Ellie moved with her family from Donetsk, Ukraine, to Sheepshead Bay in South Brooklyn when she was just two years old. This vibrant New York neighborhood is well-known for its large Russian-speaking immigrant community, composed predominantly of individuals and families […]

“Sometimes to survive, we must become more than we are programmed to be,” said ROZZUM Unit 7134 (Roz), the protagonist of “The Wild Robot,” which put the theatre’s audience in an emotional chokehold. The beautifully animated film, characterized by breathtaking […]

In 2014, Yvonne Huatin Chow found herself in a crowd of mostly Asian people at the Brooklyn Museum, subconsciously apologizing for her community “taking up too much space” in this event featuring Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. She explains that this […]