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Chopped cheese with a side of comedy: How two comedians transformed Atlantic Deli and Grill

Sam Boston, Vikrant Sunderlal, and Christopher Isaacson. Photo by Dove Williams.

In downtown Brooklyn between Atlantic Avenue and Nevins Street lies your average New York City bodega, or so you’d think. From 10 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. every other…

The wonders at Catland Books’ Brooklyn flea market

Catland Books, “Brooklyn’s favorite little witch shop” holds a monthly flea market for local vendors. Photography by Tara Lamorgese.

In the heart of Bushwick stands Catland Books, “Brooklyn’s favorite little witch shop”. From texts on Satanism to American Brujeria, Catland is genuinely its own mystic jungle. One…

BIPOC Artists and Students Form an Art-Focused Home in Brooklyn

Yetunde Sapp and Yasmine Barboza painting on clothing and making prints that they will sell at a Black business fair at the end of the week. Photo by Elia Griffin.

This August, in the midst of the global pandemic, third-year BA/BFA fashion design and liberal arts student Yetunde Sapp, and her roommate, Rashad Heagle, decided to transform their…

Bedstuy Photo Exhibit Celebrates Black Resistance Through All Art Forms

The youngest group of dancers from Brooklyn United, wearing pink and black glitter, stole the show in the first minute of the dance with their backbends, splits, and jumps. Photo by Samantha Vogel

A Sunday afternoon event brought photographers and spectators together to a socially-distanced outdoor photo exhibition called “Capture the Movement” in Bedstuy, Brooklyn, featuring the work of more than…

Brooklyn First Saturdays

If you’re looking for something free to do this weekend, the Brooklyn Museum has you covered. Every first Saturday of the month the museum, in collaboration with Target,…