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SUNY Downstate to host discussion on healthcare act

Crown Heights
`Broccoli, Medicaid and mandates’ … Full Article
 

Family-owned bakery hangs on in Bed-Stuy

Bedford-Stuyvesant
It was 1971. Muhammad Ali faced Joe Frazier at Madison Square Garden in "The Fight of the Century." Idris Comry, 18, watched the match, and his idol, Ali from a theater in Brooklyn. "Of course I was a big fan," he said. "Who wasn't?" … Full Article
 

Brooklyn Children’s Museum reopens with ‘Global Shoes’

Crown Heights
A new traveling exhibit “Global Shoes” comes to the Brooklyn Children’s Museum (BCM) on September 22, when BCM reopens after being closed for maintenance. Global Shoes incorporates a variety of hands-on, feet-in activities that lets families explore global cultures through shoes. … Full Article
 

Rats on the march in Brooklyn -- Update

Bedford-Stuyvesant
Once again, New York City is in the middle of a rat outbreak, and Brooklyn – with its constant construction and surging population – is getting hammered.
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Festive climate at Brooklyn's West Indian Day Parade

Crown Heights
It was Brooklyn's version of Main Street USA. People waved flags from their front stoops, drumbeats filled the air and women in brightly colored sequined costumes and feather headdresses danced to reggae music as they marched Monday in the West Indian Day Parade. … Full Article
 

It's Bach to Brooklyn!

Bedford-Stuyvesant
Five churches in Bedford-Stuyvesant will be featured in this year’s Bach to Brooklyn Organ Tour, on Saturday, Sept. 8. … Full Article
 

Kids' play about composting coming to Crown Heights community garden

Crown Heights
What do you get when you cross the back-to-the-farm values of the "Wizard of Oz" and Dr. Seuss's pro-environmentalist "The Lorax" in a contemporary world of boundless garbage? … Full Article
 

RELIGION: Organists’ Guild hosts tour of Bed-Stuy churches

Bedford-Stuyvesant
The organs and architecture of churches in Bedford-Stuyvesant will be featured in the annual Bach to Brooklyn Organ Tour. … Full Article
 

Buyers compete for theater once owned by judge

Bedford-Stuyvesant
An auction is scheduled in November for the former Slave Theater on Fulton Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant. The theater, which hosted countless African-American political and cultural events, was founded and owned by the late Brooklyn Judge John L. Phillips, who died in 2008. … Full Article
 

$6,500 landmarks grant aids Bridge Street African Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Church

Bedford-Stuyvesant
The New York Landmarks Conservancy has awarded the Bridge Street African Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Church a $6,500 grant to replace the roof over its sanctuary. … Full Article
 

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