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Fashion designer Anna-Lisa Guthrie was recently honored with the Prime Minister’s Youth Award for Excellence in Arts and Culture. The award is one of Jamaica’s highest recognitions for young creatives.

Caribbean Life

Jamaican designer goes global after dressing Dancehall royalty

selune oysters in bed-stuy

Brooklyn Paper

New Bed-Stuy bar, Selune, pairs natural wine with fresh oysters and sake

a painting of a bowler-hatted man with a green apple in front of his face, by Rene Magritte

Arts & Entertainment

René Magritte: The alchemical wizard of surrealism, and the torchbearers of the modern dream

Posted on June 26, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

The Ripped Bodice captures hearts in Park Slope, sparking Brooklyn’s romance revival

Drag queens at Mad Pride event

People

Flashlights, femme power & fierce drag: Inside SoMad’s ‘Mad Pride’ celebration

Posted on June 25, 2025

Thousands came out for Solstice Yoga in Times Square.

Health

Finding calm in the chaos: Thousands gather for solstice yoga in Times Square

Posted on June 25, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Machel Montano, Ludmilla, CupcakKe and more to headline first-ever Planet Brooklyn festival

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Brooklyn Paper

How well do you know Brooklyn? Prove it at the Center for Brooklyn History’s inaugural spelling bee

Chloe Mar Ramirez joined friends for the Bronx Pride Festival Saturday June, 21 in the South Bronx to dance and celebrate Queer visibility and resistance.

Bronx Times

‘Our Existence Is Resistance’: Bronx Pride Returns Strong in 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Team Hype seeks new performers for Brooklyn Nets’ 2025-26 home games

NYPD officer leaves shooting scene in Bronx

Bronx

Bronx shooting: Man killed near Deegan Expressway

Posted on June 24, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Chef Eric LeVine brings elevated Brooklyn classics to life at Evolution in Williamsburg

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Brooklyn Paper

Nets Kids Dance Team to hold open auditions for 2025-26 NBA season

NY: Coney Island Mermaid Parade 2025

Brooklyn Paper

PHOTOS | Coney Island makes a splash at 43rd annual Mermaid Parade

Brooklyn, NY : 2025 season opener for the Brooklyn Cyclones at Maimonides Park by Coney Island. Photo taken on April 4, 2025. Photo by Erica Price

Brooklyn Paper

Seinfeld night, 2024 Mets memories highlight Brooklyn Cyclones’ summer promotional schedule

WWE star CM Punk at Fanatics Fest

Road to WWE SummerSlam in New York begins at Fanatics Fest in Manhattan

Posted on June 21, 2025

NY: Jonathan Blum Art Show

Brooklyn Paper

‘Undeniably Jonathan’: Arts Gowanus celebrates artist Jonathan Blum’s 60th birthday with retrospective art show

Patricia Quinn, Tim Curry and Nell Campbell as seen in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Arts & Entertainment

Fifty years and still going strong, ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ renaissance comes to NYC

Posted on June 20, 2025

Images of public artwork at five libraries across three boroughs were displayed at Hunts Point Library Wednesday when the city announced their completion.

Bronx Times

New public artworks unveiled at Hunts Point and Melrose Libraries

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Brooklyn Paper

Atlantic Terminal rolls out free summer fest to celebrate 20 years in Brooklyn

"Taking Up Space," by Friday Jones, 2020.

Arts & Entertainment

Friday Jones and the Phoenix Rising: How one tattoo maverick is rewriting femininity in fire and ink

Posted on June 19, 2025

women's night

QNS

Mets to celebrate Women’s Night at Citi Field with exclusive giveaway

brooklyn borough president fashion

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn borough prez seeks emerging fashion talent for NYFW runway show

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Brooklyn Paper

Step right up: “Natural Born!” book brings Coney Island sideshow to life

Artist Jimi Dams with sequin art

East Village artist Jimi Dams fights gloom with glitter, one sequin at a time

Posted on June 18, 2025

K-Rock group The Rose at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Tribeca

‘The Rose: Comeback to Me’ documentary heals Tribeca Festival through music

Posted on June 18, 2025

queens jazz trail

QNS

Queens Jazz Trail Concert Series brings music to parks from Astoria to Jamaica

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Brooklyn Paper

Mermaids and glitter abound as the Coney Island Mermaid Parade returns on June 21

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Brooklyn Paper

Rita Ora to headline free Brooklyn concert as Wimbledon’s ‘The Hill in New York’ returns

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QNS

Explore Murray Hill’s Koreatown with Homecoming NYC’s food crawl on June 28

joey chestnut at nathan's hot dog eating contest

Brooklyn Paper

Frankly unbeatable: Joey Chestnut to return to Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest

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QNS

College Point Restaurant Week is back with 20% off at 21 restaurants

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Brooklyn Paper

‘We haven’t looked back’: Park Slope’s Whisk & Whiskey celebrates four years of heritage and hospitality

Tony Award winner Kara Young.

Caribbean Life

Broadway celebrates free Juneteenth concert

“Nine Muses”, by Suzanne Scott, as seen in the Brooklyn art exhibit UnBind: Figuring The Layers of Being.

Brooklyn

Art exhibition exploring female experience of the world opens in Brooklyn

Posted on June 13, 2025

Prince William Nii Nortey Dowuona (1897), by Gustav Klimt

Arts & Entertainment

Barometers of empire: Klimt, colonial reverie, and the portrait that refuses to be forgotten

Posted on June 12, 2025

NY: Sunny’s Bar Red Hook

Brooklyn Paper

Sunny’s Bar in Brooklyn defies odds, recognized for inspiring disaster comeback

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Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn Army Terminal unveils summer series celebrating culture and community

Aliya Huey, co-owner of Continent Brooklyn, stands inside the dining room of the Caribbean-inspired restaurant located within the Indigo Hotel in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Caribbean Life

Continent Brooklyn: A culinary landmark of Caribbean culture and hospitality in New York

brooklyn faeries gathering

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn’s Radical Faeries plan first-ever ‘gatherette’ to celebrate queer joy and connection

Zoo goers can enjoy sampling over 100 different beers, wines and seltzers at the adults-only Brew at the Zoo party on Friday the 13th.

Bronx Times

Brew at the Zoo returns with beer, music, and wildlife fun

bed-stuy teacher posing with tony award

Brooklyn Paper

Bed-Stuy teacher wins Tony Award for Excellence in Theatre Education

tove jannson in black and white and book cover for BPL moomins exhibit

Brooklyn Paper

‘Tove Jansson and the Moomins’ exhibit celebrating beloved author and her fantastical stories, to debut at BPL

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn mom launches little libraries with big purpose

Harlem

DOT unveils public art installation ‘Aunties’ in Harlem

Posted on June 6, 2025

Fans wait for release of Nintendo Switch 2

Arts & Entertainment

Midnight madness: Hardcore gamers in Manhattan geek out for Nintendo Switch 2 release

Posted on June 5, 2025

people looking at bonsai trees at brooklyn botanic garden

Brooklyn Paper

Rooted in time: Brooklyn Botanic Garden celebrates 100 years of bonsai

American Ballet Theatre Celebrates 85th Anniversary At 2025 Spring Gala – Arrivals

Arts & Entertainment

American Ballet Theatre’s 85th anniversary gala was a love letter to New York’s glamorous soul

Posted on June 5, 2025

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Following seven rounds of ranked choice voting, Chief of Staff to Deputy Speaker Diana Ayala, who is term-limited, won the democratic primary to represent district 08 on the New York City Council.

Elsie Encarnacion wins primary to succeed Diana Ayala in City Council District 8

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California man found shot to death in car near Aqueduct Racetrack on Sunday: NYPD

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Brooklyn man exonerated for decades-old manslaughter charge after reinvestigation pokes holes in conviction

Advocates gather at City Hall on May 22 to seek millions in funding in the city budget to support trans New Yorkers.

‘Historic win’: LGBTQ groups, lawmakers praise city budget for funding trans health, LGBTQ initiatives