During intermission at the Plastic Soul concert on Wednesday, August 5th (see “Grooving to the Sounds of Plastic Soul”), a baseball scholarship was awarded on behalf of Assemblywoman Jaime Williams, in place of the weekly raffles, at the Marine Park Summer Concert Series. Rosie Troman,

Once again, the weather threatened to stop the music from happening in Marine Park on Wednesday, August 5th, but thanks to quick coordination, Plastic Soul was swiftly moved inside the Carmine Carro Community Center, located at 3000 Fillmore Avenue, where the band brought down the

It was an exquisite day to “Sketch and Stroll” at Floyd Bennett Field (FBF), one of the many events inspired by the Jamaica Bay Festival, hosted by the Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy on City of Water Day (Saturday, July 25th). Artists of all abilities started

Marine Park was alive with the sound of opera and Broadway tunes on the evening of Wednesday, July 22nd, as the Regina Opera Company mesmerized concertgoers at the sixth concert in a series of Marine Park summer concerts sponsored by Assemblywoman Jaime Williams. This concert

The Canarsie community gathered on a picture-perfect summer day to celebrate the late Pop Smoke’s 27th birthday. The festivities started with a parade that ended in a celebration of life and legacy in Canarsie Park, at Seaview Avenue and East 93rd Street, on Monday, July

Models “Disrupted” the runway with the Black Smoke collection at the annual Pop Smoke Fashion Gala on the evening of Tuesday, July 21st (the day after the late Pop Smoke’s birthday celebration), at the Brooklyn Museum, located at 200 Eastern Parkway. Bashar Barakah Jackson, also

It wouldn’t be Christmas without some kind of precipitation and last minute magical ingenuity – and the Children’s Concert, Christmas in July, was no different. Held on Wednesday, July 15th, this was the fifth concert in a series of Marine Park summer concerts sponsored by

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The crowd was ready to turn up the heat and salsa on the Marine Park lawn with Kool Elements on Wednesday, July 8th. This was the fourth concert in a series of adored Marine Park summer concerts sponsored by Assemblywoman Jaime Williams. Kool Elements have

Name a hobby, sport or a collectible, and there were enthusiasts, fanatics and aficionados lined up with anticipation outside Hobby Box, at 2600 Flatbush Avenue, for its Opening Day celebration on Sunday, July 12th. There were in-person autograph and photo opportunities with former basketball players

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Concertgoers appreciated the music of Cantor Shea Rubenstein and Keyboardist Tzvi on Wednesday, June 24th, at the second concert in a series of adored Marine Park summer concerts sponsored by Assemblywoman Jaime Williams. Rubenstein sang several traditional Jewish anthems as well as some with much

The day was hot, and there was a burst of rain before the concert start time, but it turned out to be a beautiful evening in Marine Park – a perfect night for Caribbean island music to be played, enjoyed and celebrated. On Wednesday, June