Dec. 7, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
On a warm Tuesday morning in August, Joanne D’Auria and her team of volunteers greeted a parade of visitors in the Children’s Garden at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Their guests were not kids — though there were children busily tending to the garden that morning – but mostly seniors.
Dec. 7, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
An upcoming art exhibition in Red Hook will show illustrations of some of Brooklyn’s most popular watering holes through the perspectives of two different artists — Bill Roundy, a former Brooklyn Paper comic — and John Tebeau, illustrator of the book “Bars, Taverns and Dives New Yorkers Love.”
Dec. 5, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith
A new theater will be opening its doors this week in the venue where The Black Lady Theatre formerly operated on Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights. The Crown Hill Theater, which will officially open with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Dec. 5, is the creation of Paul Tulloch, the founder of the Fort Greene Fest.
Nov. 30, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
A popular traveling circus is getting ready to set up their big top in Brooklyn for the first time ever.
Nov. 28, 2023 By Mandie-Beth Chau
Mecca McDonald and Mia Dunn are passionate about ending plastic waste and looking good while doing it — which inspired the creative entrepreneurs to create their bioplastic jewelry brand Mo.Na.
Nov. 23, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith
If you’ve wandered around the intersection of Knickerbocker and Myrtle avenues in recent weeks, you may have wondered what has become of the 90s Hollywood-inspired Burger King. A green construction fence has gone up, the space has been gutted, and workers are buzzing around the site.
Nov. 21, 2023 By Jada Camille
Luna Park, one of Coney Island’s beloved amusement parks, has extended its summertime excitement into the winter months for the first time ever with Frost Fest, a holiday celebration full of winter activities.
Nov. 21, 2023 By Jada Camille
This winter, budding comedians, singers and entertainers can take the stage during a the Coney Island Open Mic series, hosted by the Coney Island Comedy Festival in collaboration with a New York-based Russian radio station.
Nov. 16, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Sharp or soft? Bright or dark? Colorful, or black and white?
Nov. 15, 2023 By Augostina Mallous
A young Greek-American designer hailing from Brooklyn caught her first big break earlier this year when her designs were featured on the silver screen.