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Home » News » Lifestyle & Culture

Category: Lifestyle & Culture

Posted inNews

The Gap, Inc. Launches New Collection with the Brooklyn Circus

by BK Reader February 1, 2023February 1, 2023

Today, The Gap, Inc. clothing brand is launching a new capsule in partnership with Ouigi Theodore, the founder and creative director of The Brooklyn Circus. “Style is an opportunity for us to be honest. Classics are the foundation of what we do at the Brooklyn Circus and Gap is so known for that classic Americana […]

Oren Schneider, pictured Jan. 13, at a Brooklyn cafe, is the author of Schneider’s is now the author of “The Apprentice of Buchenwald: The True Story of the Teenage Boy who Sabotaged Hitler’s War Machine.” Photo: Will Fritz for BK Reader.
Posted inFeatured News

Brooklyn Author Turns Grandfather’s Holocaust Story of Survival and Resistance Into Novel For Young Audiences

by Will Fritz January 25, 2023January 25, 2023
New bar and restaurant, Three Maples, just opened in Bed-Stuy. Photo: Jonathan Mora for BK Reader.
Posted inFeatured News

Short-Rib Burgers, Melt-in-Your-Mouth Bacon, Flaky Haddock: Three Maples Bar Debuts With a Menu That Doesn’t Disappoint

by Jessy Edwards January 23, 2023January 23, 2023
Slutty Vegan fans
Posted inFeatured News

How Slutty Vegan CEO Pinky Cole Created an Unfiltered, Plant-Based Empire

by Natasha Knows January 20, 2023January 23, 2023
Happy Year of the Rabbit! Photo: Pixabay.
Posted inLifestyle & Culture

Lunar New Year 2023: The Year of the Rabbit

by BK Reader January 20, 2023January 20, 2023
Posted inLifestyle & Culture

Happy MLK Day! Here Are 7 Surprising Facts About Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King, Jr

by Brooklyn Reader and BK Reader January 16, 2023January 16, 2023
Posted inLifestyle & Culture

The Gutting of The Voting Rights Act: MLK’s Nightmare and America’s Shame

by Brooklyn Reader and BK Reader January 16, 2023January 16, 2023
Three Maples opens on Jan. 11 at 1452 Fulton Street in Bed-Stuy.
Posted inRestaurants & Bars

New Bed-Stuy Bar to Offer Unfussy, Delicious Food

by BK Reader January 12, 2023January 12, 2023
Kyiesha Kelly at home in her Hip Hop empire. Photo: Dustin Lin for BK Reader.
Posted inLifestyle & Culture

Hip Hop Closet: A 25-Year Retail Journey of Music, Style and Community

by Natasha Knows January 11, 2023January 11, 2023
Amal at her favorite playground. Photo: Provided/ Anderson Zaca.
Posted inFeatured News

From the Playground to Publishing, 8-yr-old Author, Amal, Shares Her World as a Budding Scribe

by Natasha Knows January 9, 2023January 10, 2023
Joseph Adewumi. Photo: Jessy Edwards for the BK Reader.
Posted inFeatured News

Beloved BK Pan-African Restaurant, Amarachi, in a Fight for Its Life

by Jessy Edwards January 3, 2023January 3, 2023
Posted inUncategorized

Imani Means ‘Faith’: Yadi and Jamaal Martin

by BK Reader January 1, 2023December 31, 2022
Artist Shyvon Paul in her home studio. Photo: Christopher Edwards for the BK Reader.
Posted inUncategorized

Kuumba Means ‘Creativity’: Shyvon Paul

by BK Reader December 31, 2022December 31, 2022
soup joumou
Posted inLifestyle & Culture

Recipe: Ring in the New Year Haitian-Style, With Soup Joumou

by BK Reader December 30, 2022December 30, 2022
I Will Graduate
Posted inLifestyle & Culture

Nia Means ‘Purpose’: Tonya Lewis

by BK Reader December 30, 2022December 30, 2022
Posted inUncategorized

Umoja Means ‘Unity’: RHouse

by BK Reader December 26, 2022December 27, 2022
Upcycle Holiday Tree
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This Holiday Season, Flatbush Junction BID Says ‘No’ to Evergreen Conifers and ‘Yes’ to Recycled Materials

by Thao Nguyen December 26, 2022December 27, 2022
Posted inLifestyle & Culture

BKR’S Very Merry Weekend Event Picks: 12/23–12/25

by BK Reader December 23, 2022December 23, 2022
Vegan Eggnog
Posted inFeatured News Archive

Festive Holiday Recipe: Vegan ‘EggNot’

by BK Reader December 23, 2022December 15, 2022
the nguzo saba, the seven principles of kwanzaa, Kwanzaa, the meaning of Kwanzaa
Posted inFeatured News

Celebrating the Seven Principles of Kwanzaa!

by BK Reader December 23, 2022December 23, 2022

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C. Zawadi Morris, Publisher of BK Reader

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