Celebrating Community
The celebration of life for Jacqueline Jackson, who lived from May 7, 1953 to August 16, 2023 took place at an event space upstairs in the Tesla building on Van Brunt Street. Her many friends and family came to remember her. There was food, a DJ played music she enjoyed, there was a slide show with pictures of her later […]
Both the Red Hook Library and Carroll Gardens Library are closed long-term for renovations. The closest open libraries to Red Hook are in Park Slope and Brooklyn Heights, which is not ideal for locals. In the meantime, there are a few options for those who miss the library. On Tuesdays from 11- 4 pm, there will either be a bookmobile […]
Given the current climate crisis, as students return to classes, Red Hook schools are making efforts towards increased sustainability. As the Department of Education Office of Sustainability works city-wide to “integrate sustainability into the daily operations of [New York City public] schools,” the Red Hook community is also doing its part to take environmental action on a local-level – action […]
I’ve been wanting to write a column about Eric Adams for quite a while. I met him a few times when he was our Borough President, and frankly, I thought he was perfect at that job, which is basically a figurehead position. BP’s used to have real governing powers back when there was a Board of Estimate running the city, […]
A band everyone should like. There was a time, back in the distant 1980s and ’90s, when recording and distribution outpaced the spread of information. The post-punk DIY movement encouraged artists and fans to seize the means of production and make their own records and zines but there was no guarantee they’d end up in the same places. As a result, […]
Pianist Matthew Shipp has had such a consistent, sustained career, nearly 40 years as one of the foremost free jazz players, that it’s easy to lose sight of what he’s done as a musician. His built a grand discographical forest through his own albums and those on which he’s part of another ensemble—coming up with the important David S. Ware […]
New York is marking the 50th anniversary of the birth of hip-hop at a Bronx block party in 1973 with a packed program of IRL and virtual events, series, and celebrations across the city. (There’s even a special edition New York Public Library library card.) Most of these are centered, obviously, on the music. But at the Museum of the […]
Review of “Kappa,” by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, translated from the Japanese by Allison Markin Powell and Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda Did you go on any trips this summer? Traveling has many benefits. You might interact with different people, learn a new language, and discover things about another culture’s values. Whenever you go someplace new, you see the world with fresh eyes—and sometimes the […]