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    Lurita Brown’s Brooklyn Custom Frames Create Cherished Artworks

    Fern GillespieLurita (LB) Brown, owner of Clinton Hill Simply Art & Framing Gallery, is renowned in Brooklyn for her high-quality custom framing of visual arts.This year marks Clinton Hill Simply Art & Framing Gallery’s 35th anniversary. However, Brown‘s expertise in visual media predates her...

    Donna Hill: Prolific Author of 100 Novels, Heads National Black Writers Conference

    by Fern Gillespie When author Donna Hill, Executive Director for the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College, first joined the college in 2012 as a professor, the Brooklyn native already had a reputation as a prolific pioneer in publishing. Her page-turner novels on...

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    Across the Diaspora and Beyond, Cultures of Families Keep America Live

    "Divine Nine Sunday, December 14, transformed the Whitney Museum of American Art in...

    Brooklyn Curator Pamela Ford and Sculptor Helen Ramsaran Check Out the New Studio Museum in Harlem

    Fern GillespieWhen Brooklyn sculptor Helen Evans Ramsaran returned to the Studio Museum in Harlem...

    “History Must Look His Way”

    The documentary Black is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story, directed by Yemi Bamiro (white sneakers) and produced by Joan Boateng (orange blouse) of Misfit Entertainment, with Lizzie Gillett, Ian Bonhote, and Andrew Calof made its North American debut, last Thursday, Nov. 13 during the DOC NYC 2025 Festival for Documentaries presented at the SVA Theater in Manhattan. Executive producers include (in photo, at right) Brathwaite's son, Kwame S. Brathwaite and daughter in-law Robynn Brathwaite, who are featured in the film with Sikolo Brathwaite (Kwame's wife, unpictured) other family members

    Another Look at Bed-Stuy’s Watson Mere

    Artist & Urban Griot Makes the Connections That Matter …in Life and On Canvas...

    Kofi Osei Williams: Creating an African Diaspora Legacy for Young Dancers and Drummers

    Fern GillespieBrooklyn youth creatively learn the African Diaspora legacy dance and drum through Asase...

    Major Photography Exhibit on the Black Arts Movement on View in Washington, DC

    by Fern GillespieIn an era where federal arts institutions are cautious in exhibiting political...

    Rome Neal, Ever the Innovator,Celebrates another Milestone

    On the evening of September 29, Rome Neal, the quintessential artist, celebrated his 73rd...

    Ayesha Williams: The Laundromat Project Creatively Creates Change

    Fern GillespieWhen the arts nonprofit, the Laundromat Project, was launched 20 years ago, it...

    A Legacy of Love, Family & Activism at AV Gallery through Sept. 10

    African Voices’ LINEAGE features artworks of Watson Mere Last week, African Voices magazine hosted an...

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    Last Sunday, the Patricia F. Robinson Music Studio presented its annual summer student recital...

    Breathing Techniques 101

    By London Little 1.(Breathe)Why is it that my heart is so heavy.Why is it that...

    Baba Obediah Wright to Host Central Brooklyn Juneteenth Arts Festival, June 14th

    Baba Obediah Wright, founder and director of Brooklyn’s Balance Dance Theatre, is beloved in...

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    Rev. Valerie Cousin Named Interim Chair of Bridge Street Development Corporation

    Fern GillespieWhen the Bridge Street Development Corporation (BSDC) Board of Directors recently appointed Rev....

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