Celebrating Community
It’s primary month. As far as the City Council is concerned, the Democratic Party primary in June is the real election, not the usually uncompetitive one in November. The battles over two city council seats in South Brooklyn, Districts 38 and 39, seem to be coming down to the wire. In district 38, which includes Red Hook, incumbent progressive Council […]
International students are increasingly targeted by the Trump Administration. Not only did the the president threaten to shut down Harvard to them, but he suspended visa interviews for all foreigners wishing to apply to any American university. Italy and the United States have a long history of academic collaboration, marked by institutions such as the Italian Academy at the Columbia […]
The Red Hook Locals Softball League began May with a double header. MiniBar took on the Wobblies in a battle of two undefeated teams. MiniBar scored a couple of runs in the first inning, and great pitching by Joe “Fish” and some smooth defensive plays helped them maintain the lead into the 6th. In the top of the 6th, MiniBar […]
Cinema is a lattice of miracles. Consider Northern Lights, a 1978 black-and-white film about a 1916 labor movement in North Dakota made for roughly $300,000 by John Hanson and Rob Nilsson. It’s a small miracle the directors raised the money for a pro-union period piece; that they found a group of (mostly) non-professional actors to commit themselves to a multi-year […]
I am your parenting expert, Mali List Mayer. I am a mom, solopreneur, doggy mama, and homeowner. Learning to juggle all this taught me that my 30+ years of studying productivity and time management was essential to parenting. For over 13 years, I have helped other parents see this by teaching them productivity and time management skills. I love seeing […]
Michael Jones has worked in many different industries — as a manager for Brooklyn synthpop duo Holy Ghost!, at Vice Media in the early days of online video, in the emerging New York City 2010s tech scene at places like Cameo and Dash, and then doing brand development for a company transforming small business lending by blending technology, data, and […]
On Memorial Day, the temperature barely hit 73 degrees, but children donned their bathing suits and ran through the fountain at Carroll Park. A temporary stage sat a few feet away, covered in blue tarp, and some of the more creative children climbed atop, pouring water onto it to create a makeshift slip n’ slide. This month, the slip n’ […]
Over the years I have learned that the most important part of publishing a paper is assembling a great writing team. Early on I faced an issue with no writers and I had to write everything myself, which was so terrible I made sure it never happened again. Papers like this one have always been a good training ground for […]
