Celebrating Community
If you never saw Columbia Street before 1960, you missed a lot. The street is still there; the sidewalks, the street sign, but the stores, the people, the charm are all gone. That strip of avenue is unrecognizable, now lined with barrack type housing and no character at all. The house where I was born no longer stands. 11 Woodhull Street. […]
Maybe you’ve seen my stickers. I made a real push to get them on every lamp post & defunct emergency box in Red Hook. The time has come, however, to reach out via the long arms of the Red Hook Star Revue. I am pleased to announce an exhibition of my recent work, housed in Beriah Wall’s art studio on […]
Red Hook resident Leroy Branch is a lay deacon of the Catholic Church, assigned to the Parish of St. Paul and St. Agnes in Cobble Hill. If you’ve ever attended a Mass with Deacon Leroy on the altar, either proclaiming the gospel, reading the Prayer of the Faithful or announcing “The Mass is ended, go in peace” in his booming […]
Hurricane Sandy, the mega storm that hit New York City on October 29, 2012, was one of the costliest storms in U.S. history at the time, just behind Hurricane Katrina. Its 29 foot waves and storm surges caused extensive coastal flooding and $19 billion in damages. Red Hook is one of 10 communities that was hit hardest and in this […]
With summer wildfires in California, Montana, and Oregon, hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Jose wreaking havoc in the southern United States and the Caribbean, and the massive earthquake in Mexico City, Mother Earth seems angry. Whether you believe that Gaia is taking her revenge or hold more scientifically based beliefs, major shifts in climate and plate tectonics have been in full […]
Dan Al-Mateen or “Maddan” sat with a bulging binder full of papers, newspaper clippings, and photographs spread out across the bar at Rocky Sullivan’s. As he started to talk, he flipped carefully through the pages, forming a patchwork image of the lives that his parents have led and touching on the various events and circumstances that had formed so much […]
Carlos Menchaca should have never had a race for re-election, he’s one of the better council members, at least as I see it. However, for various reasons, not many having to do with actual governance, he did. Thankfully, to me and many readers of the Red Hook Star-Revue, he won, pretty much going away. So now that we have four […]
On Saturday, September 16, at 12 noon, the Star-Revue will up a stage under the crane at IKEA’s Erie Basin Park (in back of the parking lot) and present a full day of home-grown Brooklyn music. Admission is free, and there will be food, beer and vendors, plus a green park making a fun day for all! Mike Cobb & […]
Kids and adults interested in martial arts, and more specifically Chung Do Kwan Taekwando, are now in luck: Mission Martial Arts is opening a new 2,600 square foot facility on 356 Van Brunt St. on Saturday, September 9. Mission Martial Arts has had a location at 517 Henry Street for 11 years and the owners thought that Red Hook really […]
The City has announced the winning proposal for a temporary public art project addressing the impact of climate change on the Red Hook community. Dozens of Red Hook residents selected the Ark for the Arts, a proposal by Brooklyn-based artists and educators Jeannine Bardo and Isabelle Garbani, from a total of nine proposals presented at a public input session on […]