#BrooklynGirlCode™ weekend recap from all this past week’s top news events.
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#BrooklynGirlCode™ #FlashBackFridays: #EddieMurphy #Delirious
Because it’s Friday (Flash Back Friday) and we made it through another terrible work week and because it just wouldn’t be #BrooklynGirlCode™ without the Brooklyn Bad Boy himself… Eddie Murphy! Hit the link below to watch Murphy’s 1982 critically acclaimed stand-up comedy Delirious that many say was the pivotal film of his legendary career. It’sContinue reading “#BrooklynGirlCode™ #FlashBackFridays: #EddieMurphy #Delirious”
#BrooklynGirlCode™ #TBT’s: Nina Simone’s “To Be Young Gifted and Black!”
“In the whole world you know, there’s a million boys and girls who are young, gifted and Black. And that’s a fact!” -Nina Simone It was the summer of 1969. Singer/songwriter Nina Simone was at the height of her career. Simone was performing at the Harlem Cultural Festival in New York City and decided toContinue reading “#BrooklynGirlCode™ #TBT’s: Nina Simone’s “To Be Young Gifted and Black!””
Vivica A. Fox Shares Update on Longtime friend Regina King
“She is surrounded by so much love y’all. Our community is right there for her.” – Vivica A. Fox “I was with Regina King last night and she’s alright…” actress Vivica A. Fox recently spoke on her show Cocktails With Queens and gave viewers an update on how her longtime friend Regina King is doingContinue reading “Vivica A. Fox Shares Update on Longtime friend Regina King”
#CoachFranke Celebrates 50 Years of Coaching Division I Women’s #Fencing at #TempleUniversity
Dr. Nikki Franke celebrates fifty years of coaching the Division 1 Women’s Fencing Team at Temple University this year! I was a young inexperienced teenager when I walked into Coach Franke’s fencing room in McGonigle Hall for the first time. Looking back now, I didn’t know anything (competitive-wise) about my weapon, Sabre. Coming from Brooklyn,Continue reading “#CoachFranke Celebrates 50 Years of Coaching Division I Women’s #Fencing at #TempleUniversity”
#PeppaPig Gets Savage on Twitter & Takes Shots at Kanye West’s New Album #Donda !!!!
They say when you’re on top that everyone is going to come for you! Well surprisingly cartoons are not exempt from this group! Kanye West dropped his highly-anticipated tenth studio album Donda this past week and Peppa Pig was caught trolling the Chicago rapper in a now-deleted savage and sassy tweet! The popular British animatedContinue reading “#PeppaPig Gets Savage on Twitter & Takes Shots at Kanye West’s New Album #Donda !!!!”
A Night w/ Umar Bin Hassan @ Petra’s!
Official Petra’s event flier for Poet, Umar Bin Hassan of legendary spoken word group The Last Poets.
Congrats to #ZailaAvantGarde on Winning the #Scripps National #SpellingBee!!
According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, the word “Murraya” is defined as a genus of tropical Asiatic and Australian trees (family Rutaceae) having pinnate leaves and flowers with imbricated petals. However, to a young 14-year-old girl from New Orleans, Louisiana by the name of Zaila Avant-garde, the word “Murraya” means a whole lot more thanContinue reading “Congrats to #ZailaAvantGarde on Winning the #Scripps National #SpellingBee!!”
Good Luck to the #PeterWestbrookFoundation at the #Tokyo2020 #Olympics Next Month!
Peter Westbrook speaking to his Fencers at the Fencers Club in New York City.