Humanity, as we know, has never been particularly restrained when it comes to dancing. At first, these were quite spontaneous, almost primal movements around a campfire in a cave—without mirrors, choreographers, and certainly without critics. Then dance cautiously ventured out onto...

The Brooklyn Philharmonic is a rather prestigious, almost iconic institution in New York. It isn’t as “formal and ceremonial” as Manhattan’s musical institutions, but that was precisely what gave it its special charm. At a time when part of the academic...

Brooklyn is, by its very nature, an almost perfect “movie neighborhood.” Just look at the famous, world-renowned Brooklyn Bridge—the star of hundreds of films and TV show opening sequences. Although in the early days of television, filming often took place in...

Brooklyn 11223 is an American reality television series that premiered on Oxygen in March 2012. The show follows the lives of a group of twelve Italian-American men and women in their mid-twenties who live in the Bay Ridge neighbourhood of Brooklyn....

The Naked Brothers Band is an American musical comedy television show created by Polly Draper for the Nickelodeon cable channel, depicting the daily lives of Draper's sons, who front a fictional world-famous rock band. The show is a mockumentary. The plot...

In the 19th century, Brooklyn did not yet have movie theaters in the modern sense of the word. The first movie theaters as such appeared only in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. But one distinctive feature of Brooklyn was...

For simplicity's sake, this festival is called the Weasel Festival, although its full name is Bring a Weasel and A Pint of Your Own Blood. It was launched at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2006 to showcase new plays written...

Every Labor Day, millions of people gather in Brooklyn to celebrate Caribbean culture at the West Indian American Day Carnival. This carnival is one of Brooklyn's oldest festivals. It was founded in the early 20th century in Harlem, New York. Today,...

In New York City, there’s only one free summer concert and outdoor performance series that has showcased artists from all over the world for nearly 50 years: BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Every year, they meticulously prepare for each summer gathering in Prospect...

Initially known for its groundbreaking week-long live festivals that weave science into New York City’s cultural fabric, the World Science Festival has evolved into a year-round, innovative multimedia organization. It creates original content that spans science, technology, art, media, performance, journalism,...

The history of festivals in Brooklyn can be traced back to the early 19th century when the borough was still a small town. The first recorded festival was the Brooklyn Fair, held in 1829. It was a celebration of agriculture and...

Job searching can be a stressful and exhausting process. Switching from one tab to another or making endless phone calls to potential employers is hardly enjoyable. Sometimes, the effort needed to secure a job may seem overwhelming. However, Brooklyn hosts job fairs—a...

Bruce Cutler, a lawyer with a very difficult personality, who turned John Gotti, the boss of the New York mafia, into the Teflon Don. After five years, during which there were three trials against Gotti, who was accused of racketeering, assault,...

Brooklyn artist Gavin Snyder loves to capture the energy of New York City through his urban sketches. To do this, he visits particularly lively areas of the city, such as Grand Central Station, Greenwich Village, and Chinatown. In his works, he...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg lived a full life, despite the hardships she also had to endure before she was appointed to the Supreme Court. After taking up this position, she continued to successfully fight against gender discrimination. It was Ginsburg who managed...

As we know, a fraudster is a person who aims to deceive others, usually in order to obtain financial gain. First, fraudsters gain people's trust, and then convince them to believe in something that is not real. One such person was...

One could talk at length about the reasons for Jewish migration to the United States, but the main reason is that, of all the countries in the world, America was the kindest to this people. Judge for yourself, because the American...

John Arbuckle was one of the wealthiest men in Brooklyn. Furthermore, according to his contemporaries, he was quite generous: he and his wife engaged in many important civic initiatives, and they even launched some of their own. For example, Arbuckle converted...

Humanity, as we know, has never been particularly restrained when it comes to dancing. At first, these were quite spontaneous, almost primal movements around a campfire in a cave—without mirrors, choreographers, and certainly without critics. Then dance cautiously ventured out onto...

The Brooklyn Philharmonic is a rather prestigious, almost iconic institution in New York. It isn’t as “formal and ceremonial” as Manhattan’s musical institutions, but that was precisely what gave it its special charm. At a time when part of the academic...

Brooklyn is, by its very nature, an almost perfect “movie neighborhood.” Just look at the famous, world-renowned Brooklyn Bridge—the star of hundreds of films and TV show opening sequences. Although in the early days of television, filming often took place in...

Bruce Cutler, a lawyer with a very difficult personality, who turned John Gotti, the boss of the New York mafia, into the Teflon Don. After five years, during which there were three trials against Gotti, who was accused of racketeering, assault,...

Brooklyn 11223 is an American reality television series that premiered on Oxygen in March 2012. The show follows the lives of a group of twelve Italian-American men and women in their mid-twenties who live in the Bay Ridge neighbourhood of Brooklyn....

The Naked Brothers Band is an American musical comedy television show created by Polly Draper for the Nickelodeon cable channel, depicting the daily lives of Draper's sons, who front a fictional world-famous rock band. The show is a mockumentary. The plot...