On September 24, friends and neighbors gathered outside the Brooklyn Ice House at 318 Van Brunt Street to commemorate the life of William Robertson, a local musician who died suddently. At 7:30 pm, bagpiper Christopher Rodriguez led the crowd of more than 70 past Bene Coopersmith’s record shop, to Sunny’s Bar on Conover Street, for complimentary Budweisers. Outside, a chalkboard on […]
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Gary’s Spirit
“Where is your bike Robbie?” I heard a very recognizable, somewhat Americanized, across the pond, accent. It was my good friend Gary. I told him that my bicycle got jacked about a week before, from in front of my house. Gary reached into his pocket and pulled out a key. “Here, take this one,” he said, pointing to a bike […]
Jan Bell grows a significant music festival in DUMBO and Red Hook, by Nathan Weiser
The Brooklyn Americana Music Festival (AMF) will take place September 21-24. The first festival was in 2015. It has grown every year and this year will have 60 bands on seven different stages in Red Hook and DUMBO. Jan Bell, founder of the fest, produced her first live music event in DUMBO on a pickup truck stage outside the Between […]
A night with two local artists at Bait and Tackle
Come share a night with Risha Gorig and Franz Landspersky, both local artists from Red Hook. Risha will performan an eclectic mix of experimental/avant-garde music. Raw and Dark, ethereal and vulnerable, her adage of old stories and new are born. She is conjuring up old ghosts and inviting her demons and saints to come forth. Mixing music she has composed with […]
Red Hook’s Homemade Parade
Started around 4:30 at the Good Fork on Sandy Anniversary Day, just look at the creative neighborhood folks who did this all by themselves. No corporate sponsorship!