In anticipation of Black History Month, Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts will welcome the Philadelphia-based dance group, Philadanco, to Brooklyn College’s Walt Whitman Theatre on Jan. 22 as part of its "World of Dance" series. Comment.

Jazz drummer Andre Martinez shows that he can easily trade one set of brushes for another with a Jan. 22 exhibition of his paintings in DUMBO. Comment.

Dining with my sister is a pleasure. Comment.

Chef Samuel G. Beket, formerly of Le Relais in Manhattan, has launched his first restaurant, Kush Cafe, on Putnam Avenue in Clinton Hill. To give diners a taste of his Pan-African cuisine, on Jan. 28 and Jan. 29, from 5 pm to 11 pm, Beket will offer a grand opening sampling menu of his dishes at reduced prices. Comments (5).

Curator Yasu Nakamori’s provocative exhibit, "Decipher: Hand-painted Digital," opened at the Rotunda Gallery in Brooklyn Heights on Jan. 13. Comment.

It may be that when you achieve the status of British director Sir Peter Hall (founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company and a multiple Tony Award winner), you can pretty much do what you want. But while casting his own daughter in the plum role of Rosalind in his production of Shakespeare’s "As You Like It" may boost her career, it did nothing for the play. Comment.