Milette Millington

Diana Catlyn, a native of the Caribbean country of Barbados, has lived in Brooklyn for many years now. Her sister always says that she likes to be on the streets. “I like giving to people in need,” she said.

The Guyanese Girls Rock Foundation (GGRF) held its annual Scholarship & Awards Fundraising Luncheon on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Leonard's Palazzo, located at 555 Northern Blvd., Great Neck, New York.

In celebration of July being Disability Pride Month, Kinetic Light Dance Company (KLDC) will perform excerpts of its new works, including The Next T.i.M.es, at Poster House, on July 26, the day the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law 34 years ago.

The Guyanese Girls Rock Foundation (GGRF) held its annual Scholarship & Awards Fundraising Luncheon on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Leonard's Palazzo,

Artists including tap dancer/choreographer Lisa La Touche and jazz saxophonist/composer Immanuel Wilkins will be working with the Louis Armstrong House Museum (LAHM) until October, as they are a part of the 2024 cohort of the museum's Armstrong Now Artist-in-Residence program, announced last month.

On August 16, jazz vocalist and trumpeter Jumaane Smith, a native of Seattle, Washington, will be celebrating the release of his new album, Come on Home. “This album is my life experience put into music, all of the ups and downs, peaks and valleys, trials and tribulations,” Smith says.

Two Brooklyn-born musicians, Goussy Célestin and Keyanna “Key” Hutchinson, are the 2024-25 Jazz Leaders Fellows for the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music (BKCM). They will receive a $12,500 unrestricted award for their musical endeavors, in addition to free rehearsal space, performance and curatorial opportunities.

Equality for Flatbush (E4F) is a Black Lives Matter organization, founded by Imani Henry (he/him) that has been fighting gentrification, displacement, and police violence, and we've been fighting that in Brooklyn since 2013.

Zahra Scott, soon-to-be 11th grader at Basis Independent Upper School in Brooklyn. Zahra Scott lives in Flatbush and will be starting 11th grade at Basis Independent Upper School in Brooklyn this fall.

Katherine Ragazzino served with the U.S. Marine Corps as a staff non-commissioned officer (NCO) and a Staff Sergeant on two deployments with the 13th MEUSOC (Marine Expeditionary Unit Special Operations Capable).