Make Music New York [https://makemusicny.org/], the annual music festival that brings free live performances to public spaces across
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