• Summer at the Museum: Air-Conditioned Art to Ogle

    Summer at the Museum: Air-Conditioned Art to Ogle
    Summer is usually more about beach trips and ball games than say, Abstract Expressionism. But considering museums in New York... Read More… Read More
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  • Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival

    Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival
    The 11th annual Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival is New York City's largest Hip-Hop cultural event that showcases the positive aspects of the culture by highlighting its legacy.
  • How to walk New York City streets

    How to walk New York City streets
    With so many people from so many places of so many ages and sizes and physical abilities walking our sidewalks this time of year, a commute, a stroll, a rush to get to where you need to gorequires some real talent -- talent similar to that which Cork County, Ireland, exported to our shores some 50 years ago.
  • Brooklyn Museum's historical, significant sneakers

    Brooklyn Museum's historical, significant sneakers
    Filip Bendersky, 19, followed his sneaker obsession straight to the Brooklyn Museum's The Rise of Sneaker Culture exhibit for a sneak preview before it opens on Friday. Elizabeth Semmelhack is both a shoe historian and the curator of this rare and valuable collection. Every piece of footwear stays behind glass, like a coveted jewel. 
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  • Cuomo appoints special prosecutor for police-civilian deaths

    Cuomo appoints special prosecutor for police-civilian deaths
    With Eric Garner's mother looking on, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order Wednesday directing the state attorney general's office to review cases in which unarmed civilians are killed by police. The Democratic governor said the action was needed to strengthen confidence in law enforcement after officers weren't criminally charged last year in deadly encounters with unarmed men in New York and elsewhere.
  • Honeybees at Green-Wood Cemetery

    Honeybees at Green-Wood Cemetery
    Most people try to get away from bees. Davin Larson prefers them up close and personal. Davin is a beekeeper at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. The cemetery is already well known as the final resting place of many notable persons. Now it is drawing attention for its harvesting of honeybees.

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