On Friday March 8, Hip Hop artists from the Middle East and North Africa performed in front of New York high school students at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM).
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March 5, 2013September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life, Video
[VIDEO] Boerum Hill’s Lost Demographic
It used to be a lower middle class neighborhood of mostly Puerto Rican immigrants. In the past decade, most have left. The few that stayed have mixed feelings about what has become of their community.
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February 27, 2013September 30, 2019Arts & Culture, Brooklyn Life, Video
[VIDEO] Brooklyn Woodworkers Combine Art with Environmentalism
For the past two years, the Tri-Lox worshop, located in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, has been producing furniture, decor and art installations made predominantly from reclaimed materials. Instead of cutting down more of our forests, the men behind Tri-Lox have come up with unique ways to give old wood a new life.
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February 27, 2013September 30, 2019Arts & Culture, Video
[VIDEO] Welcome to the Punderdome
The PUNDERDOME is Brooklyn’s monthly improv pun-making competition, hosted by a self-proclaimed “Rodney Dangerfield impersonator,” Fred Firestone, and his “alleged” daughter, Jo Firestone. Eighteen contestants participate in spontaneous punning in 6-person rounds, and Fred and Jo decide the pun topics for each round. Contestants are eliminated as the audience determines who goes on, with the...
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February 27, 2013September 30, 2019Arts & Culture, Brooklyn Life, Video
[VIDEO] Dungeons and Dragons Come to Life in Bushwick
Dwarvenforge from The Brooklyn Ink on Vimeo. Dwarvenforge owner and founder, Stefan Pokorny, takes his hand-crafted Dungeons and Dragons boards and miniatures out of his studio and into the basement of Tutu’s Restaraunt in Bushwick where gamers partake in a “theatrical Dungeons and Dragons” game.
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February 23, 2013September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life, Multimedia, Video
[VIDEO] Hoarded Cats Up for Adoption in Crown Heights
Hoarded Cat Finds New Home from The Brooklyn Ink on Vimeo. Bushwick roommates Claudia O’Brien and Jamie Rosamilia go to an ASPCA adoption event to find a furry friend for their current cat, Winston. The ASPCA ran the adoption event in conjunction with the One Love Animal Hospital in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, after rescuing over...
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February 22, 2013September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life, Multimedia
[VIDEO] The Karate Kids of Flatbush
At Kokoro, a small Karate Center in Flatbush, Brooklyn, six members qualified for the World Karate Championship in Australia from May 9 to 12. To cope with the high travelling costs, the school now tries to raise funds in order to have all six of them participate. Produced by Anika Navaroli and Valerie Prassl
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February 18, 2013September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life, Video
[VIDEO] Dipped in Chocolate
Michael Rogak, the son of a son of a candy maker, has been making chocolate in Brooklyn for 38 years. Customers crowded his shop, JoMart Chocolates, all Valentine's Day selecting the perfect candies for their loved ones.
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February 18, 2013September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life, Brooklyn Recovers, Multimedia, Video
[VIDEO] Making Meals for Sandy Victims in Bay Ridge
Over three months after Hurricane Sandy hit New York city, hundreds still struggle without heat and electricity. This lack of basic amenities inevitably leads to a shortage of food.
"Occupy Sandy" volunteers have created an elaborate food distribution network that provides more than 1,000 meals on a daily basis to relief centers in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island. The food is cooked and packaged by volunteers in the "Occupy Sandy" kitchen in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, and is transported to the affected areas by volunteer drivers.
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February 17, 2013September 30, 2019Arts & Culture, Brooklyn Life, Multimedia, Video
[VIDEO] Trading Talent for Healthcare
Robert Daniels Trades Talent for Healthcare from The Brooklyn Ink on Vimeo. Robert Daniels, 64, is a retired teacher and painter who trades his artistic talents for health coverage at Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx. The Lincoln Art Exchange program, now in its first year, pays artists – whether painters, dancers and singers – $40...