Tagged: Crown Heights

Community catalyzing through books & coffee

Story and photos by Khatia Mikadze Situated on a busy street in the middle of Crown Heights, Cafe Con Libros looks like an artsy coffee shop from outside. But inside, it is every woman’s and book lover’s heaven. It is a feminist bookstore where you can sip your coffee and immerse yourself in feminist literature all at once. The selection may surprise you, ranging from famous women authors such as Zadie Smith to children’s books to undiscovered authors from all...

Meet with Hsuan-Yu Pan, a NY-based woman documentary filmmaker originally from Taiwan

Interview conducted and written by Jahaida Hernandez Jesurum   On a cold April morning in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, I meet with Hsuan-Yu Pan. She opens the door with a warm, charismatic smile that seems to be a permanent feature of her face. We take the elevator to the apartment of one of her friends in the basement where, she explains, she is working on a film segment for BRIC, a Brooklyn-based art and media nonprofit. We are welcomed into the...