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Home » Love

Tag: Love

Posted inBedford Stuyvesant, Business & Innovation, Featured News Archive, Small Business, Uncategorized

Love Blooms Into Business for Bed Stuy Florists

by Jessy Edwards September 26, 2021September 26, 2021

About 32 years ago, a young Dezzie Ligon was working at his father’s florist shop in Park Slope when a beautiful woman walked by. He ran out out of the store with a rose and handed it to his future wife, Olga Ligon, with the words, “This is for you.” Now, Dezzie and Olga are […]

Posted inBrook-Lens

PHOTOS: Families Flock to Crown Heights to Celebrate Holi

by Brooklyn Reader and BK Reader April 26, 2021May 5, 2021
Posted inLifestyle & Culture

5 Things to Do With Your Boo in Brooklyn This Valentine’s Day

by Brooklyn Reader and BK Reader February 12, 2021February 12, 2021
Posted inSmall Business

All Love Pop-Up Market Spreading Love This Valentine’s Day and Black History Month

by Anna Bradley-Smith February 4, 2021March 5, 2021
Posted inFeatured News Archive

Coming Soon to Bushwick: The Love Gallery

by Miranda Levingston October 23, 2020January 25, 2021
Venus Core with her children Raven, Phoenix and Radu Jr. Photo: Anna Bradley-Smith for BK Reader.
Posted inUncategorized

Why This Brownsville Single Mother is ‘Mom’ to Many More Than Her Own

by Anna Bradley-Smith May 9, 2020January 28, 2021
MLK Day, Martin Luther King, hate, love, love hacks
Posted inLetters from the Editor

Letter from the Editor: Four ‘Love Hacks’ in honor of MLK Day!

by C. Zawadi Morris January 20, 2020January 28, 2021
Over the past 12 years, foster dad Guy Bryant has opened his East Flatbush home to more than 50 teenage boys in need of support, love and guidance.
Posted inFlatbush

‘Love is (Almost) All You Need,’ Says East Flatbush Foster Dad Who Has Cared for 50(!) Kids

by Anna Bradley-Smith June 7, 2019January 28, 2021
ordinary people
Posted inLocal Voices

Ordinary People Are Just as Fascinating and Interesting as Extraordinary People

by Noreen Sumpter March 16, 2018January 28, 2021
Francesca Andre, Charcoal, Short Film, Blackness, Colorism, Self-Acceptance, Love, African, Diaspora, Haiti, Self-Hate, Anti-Blackness, BK Reader, Daphnee
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Featured News Archive, Neighborhoods, News

Francesca Andre’s Charcoal Uncovers Colorism, Acceptance and Authenticity

by Daphnee McMaster October 16, 2017January 28, 2021
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Crown Heights, Featured News Archive, Fort Greene / Clinton Hill, Popular

In Latest Production, Truthworker Theatre Explores the oft Untold Stories of ‘Life After Prison’

by Anna Bradley-Smith May 4, 2017January 28, 2021
Posted inUncategorized

Live and Let Love

by Yako and Krystal April 12, 2017January 28, 2021
Harriet Faith, Art, Illustration, Pay Attention To Your Dreams, Quotes, Inspiration, Motivation, Dreams, Hand Lettering, Drawing, Painting, Happy Mothers Day, Nurturing, Love, Parenting, Earth
Posted inLocal Voices

Everyday Should Be Mother’s Day!

by Harriet Faith May 9, 2016January 28, 2021
Art, Hand-Lettering, Illustration, Harriet Faith, Painting, Drawing, Success, Motivation, Daily Practice, Inspiration, Quotes, Dreams, Pay Attention To Your Dreams, Anatole France, Love, Animals, Soul, Awakening, Literature
Posted inFeatured News Archive, Local Voices

Anatole France on Loving Animals…

by Harriet Faith May 10, 2015January 28, 2021
Art, Hand-Lettering, Illustration, Harriet Faith, Painting, Success, Motivation, Daily Practice, Inspiration, Quotes, Dreams, Pay Attention To Your Dreams, William Shakespear, Troilus, Cressida, Gods, Might, Strength, Love, Wisdom
Posted inLocal Voices

WISDOM, LOVE, MIGHT…..FROM SHAKESPEARE

by Harriet Faith March 29, 2015January 28, 2021
Nefertite Nguvu, In the Morning, filmmaker, director
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Face Time, Featured News Archive, Fort Greene / Clinton Hill

Nefertite Nguvu on her Film ‘In The Morning,’ Almost-Love and No Regrets

by Brooklyn Reader and BK Reader March 18, 2015January 28, 2021
Posted inUncategorized

When Time is a Tickin’

by Brooklyn Reader and BK Reader March 5, 2015January 28, 2021
Posted inLocal Voices

A Quote About Love

by Brooklyn Reader and BK Reader February 15, 2015January 28, 2021
Posted inUncategorized

Stop Looking at ME by Dinna Alexanyan, MFT

by Brooklyn Reader and BK Reader December 26, 2014January 28, 2021
Posted inUncategorized

Lonely and Small by Dinna Alexanyan, MFT

by Brooklyn Reader and BK Reader November 28, 2014January 28, 2021

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C. Zawadi Morris, Publisher of BK Reader

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