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Resident Economic Empowerment and Sustainability Events

We wanted to share these events with you, both brought to us by New York City Housing Authority office of REES, or the Resident Economic Empowerment and Sustainability. One event is happening tonight in Prospect Heights (see above) and is geared towards first time home buyers. The other, which in on Monday April 8th, is […]

Brooklyn Folk Festival This Weekend.

This weekend, April 5th-7th, Jalopy Theatre and School of Music presents one of our favorite annual spring events, The Brooklyn Folk Festival! Held in a gorgeous venue, St. Ann’s Church at 157 Montague Street, this live music event is chock full of amazingly talented artists all performing in a striking setting. Read more below and […]

Participatory Budgeting Event on March 11th

Participatory budgeting voting week is coming up from March 30th- April 7th. And leading up to it the offices of Carlos Menchaca is putting on a very unique and creative event. See more info below! Arts Workshop onMonday, March 11th at 6:30pm, location TBD. We’re excited to partner with Arts & Democracy to hold this workshop where we’ll be […]

Economic Inequality Event at BRIC House Ballroom Tomorrow

A live televised #BHeard Town Hall discussion will take place tomorrow at BRIC House Ballroom at 6:30pm about a pressing issue we face here in New York and across the nation. This free event will broach the topic of the widening gap of income inequality and wealth distribution. Read more below or click here. Is […]

Women’s Resources In and Around Brooklyn.

We wanted to put together a comprehensive guide of local resources for women. Supporting female business owners, artists, makers, and community members has been a goal of ours and we aim to contribute in anyway we can. We have been promoting women-owned Brooklyn businesses in a blog series for the past year (see our full […]

BAM’s Valentine’s Week Film Series

BAM Cinema is taking a look at the word “love” in this series, Programmer’s Notebook: On Love, and really examining what the word means and what forms it comes in. From February 14th-21st they’ll be screening a wide variety of films, both old and new, about this topic. This is really a very unique and lovely way […]

Women-Owned Business Series: Elizabeth Ehrhardt of Ehrhardt’s Tempest

Here is another post to add to our women-owned series! So many talented women have talked with us over the last year and we are so pleased to be able to support and promote all of the female makers, artists, and business owners in our area! Below you’ll see our interview with Elizabeth Ehrhardt of […]

How to Get Through February in New York.

January is coming to an end this week and it’s finishing with a cold front. You know, in case we forgot it was winter. Obviously February is not everyone’s favorite month, as we are right in the middle of the coldest part of this season, but it’s nice to remember all the activities and occasions […]

Red Hook Winter Coat Giveaway.

  This coat giveaway could not have come at a better time. We are right in the middle of a very cold winter and so many people are in need of warm coats. The Red Hook Community Justice Center has been selected by New York Cares to host this event and we couldn’t be more proud […]

Comedy at Union Hall Tonight.

There are two separate shows at Union Hall in Park Slope tonight. Both are worth checking out! The first is Whiplash at 7:30pm, which brings together stand-up comics from across the country and is brought to us by the Upright Citizens Brigade. Read more and buy tickets here for that show. At 10pm is podcast […]