Posts Tagged Brooklyn
African Shamanism and Healing in Brooklyn
December 28, 2009 by Administrator
by Julie R. Spooner, Ph.D. Two years ago, I set out to establish an African-centered healing center in Brooklyn. As a holistically-oriented psychologist, I longed to set up a group practice with other holistic healers along with a yoga center. As I began my outreach efforts to recruit healers, I found myself inundated with folks [...]
Culture, Travel & Heritage, Features|1 Comment
Tags: African Shamanism, African-centered healing center, Brooklyn, healing, Julie R Spooner, Kemetic, licensed psychologist, Sakhu Healing Arts Center, shamanism, Tehuti
Bites/Tastings: Franklin Avenue
December 28, 2009 by Administrator
by Wendy Taylor Take a stroll down Franklin Avenue: judging by the number of eateries, new, established and soon to open, it may be on the way to becoming the latest Brooklyn restaurant row. Here’s a sampling of what’s on offer: Opel’s Caribbean Cuisine, 796A Franklin Avenue, 718-771-0635. Delivery and catering. A bright neon sign [...]
Columns, Food & Dining|No Comments
Tags: african food, Brooklyn, caribbean, franklin avenue
Stage 4 cancer survivor living her life’s purpose
December 28, 2009 by Administrator
by Allison Marie Palmer Editor’s Note: This article was published in 2007. Allison Marie Palmer passed away in 2008. We posted this article as a tribute to her, her family and spirit, but most importantly, to inspire others to continue to fight on. On July 22, 2004, I received the most shocking news of my entire [...]
2007 - articles, Culture, Travel & Heritage, Features|No Comments
Tags: adeno-carcinoma, Brooklyn, cancer, debulking, New York, Stage 4 cancer
Destinations: Where Brooklynites will be going this summer
December 27, 2009 by Administrator
by Earl S. Davis, Laylah Amatullah Barrayn and Atim Annette Oton As an African-born child with an American mother of Trinidad and Jamaican heritage, some would say I was born to travel. And after visiting over 40 countries across the world, I highly recommend this experience to anyone. The editorial I wrote earlier begins with [...]
Culture, Travel & Heritage, Features|3 Comments
Tags: Atlantic Slave Trade, baha, bahia, Bajan Bash, Barbados, Brazil, Brooklyn, Copacabana, egypt, favelas, Ipanema beach, Laylah Amatullah Barrayn, morocco, rio, Rio de Janeiro, samba music, tours, Travel, West Indies
Jazz in Brooklyn
December 26, 2009 by Administrator
by Laylah Amatullah Barrayn Brooklyn’s jazz scene shares a long history in the overall movement of jazz in New York City. It wasn’t only Harlem and Midtown’s 52 Street that championed jazz for the Big Apple — add Bedford-Stuyvesant to that list. Not only did Brooklyn produce jazz luminaries such as Max Roach and Lean [...]
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Tags: Ahmed Abdullah, Art Blakey, Bob Myers, Brooklyn, Brooklyn clubs, Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium, Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Hugh Masekela, Jazz, Jazz @ 966, jazz luminaries, jazz tour, Laylah Amatullah Barrayn, Lean Horne, Max Roach, Night of the Cookers, Sista’s Place, Thelonius Monk
Breaking with Traditions: Brooklyn Wedding Designers
December 26, 2009 by Administrator
by Tamara Walker Certainly the most memorable 24 hours in a woman’s life is her wedding day. Each bride-to-be makes the event her own by adding a piece of herself to the festivities through something special added to the ceremony or even her dress. Breaking with tradition is gradually becoming a wedding tradition in itself. Weddings today are much more than just an expression of a [...]
Tags: black designers, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Boutiques, brooklyn fashion, Brooklyn's creative industry, Fashion, fashion industry
African Designers in Brooklyn
December 26, 2009 by Administrator
by Bonnie Sandy Sterling and Atim Annette Oton Brooklyn is a borough of immigrants. Their influence on Brooklyn’s aesthetic can be seen in the growing fashion industry. From presentations, fashion shows to the business models, some Brooklyn designers are doing what it takes to stay in the industry. But, one must leave these traditional expectations [...]
Tags: black designers, Bonnie Sandy Sterling, Boutique, bring-together, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Boutiques, brooklyn fashion, brooklyn fashion gallery, Brooklyn's creative industry, brooklyn-bridge, Fashion, fashion industry, fulton-street, moshood
YINKA SHONIBARE MBE (global & central)
December 26, 2009 by Administrator
by Patricia Spears Jones The Brooklyn Museum of Art through September 20, 2009. Curated by Rachel Kent, Senior Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney Member of the British Empire is both an honor and a gesture. The honor is coveted as it moves the member up towards more celebrated realms. But it [...]
2009 - articles, Culture, Travel & Heritage, Features|1 Comment
Tags: Brooklyn, brooklyn museum, patricia spea, yinka shonibare
Travel and Home: A Little Class Warfare
December 26, 2009 by Administrator
Travel and solitude. I think that is what the editor mentioned when she sent out the topics for the next Calabar. Or was she asking about travel as opposed to solitude? All I know is that lately I’ve been traveling around the east, middle and south of these United States—part book tour; part pleasure. It’s been [...]
Columns, Cosmopolitan in Brooklyn|No Comments
Tags: Big Money, Brooklyn, Class Warfare, Develop Don’t Destroy, Home, New York, Travel
A Brooklyn Shopping Escapade
December 26, 2009 by Administrator
A Summer Shopping Experience by Atim Annette Oton and Bonnie Sandy Sterling Summer is here and already the traffic is hectic and in full blast. Who’s coming? Who’s going and what to take with you for vacation? What can you get? And more importantly, where can you find it? The age-old shopping questions prevail. This [...]
2007 - articles, Fashion|2 Comments
Tags: black designers, Bonnie Sandy Sterling, Brookkyn Shopping, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Boutiques, brooklyn fashion gallery, Brooklyn's creative industry, calabar imports, Fashion, fashion industry, moshood, Pieces, Tribal Truths