Word. Sound. Power. 2024 @ Brooklyn Academy of Music Music, Spoken-Word, Art Brooklyn Academy of Music, 30 Lafayette Ave, Fort Greene Friday April 19 and Saturday April 20 @ 7:30pm Word. Sound. Power. is BAM’s annual celebration of hip-hop music and spoken word. This year’s theme, SOUND – Rhythm is Rhythm, features the storyteller JSWISS, […]
Fashion Week Brooklyn Fashion, Clothing 630 Flushing Ave, Bed-Stuy Thursday April 11 through Saturday April 13 Fashion Week Brooklyn is coming to Bed-Stuy this week, with national and international designers, after successful programs in London and Paris. Founded by the non-profit BKStyle Foundation, FWBK gives a platform to emerging creatives in the fashion industry. This […]
Lucie Pohl first translated German to English when her father, Klaus Pohl, was robbed at gunpoint. “Mom, mom! It’s robbed, not raped!” Pohl, then eight-years-old, said after her mother said “My husband has been raped!” to the 911 officer. The family had moved to New York a short time before, and the realities of immigrant […]