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Daily Archives: July 28, 2020

Brooklyn, DUMBO, Jen Ferguson, art, instagram live, DUMBO Open Studios, art workshop, Brooklyn Bridge
Posted inFeatured News

Learn How to Draw the Brooklyn Bridge in Live Drawing Workshop with Artist Jen Ferguson

by Yannise Jean July 28, 2020January 28, 2021

As the coronavirus pandemic surges on, the art community is finding new ways to get New Yorkers engaged creatively. This Thursday, DUMBO Open Studios will be hosting its first-ever virtual […]

swimming pool, indoor, community center
Posted inFeatured News

East Flatbush to Get New Community Center Funded by Cuts From NYPD Budget

by Anna Bradley-Smith July 28, 2020January 28, 2021
Posted inIn Other Brooklyn News

Calls for Better Conditions for NYCHA Residents at BLM Rally in Brooklyn

by Brooklyn Reader July 28, 2020January 28, 2021
Posted inIn Other Brooklyn News

Covid-19 and Racial Justice Movements Show It’s Time for Black Food Sovereignty in Brooklyn

by Brooklyn Reader July 28, 2020January 28, 2021
Posted inIn Other Brooklyn News, In Other Brooklyn News Featured

Brooklyn Author’s Historic Rowing Team Reunites for Documentary Film

by Brooklyn Reader July 28, 2020January 28, 2021
Posted inIn Other Brooklyn News

’Everybody Showed Him Love’: Brooklyn Community Mourns Neighborhood Favorite Killed by Gun Violence

by Brooklyn Reader July 28, 2020January 28, 2021
COVID-19; Social Distancing; Open Streets; Prospect Park
Posted inProspect Heights

NYC Pulls Prospect Park Thoroughfares From Brooklyn Open Streets Program

by Kimberlean Donis July 28, 2020January 28, 2021

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