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Kids and their parents at Hootenanny Art House. (Photo Credit: Steve Curtis) Wife/husband partnership Kira Smith and Pete Sinjin [/punk-rock-roots-pete-seeger-whole-family-pete-sinjin-hootenanny-art-house-celebrate-new-album-southslope/] typically have a packed day of classes and teaching on Wednesday mornings at Hootenanny
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(Photo by Carly Miller / Fort Greene Focus)The organization Jews for Racial and Economic Justice [http://jfrej.org/] (JFREJ) held a peaceful rally and march on Thursday, July 28 [/blog/politics/tonight-jews-for-black-lives-action-vigil-to-call-for-police-reform/] , to protest police violence against people of
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Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams stand with police and religious leaders to pray for shooting victims in Grand Army Plaza. (Elizabeth Elizalde / Sunset Park Voice)People of different faiths held hands in prayer to honor victims of last week’s Louisiana, Minnesota, and Dallas
Arts & Culture
Photo by Heather Chin/Fort Greene Focus.Below you’ll find information on events through the week in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Check back Thursday to see what’s scheduled this weekend! Submit your event listing to our BROOKLYN-WIDE CALENDAR. MONDAY JULY 11 (Courtesy Gabriella Mann)Mindful Mondays
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Spike Lee attended the march (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox)Children and their parents gathered in Fort Greene Park to mourn the recent violence taking place across the country while also discussing a path forward. A large crowd met at 10am by the Prison Ship Martyr’s Monument [/?s=
Announcements
(Photo: L.C. Nøttaasen [https://www.flickr.com/photos/magnera/3984413077/] / Flickr)By Elizabeth Elizalde In the wake of last week’s nationwide violence, Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams, community members, and law enforcement, will hold a candlelight vigil to honor the Lousiana, Minnesota, and Dallas shooting victims on
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Black Lives Matters demonstrators in Union Square, New York City. (Courtesy: Instagram / mbc.hiroots [https://www.instagram.com/p/BHsr3MuDkg1/?tagged=blacklivesmatternyc])In the wake of last week’s nationwide violence, Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams, community members, and law enforcement, will hold a candlelight vigil to honor the
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Black Lives Matters demonstrators in Union Square, New York City. (Courtesy: Instagram / mbc.hiroots [https://www.instagram.com/p/BHsr3MuDkg1/?tagged=blacklivesmatternyc])In the wake of last week’s nationwide violence, Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams, community members, and law enforcement, will hold a candlelight vigil to honor the
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Photo by Mitchell J. Silver.A group of local kids and their parents will be leading a Sunday morning peace march in the aftermath of the deaths of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile and five police officers in Dallas. The march is scheduled for 10 am tomorrow, July 10, at the
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Photo via Chuck NwokeNeighbor Chuck Nwoke published an essay in Salon [http://www.salon.com/2015/12/05/did_my_black_life_matter_when_i_was_roughed_up_in_front_of_my_house_i_was_surprised_by_who_helped_and_who_didnt/] over the weekend exploring race relations in the