Caribbean writers at Flatbush library
By AMBER ALEXANDER Three Caribbean women writers discussed the influence of their culture on their writing and the complexity of their Caribbean identities at the …[read more]
Arts/Culture
Free online photo course at MoMa
By LUIS GONZALEZ Photography has becoming an increasingly popular medium for young artists and the the Museum of Modern Art has taken notice: It is …[read more]
`SASSY’ Awards held at NJPAC
By KAILA STRICKLAND The fourth annual Sarah Vaughan SASSY Awards were held earlier this month at NJPAC in Newark, where five jazz vocalists competed for …[read more]
Film-fest aims to end stigma of mental illness
By KARI FORD Dozens of people attended the annual Mental Health Film Festival in Greenwich Village this weekend to watch films selected with the aim …[read more]
Jamaican dancehall music grows in Brooklyn
By CATCHCHA RICHARDS When Marion Hall was just a little girl in the parish of Saint Mary, Jamaica, she used to sit in her yard …[read more]
B.C. Grad Narrates Travel Adventures in Book
By CHRIS MOONEY Stylish and smiling, Errol Shaw relaxes on a bench, observing the New York City hustle as he awaits an interview. Although he …[read more]
A Brooklyn Tribute to Hip Hop Icon
By JONATHAN GOMEZ Hip-Hop has had many legendary artists die to soon and On February 10, 2006, Detroit native James Dewitt Yancey, aka J Dilla, …[read more]
Art and a touch of madness in Bushwick
By KATHERINE LLOYD The rumbling of the elevated J train echoes along Brooklyn’s Broadway in the neighborhood where Bedford-Stuyvesant meets Bushwick. A few blocks over …[read more]
Next mayor to keep focus on growing NYC film industry
By EMILIE CRUZ It started with a movie. Nicholas Giuricich was just a 10-year-old boy watching Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park when he knew his desire …[read more]
`Lucky 13th’ Coney Island Film Festival Held
By KATIE MILANI The “lucky 13th” annual Coney Island Film Festival got under way last weekend in a museum that was opening its doors to …[read more]