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Dance NYC Gala was a much needed reunion!! Give them a follow and if you are a DANCER look into @dance.nyc for advocacy and resources!! Kwikstep and I have enjoyed the support and guidance from Dance NYC thru the Lane and Alejandra years..Full Circle was able to keep going thru the dry years because of the leadership, programs and professional development at Dance NYC. Big hugs to @brindaguha @ephratasheriedance @thekendrajross cuz yall are super heroes!!! Shout to Ali Coleman always bringing the good music.. and Congratulations to @omari_wiles and Arturo Lyons receiving the 2026 DanceNYC award and congrats of course for their critically acclaimed and Tony award winning 'Cats Jellicle Ball' musical!!!!!! Keep breakin thru the doors..we uplift each other. #nycdancefam
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Kendra J. Ross @thekendrajross is a proud Detroit native and a force in Bed-Stuy, where she works as a dancer, choreographer, teaching artist, arts administrator, and community organizer. Her multi-disciplinary works blend Afro-Caribbean and Black American folkloric forms with contemporary dance, text, and song to explore resilience, spirituality, and healing. We’re honored to welcome her to the stage as our special guest performer at the 5th Annual Extraordinary Men Awards. Tickets are on sale now for the 5th Annual Extraordinary Men Awards on Friday, November 13, 2026, at Dumbo Loft, Brooklyn, doors at 6 PM. Grab your seat (single tickets are $275, and sponsor and leadership tables are available) and join us for an evening of grit, grace, and growth. Tap the link in our bio to get your tickets: www.thebroexperience.org #ExtraordinaryMen #GritGraceGrowth #BROExperience #BedStuy #Brooklyn KendraJRoss
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FREE Dance Classes TODAY! Join MOPDC this Sunday for our 12th annual FREE Day of Dance. We are grounding in dances that uplift joy as resistance. Take 1, 2 or all 3 classes. Let’s find breath and collective release together. 🌟Sunday, October 18th, 11:30am-3:00pm🌟 Gibney 280 Broadway, entrance 53A Chambers St NYC RSVP required link in bio @mopdance Masks encouraged 🐚 OFFERING Workshops led by MOPDC Collaborating Company Members: * 11:30am-12:30pm | Detroit Line Dance w/ Kendra J. Ross * 12:45pm-1:45pm | Salsa en Tiempo w/ Camilla Davis & Megan Minturn * 2:00-3:00pm | Samba Afro w/ Joya Powell Come dance it out with us! ID: a flyer with a magenta background. There are 4 photos of the facilitators arranged in a semi circle with gold specks behind them. Text in white and gold letters with the FREE Day of Dance information above.
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Dance IT Out! Join MOPDC this Sunday for our 12th annual FREE Day of Dance. We are grounding in dances that uplift joy as resistance. Let’s find breath and collective release together. 🌟Sunday, October 18th, 11:30am-3:00pm🌟 Gibney 280 Broadway, entrance 53A Chambers St NYC RSVP required link in bio @mopdance Masks encouraged 🐚 OFFERING Workshops led by MOPDC Collaborating Company Members: * 11:30am-12:30pm | Detroit Line Dance w/ Kendra J. Ross * 12:45pm-1:45pm | Salsa en Tiempo w/ Camilla Davis & Megan Minturn * 2:00-3:00pm | Samba Afro w/ Joya Powell Come dance it out with us! ID: a flyer with a magenta background. There are 4 photos of the facilitators arranged in a semi circle with gold specks behind them. Text in white and gold letters with the FREE Day of Dance information above.
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We’re proud to welcome NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital as a 2026 Sponsor of the Extraordinary Men Awards! 🖤💛 Their support helps us celebrate the community leaders doing extraordinary work across Brooklyn and fuels the mentorship and wellness programs that help young men thrive. We’re excited to build this partnership and to share a night of grit, grace & growth with them. 📅 Friday, November 13, 2026 📍 Dumbo Loft, Brooklyn 🕕 Doors at 6 PM Join us in celebrating the honorees and the partners who make this night possible. Get your tickets now: www.thebroexperience.org/emas #ExtraordinaryMen #GritGraceGrowth #BROExperience #NYPBrooklyn #Brooklyn
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What’s better than one Kendra J Ross????????? Two!!! 👯🏽‍♀️🖤✨
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Every week brings something different. Our free Fall Fun Series is bringing performances and interactive workshops to Jackie Robinson Park Playground, to bring people together and create safer, joyful spaces in Bed-Stuy. Saturday, October 3: BedStuy Patch-It Workshop with Yenifer Jimenez, plus a dance performance from Brooklyn Ballet
 Saturday, October 10: A music and drum workshop with Deinya Phenix and Okai Musik, plus jewelry making with Latasha Lamar 📍 Jackie Robinson Park Playground Come out and bring the whole family. RSVP via link in bio.
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Fall Fun is back at Jackie Robinson Park Playground with an afternoon of art and movement. 🎨 Yenifer Jimenez brings the BedStuy Patch-It Workshop: Learn and Create Together 🩰 Brooklyn Ballet brings dance to the park with a performance + interactive class Come make something. Come move with us. Come spend Saturday in Bed-Stuy. Saturday, Oct. 3 | 3–5 PM 📍 Jackie Robinson Park Playground FREE + all ages RSVP at the link in bio.
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On Saturday, Aug. 8, Decatur Street in Bed-Stuy became something of a living cultural commons. Brownstone stoops, sidewalks and storefronts were transformed into stages and gathering spaces as artists, residents, families and local businesses came together for the 13th annual STooPS Summer Festival. This year’s theme, “Joy as Resistance,” offered more than a slogan for the free neighborhood festival. For STooPS Art & Community Founder and Director Kendra J. Ross, joy has become a way of thinking about what it means to preserve community that has undergone profound change. The festival allows artists to encounter art in spaces that already belonged to their everyday lives. Rather than placing the work inside a traditional cultural institution, STooPS brings performances and exhibitions directly into the streets, homes, stoops and businesses of Bed-Stuy. Click the link in bio for full story. Author: Kimberlean Donis #bkreader #bkreadernews #stoops #joy #bedstuybrooklyn
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We made the news! 📰 NY1 stopped by to cover this year’s STooPS Summer Festival, catching up with our founder Kendra J. Ross, plus artists Krista Martins, Mónica Ortiz Rossi, and Dig Ferreira ahead of August 8. “STooPS came about to be a bridge between newer folks, artists, homeowners, business owners, residents, visitors, so we could all come together for the sake of building community.” — Kendra J. Ross Read the full story, link in bio. 📍 Decatur St (between Lewis Ave & Stuyvesant Ave), Bed-Stuy 📅 Saturday, August 8, 1–7 PM 🎟 RSVP link in bio
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These past weeks have been full of beautiful and important reunions.. we've all been standing on our business and life sometimes takes us away from being together. Sending hugs to my tight circle of friends! Summer in Nueva Yol!
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It was a long winter but Summer time is in full effect. 🌞😎 We’ve been planning the most amazing Summer Festival for you and your family so make sure to RSVP so you won’t miss it. This year’s theme is Joy as Resistance. 😄✊🏽We don’t take for granted the trying times we face, but we also recognize the need for Joy to balance us so we continue to have the fuel to work towards creating the world we want to see. 🌍 Come help us elevate our frequency with laughter, games, art, and connection. Come elevate our community by purchasing from local vendors, connecting with our Community Partners, and celebrating our Community Honorees. Our 2026 Artists Art Crawl Krista Martin-Wukkout!! 🇹🇹 @wukkout Cantos al Viento 🪇 @cantosalviento Sanctuario 💃🏽 @sanctuariomusica Dig Ferreira 🎨 @digferreira LA MANGA 🪘 Fight4UrDreamz Productions 💥 @iamshemekafoster Headliners Kendra J Ross Works 🧑🏽‍🩰 Brown Rice Family 🎶 @brownricefamily Specialty Essence of Ase 🧘🏽‍♂️ @essenceofase Ladie Ovila 👩🏽‍🎨 @wwoww_emgrl DJ Toni B 📻 @tonibnyc Bridges: A Pan Afrikan ARTS Movement @bridges.pan_afrikanarts and Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy 👧🏽👦🏾 Community Award Honorees Nikole Hannah-Jones-1619 Project 🖤 Ola Ronke- Free Black Women’s Library📚 Barry Cooper-Bro Experience🙋🏾‍♂️ Rotimi Akinnuoye, Ayoola Akinnuoye, Michael Brooks and Peter Medford-BedVyne🍷 Jamila & Ali Wright-Brooklyn Tea🫖 Hebert Shannon Jackson Sweat-Black Veterans 🔫 STooPS Art Summer Festival 2026 Sat. Aug 8 1-7pm Decatur St. between Lewis & Stuyvesant Ave Link in bio to RSVP or visit https://bit.ly/SummerFest26 This year’s festival is made possible by the Mellon Foundation(@mellonfoundation) and is presented in partnership with our neighbors at the Decatur Stuyvesant Block Association (@decatur_stuyvesant_association) , St. Phillip’s Church (@stphilipsbrooklyn), and Mt. Lebanon Church (@mlbcbk). #stoop #bedstuy #STooPSArt #brooklynart #blockparty
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