Intersections is a BID series focused on information, ideas, and our community. The series is produced by the Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership; this edition focuses on Flatiron-centric books and is being presented in collaboration with Rizzoli Bookstore. The free events take…

MetroTech’s La Defense Bakery and Bistro hosts a day-long celebration featuring Downtown Brooklyn’s own Petanque Tournament on professional-grade courts, plus food, live music, dancing and fun for all. Part of the Summer@MetroTech series presented by Forest City Ratner Companies.   MetroTech…

With her deadpan quips and “tell it like it is” attitude, NeNe Leakes quickly turned Bravo’s Real Housewives of Atlanta into can’t-miss reality TV. Using the franchise as a launching pad, she wrote a memoir entitled Never Make the Same…

A spectacular Italian Festival kicking off July 6th in Brooklyn honoring Saint Paolino has it all: faith, food, music, neighborhood pride, history, colorful cultural celebrations and international visitors. Neapolitan immigrants from Italy settled in Williamsburg long ago and brought a…

Join actor Benjamin Bratt and director Brad Furman as they discuss their new film that tells the true story of U.S. Customs Official Robert Mazur and his journey inside the harrowing world of the Medellin Cartel where Mazur uncovered a…

Brooklyn Bowl is turning seven! Can you believe it?! To celebrate, they invite you to join them for Eric Krasno Band‘s album release show with Marcus King Band plus a special edition of Bowl Train with Talib Kweli. The party doesn’t stop there: the…

Founded in 2016 by choreographer Jeremy McQueen, The Black Iris Project is a ballet collaborative and education vehicle which creates new, relevant classical ballet works that celebrate diversity and black history. Based in New York City, the project hosts a team of predominantly…

“Survivor’s Remorse,” from executive producers Tom Werner and LeBron James, follows Cam Calloway, a hardworking, young basketball star who is thrust into the limelight after signing a huge contract with a pro team in Atlanta. Join the cast of Jessie…

SummerScreen is Brooklyn’s longest running film and music series.  Now in it’s 11th year, SummerScreen brings crowds to Williamsburg’s McCarren Park each Wednesday in July + August to enjoy a lineup of cult classic movies, live music, and food &…

In these times of accelerated debate about race, where does the term “white privilege” fit in? Join Baratunde Thurston, Former Supervising Producer at The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and author of the best-selling book How to Be Black, and…