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Brooklyn Children's Museum to host festival for Black History Month

Brooklyn Children’s Museum hosts ‘Black Future Festival’ during midwinter recess

By Isabel Song Beer

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Arts & Entertainment

The good, the bad and the funny: Brooklynites share their dating stories ahead of Valentine’s Day

By Jada Camille

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Music

‘Adding fuel to the fires’: Famed Chicago comedy club The Second City to open in Brooklyn

By Ximena Del Cerro

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Arts & Entertainment

A brush with history: Kensington artist Rusty Zimmerman paints 200 oil portraits of South Brooklynites in one year

By Adam Daly

NY: Puppy Bowl XX Viewing

Williamsburg dog café and Best Friends Animal Society host Puppy Bowl watch party

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Supper Bowl: Local chef wins big in Lock Yard’s Chili Cookoff

Kirstyn Brendlen & Arthur de Gaeta

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Sunset Park ushers in Year of the Dragon at annual Lunar New Year parade

By Isabel Song Beer

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Arts & Entertainment

History in the making: The Brooklyn Museum to mark bicentennial milestone with spectacular year-long celebration

By Ximena Del Cerro

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Prospect Park Alliance announces first-ever artist in residence, Adama Delphine Fawundu

By Isabel Song Beer

Bookworms looking for love will head to the Center for Fiction speed dating event on Feb. 9.

Books

Booking for love! The Center for Fiction gets singles in Valentine’s mood with speed dating event

By Jada Camille

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Kids & Education

Spread the love: Family-friendly Valentine’s Day events bloom in Brooklyn

By Shara Levine

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Business

Workers at Nitehawk Cinema in Prospect Park move to unionize

By Kirstyn Brendlen

The Drunken Laboratory hosts ‘Love Lab’ to make sparks fly in Brooklyn

By Emily Davenport

The Brooklyn Public Library has announced a new challenge to visit each of their 62 branch locations.

Books

Branching out! Brooklyn Public Library challenges library-goers to ‘Browse the Branches’

By Isabel Song Beer

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Arts & Entertainment

‘More than a borough’: Bay Ridge native to open museum celebrating Brooklyn pop culture at Industry City

By Jada Camille

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Arts & Entertainment

Soulful celebrations: How to commemorate Black History Month in Brooklyn

By Shara Levine & Brooklyn Paper

Sylvia Plachy photographed music composer Tom Waits in 1985

Arts & Entertainment

Village Voice photographer Sylvia Plachy reflects on 30 years of New York City history in Brooklyn Public Library exhibition

By Ximena Del Cerro

How to celebrate Valentine's Day in Brooklyn

Love is in the air! Five ways celebrate Valentine’s Day — or Galentine’s Day — in the heart of Brooklyn

By Isabel Song Beer

Sunset Park was filled with revelers ringing in 2023's Lunar New Year and Year of the Rabbit. Jan. 27, 2023

Arts & Entertainment

A roaring good time: Where to celebrate Lunar New Year in Brooklyn

By Shara Levine & Brooklyn Paper

Girl Scouts will start selling their beloved cookies starting Feb. 1.

Come and get your cookies! Brooklyn’s Girl Scouts kick off 2024 selling season

By Jada Camille

More from Around New York

A view of the front steps of New York City Hall.

Judge rules against Trump’s effort to strip NYC education funding over trans inclusion policies

The Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Abel, UMC Long Island West District Superintendent, center, with clergy from the Brooklyn Downtown South Cooperative Parish of the United Methodist Church (UMC), otherwise known as Bold United Soul Seekers (BUSS), at the conclusion of Good Friday Worship Service at St. Mark's UMC in Flatbush, Brooklyn.

BUSS Methodists celebrate ‘Seven Last Words of Christ’

Dog-Friendly Spots in NYC: A Guide for Families

New York Family

Dog-Friendly Spots in NYC: A Guide for Families

New York City Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget Brennan announced a massive fentanyl mill bust, spanning three separate locations and capturing 90 pounds of the deadly narcotic.

Drug task force seizes 90 pounds of fentanyl from three separate Manhattan and Bronx narcotics mills