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Help a Red Hook family in need – UPDATED
There was a Red Hook family in need last week – the community responded! Just below is an update from the Justice Center… On Friday, Ms. Quinones was able to get the keys for her new apartment – a three bedroom on Lorraine Street in Red Hook West. Ms. Smith and Mr. Laval and the NYCHA team worked very […]
Van Gogh ear found in Red Hook, by Hobbert Ruse
Many things in Red Hook have surfaced since the flooding that accompanied Hurricane Sandy. One of the most unexpected was Van Gogh’s ear. This news has been withheld pending verification, but recent DNA testing has confirmed that a piece of earlike looking flesh encased in an old art portfolio is indeed a piece of the old master. The portfolio was […]
Editorial: Coalition needs even more presence
A few weeks ago we were contacted by the Red Hook Coalition. Nahisha McCoy sent an email inviting us to their first community input meeting. We are happy that this Coalition, bearing the name of our community, has finally come out of the shadows and introduced itself. While their existence was not exactly a secret before this, many residents we […]
Red Hook Coalition holds first-ever public meeting, by George Fiala
The Red Hook Coalition held a long-awaited public meeting on March 18th, in the lunchroom of the South Brooklyn Community School on Conover Street. The meeting was advertised with flyers and on Facebook, inviting the Red Hook community to give input into a disaster recovery plan they are working on. As the flyer explained “The first 72 hours after a […]
A Stand Up Performance, by Kimberly Gail Price
A Stand Up performance, review by Kimberly G. Price
A Stand Up Performance, by Kimberly Gail Price
Anybody up for a good penis joke? In a fast paced play, Marc Spitz’s Up For Anything creates up the scenario in the opening moments to set up two hours of back to back zingers aimed at Walter Dabney, a poet with an unrelenting erection. The show opens with Walter (Ben Schneider) under a blanket with his mistress Annie (Jen […]
BASIS School to open in Red Hook this fall, by George Fiala
The BASIS Independent School received permission to run a Red Hook School at a March 25 hearing of the Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA). The school, which will be located at 556 Columbia Street, is located in an IBZ manufacturing zone, and needed the approval to begin construction. They immediately announced their opening this fall, despite the fact that […]
Neighborhood throws benefit to help local photographer, by Kimberly Gail Price
Craig LaCourt lives with his family in Red Hook. He takes pictures. For more than a decade his photography has captured the souls of his community. Craig’s portraits reveal personality, emotion, action, but most of all, they illustrates humanity. In January, the LaCourt family’ livelihood was halted by tragedy. They were traveling through Detroit when their car was broken into […]
The Crazy World of Politics, by George Fiala
It’s March and the 2014 races are getting closer. Word is that a Mexican American is looking to do to Assemblyman Felix Ortiz what Carlos Menchaca did to Sara Gonzalez in the city council. Nydia’s 10th two year Congressional term is up at the end of the year, and despite all her off year work for City Council candidates, there […]