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Home » Archives for February 2018

Monthly Archives: February 2018

Dr. King Tribute, Dr. King tribute concert
Posted inBedford Stuyvesant, Featured News, Lifestyle & Culture, Non-Profit & Community

Community Celebrates Dr King’s Legacy with ‘A Shared Dream’ Tribute Concert in Bed-Stuy

by Andrea Leonhardt February 28, 2018January 28, 2021

“This tribute concert provides a platform for people of all ages to not only be reminded of Dr. King’s life and legacy, but to encourage us all to continue to […]

Hannibal Buress, BK Reader, comedian, BAM, comedy show, Brooklyn comedy show
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Featured News

Comedian Hannibal Buress Brings All-New Material to BAM

by Andrea Leonhardt February 28, 2018January 28, 2021
Gentrification, BK Reader, RentCafe, Bed-Stuy, Bedford Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, 2016 American Community Survey, 2000 Census, median household income, median home value, education levels, Bushwick, Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Harlem, East Harlem, most gentrified areas, Brooklyn gentrification,
Posted inBedford Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Featured News, Gentrification in Brooklyn

Study: Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights Listed Among the Nation’s Most Gentrified Areas

by Andrea Leonhardt February 28, 2018January 28, 2021
Posted inFeatured News, Local Voices, Young Voices

What Happens When History Becomes His Story And Not Ours?

by Atiya Pope February 27, 2018January 28, 2021
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Featured News

Les Nubians ‘Up Close and Personal’ at BRIC

by Andrea Leonhardt February 27, 2018January 28, 2021
WeWork, BK Reader, WeWork Access Labs, Flatiron School, coding bootcamp, coding, web programming, app development, Brooklyn Tech, Brooklyn Business, Brooklyn innovation, software engineering, low-cost software engineering, software engineering program, front-end frameworks,accelerated software engineering program, WeWork Dumbo, WeWork Brooklyn,
Posted inBusiness & Innovation, Featured News, Popular

WeWork Launches Coding Program ‘Access Labs’ for Lower-Income New Yorkers

by Andrea Leonhardt February 27, 2018January 28, 2021
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Posted inBedford Stuyvesant, Community Health Page, Community Health Slideshow, Featured News, Flatbush, Health & Wellness, Latest News

NYC Offers Free Flu Shot Vouchers to Uninsured, Underinsured

by Andrea Leonhardt February 27, 2018January 28, 2021
NYC Agriculture Collective, BK Reader, Square Roots, Edenworks, Feedback Farms, Teen for Food Justice, Doe Fund, hydroponics, local food movement, Margot Roosevelt
Posted inBedford Stuyvesant, Business & Innovation, Featured News

Locally Grown Produce, ‘Fresh in February?’ NYC Agriculture Collective Is Working on It!

by Phyllis Huang February 26, 2018January 28, 2021
Deja Vu, Radio personality Deja Vu, BK Reader, The Ladies of 3rd Thursday, SiriusXM, WBLS New York, The Flava Unit, women network, business women network, business women, networking event, Hustle Hers, Get the Goal, business woman planner, woman planner, motivational speaking, life coaching, business coaching, media personality,
Posted inBusiness & Innovation, Featured News

Radio Personality Deja Vu Launches Planner for the Goal-Getting Business Woman

by Andrea Leonhardt February 26, 2018January 28, 2021
NYCHA, town hall, Eric Adams
Posted inFeatured News, Lifestyle & Culture, Policy & Government

BP Adams, Councilmember Ampry-Samuel Demand Real-Time NYCHA Project Updates for Tenants

by Andrea Leonhardt February 26, 2018January 28, 2021
These products and brand names have Brooklyn roots.
Posted inBrook-Lens, Featured News, Neighborhoods, News

Photos: ‘The Business of Brooklyn’ Exhibit Celebrates 100 Years of Bklyn Businesses

by Shiloh Frederick February 23, 2018January 28, 2021
Frederick Douglass, BK Reader, Lloyd Weaver, Anna Murray Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Underground Railroad, Slavery, abolitionists, Northern Star, Medgar Evers College, African American history, African American diaspora, African American legacy, African slavery, African diaspora,
Posted inFeatured News, Lifestyle & Culture, Popular

The Legacy of Frederick Douglass – A Conversation with His Great-Great-Grandson Lloyd Weaver

by Andrea Leonhardt February 23, 2018January 28, 2021
BRICworkspace, BRIC, BK Reader, visual artists, Brooklyn artists, workspace, studio space, BRIC open studio, Brooklyn artist-in-residence program, artist-in-residence program
Posted inFeatured News

BRIC Announces Call for ‘BRICworkspace,’ Visual Artist-In-Residence Program

by Andrea Leonhardt February 23, 2018January 28, 2021
Brooklyn Public Library, Best Buy Teen Tech Center, BK Reader, multi-media, design, Brooklyn Robotics League, Teen Youth Councils, STEM, STEAM, Brooklyn Tech hub, Brooklyn teen tech center, Brooklyn technology, animation, 3D,
Posted inBusiness & Innovation, Featured News, Non-Profit & Community

Brooklyn Public Library to Open Teen Tech Hub

by Andrea Leonhardt February 22, 2018January 28, 2021
co-working space, Fort Greene co-working space, local economy, small businesses, Brooklyn smalll businesses, local Brooklyn economy
Posted inBusiness & Innovation, Featured News, Fort Greene / Clinton Hill, Popular

New Fort Greene Co-Working Space Fosters Community and Local Economy

by Emily Rostek February 22, 2018January 28, 2021
Teknopolis, BAM, digital arts, VR experiences, art installations, art technology,ASTEROIDS!, The Make Music Bar, Augmented Reality Story Corner, Cinekid, Marpi, BAM Fisher,
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Featured News

Teknopolis: Interactive Art-Tech Exhibit for Kids Takes over BAM

by Andrea Leonhardt February 22, 2018January 28, 2021
Posted inLocal Voices

The Modern Day Holocaust

by Shimonah Israel February 21, 2018January 28, 2021
Posted inFeatured News, Lifestyle & Culture, Policy & Government

Brooklyn BP, Councilmembers Call for City Funding of Borough’s Own Burn Unit to Treat Fire Victims

by Andrea Leonhardt February 21, 2018January 28, 2021
Smoking, BK Reader, quit smoking, quit smoking NYC, asthma, quit smoking program, Your Number campaign, high blood pressure, cancer, cardio vascular disease, NYC Health Department, HelpMeQuit app, Non Smoking app, Smoking cessation, Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams, Health Commissioner Dr. Mary T. Bassett,
Posted inCommunity Health Page, Community Health Slideshow, Featured News, Health & Wellness, Latest News

New Anti-Smoking Media Campaign Encourages New Yorkers to Keep on ‘Quitting’

by Andrea Leonhardt February 21, 2018January 28, 2021
Bead Project Alumni, Artist Kenya Chester shows the Bead Project how to transform recycled glass into handmade beads.
Posted inBusiness & Innovation, Featured News, Fort Greene / Clinton Hill, Neighborhoods, Popular

This UrbanGlass Beadmaking Program Challenges and Changes Lives

by Shiloh Frederick February 20, 2018January 28, 2021

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