Crown Heights – Brownstones East Of Nostrand Ave. cica 2010 – Abeni Garrett Curbed recently wrote an article about the Prospect Heights Condo Boom Swallowing Up Crown Heights and it’s in article renaming parts of “desirable” Crown Heights as “ProCro”. And...

  Brooklyn’s Renaissance continues as Daddy’s Basement begins hosting an Open Mic.  Hosted by noted poet & educator Chris Slaughter.  Friday’s open mic is another step toward making Daddy’s Basement a go-to destination for arts & culture in Brooklyn. Doors...

Photo Credit – Lady Miss Kier – All Right Reserved This past Saturday, my good friend Lady Miss Kier invited me to the Shanghai Mermaid Party! Shanghai Mermaid is a highly secretive, very underground, prohibition era themed, rotating Burlesque extravaganza – evoking the 1920′s...

Brooklyn Unplugged at Franklin Park 45 Shootout presents… Brooklyn Unplugged. Franklin Park is bringing more incredible entertainment to Crown Heights.  Tuesday March 15th is the launch of the first installment of Brooklyn Unplugged, an acoustic music showcase organized by well known crowd pleasers,...

For those who didn’t catch it, the ever popular Franklin Park Reading Series was mentioned in the NY Times last week as one of the go-to reading series in the city.  The brainchild of Ms. Penina Roth (<– check out a cool interview of Penina that was also linked in the NYT article), the...

Crown Heights multi-media artist Raafi Rivero recently directed a new music video for artist Side Hustle.  Rivero’s cinematography deftly captures the aura of this romance that is revived by a chance second meeting.  Along with film-making and photography, Rivero is also one of the principles...

Celebrate Black History with the Brooklyn Photo Salon! TIME: Sunday, 2/20/2011, 5 – 9.00 pm COST:  Free (donations always welcome & accepted) LOCATION: LAUNCHPAD 721 Franklin Avenue (between Park & Sterling) Presenting Photographers: Adger Cowans http://www.kamoinge.com/adgarcowans.htm Delphine...

The Page Turners February 5 – March 6, 2011 Opening Reception: Sat., Feb. 5, from 4:30 – 7 p.m. Curator: Kwame Jaco Artists: Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, Jamal Ince, David Shrobe, Jason Cole Mager, Dominica Paige, Musa Hixon, Ricardo Gonzalez, Rakeem Taylor, Mohamad Sardar, Noel Ripoll,...

By now, you have probably heard about our exciting new initiative – “Destination Nostrand”.  Well we’ve decided that we wanted to chronicle our progress with the project on the blog.  So far, we have received a grant from the NYC Dept. of Small Business Services met with dozens...

We hope you can join us this Monday, January 10, for our second annual Short Fiction Night, featuring celebrated authors and emerging local talent. Four short fiction writers and one storyteller will share provocative work in a range of styles. Headliner DANIELLE EVANS (Before You Suffocate Your Own...