The cycle of neighborhood change is one of the complicated inheritances of Brooklyn living. Though the conditions of urban movement are often man-made, the cultural materiality that comes to define ...
Emily Anadu arose one Saturday morning in 2020 and grabbed a dustpan and broom, ready to take on what she assumed would be a daunting task after racial-justice protests swept through New York City the ...
Emily Anadu didn't mean for The Lay Out to become a thing. It was 2020 and Fort Greene Park, once a place of solace for the Brooklyn resident and accomplished consultant, had started to feel like less ...
Fort Greene Park is the move, just as it has been since 2020. The Lay Out, a series of summer gatherings intended “to center Black joy,” returned on Sunday. Credit... Supported by By Gina Cherelus ...
Fort Greene Park was filled with beaming smiles and sweltering skin on Sunday, during The Lay Out’s annual celebration of Black expression and community. Founded by Emily Anadu, Manushka Magloire, ...
When I was young and immortal, I used to sunbathe a lot. A lot. It was part of the Florida culture I grew up in, where flocks of shortsighted people with northern European pigmentation would descend ...