Author: Sonja

Music

Authentic Indie: Brooklyn Wildlife Summer Festival

I was looking for something fun to do on Labor Day weekend, and found something amazing to do from August 30 to Sept. 10– The Brooklyn Wildlife Summer Festival: For ten nights (and some days) in a row, 150 performers will make music or art or yoga or comedy in 15 venues in Greenpoint, East Williamsburg, and Bushwick. Music styles […]

Holidays

So, what are you doing for Memorial Day weekend?

Memorial Day, the unofficial first day of summer is finally here!!! The forecast is sun and clouds and 77-degrees. If you want to get out and enjoy some of that and/or remember some of our fallen heroes here is some of what Brooklyn has to offer. Note: This event listing starts with family oriented activities and moves to more 18 […]

Red Hook News, Red Hook Parks

Marty Maher on Parks: The finish time for all of the project remains unchanged

The mystery of the desolate Red Hook ballfields was solved on March 11, as the Parks Department, along with the EPA, swooped upon the Rec Center for one of their infrequent community updates. They evidently waited until they had something to say, which was that, after years of planning, and a lot of false promises, their contractors were about to […]

Civic, Red Hook Justice Center

Learning Civic Engagement at the Youth Court, by Nathan Weiser

Khary Bekka led a multi-day civic engagement workshop for Brooklyn youth at the Red Hook Community Justice Center. Local high schoolers read from information that was presented, gave their ideas and got to hear from the knowledge that Bekka had. Bekka started by asking what they got out of the first day of the workshop and what they thought was […]

Music, Nightlife

RED HOOK CONCERT CALENDAR: February 2019, compiled by Jaimie Branch

* critics pick Bene’s RECORD SHOP* 360 Van Brunt St. 718-855-0360 Shows 8:30PM unless otherwise printed. Check local listings! DE-Construkt 41 Seabring St. Check local listings! IBEAM 168 7th Street between 2nd and 3rd Ave. Shows at 8PM unless otherwise printed. SAT 2/2, 8:30PM Fujiwara/Dunston/Leon* Tomas Fujiwara – drums Nick Dunston – bass David Leon – saxophone WED 2/6 Russ […]

Kids, Sunset Park

It’s the Year of the Pig!!!

Chinese Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, welcomes the Year of the Pig starting tonight, Feb. 4, and going until February 19th, the Lantern Festival Since 2016, New York City public school students have had  the day off, probably because the Chinese population in New York City has grown 35% from 2000 to 2013, to about 350,000. […]

Bars, Music

January Music Calendar compiled by Jaimie Branch

The New Year is upon us and there’s nothing like picking up and dusting off that guitar, keyboard, or trumpet that has maybe laid in wait too long. Did you know that Red Hook has many opportunities to play with your neighbors and friends? Bene’s Record Shop, Jalopy Theater, Rocky Sullivan’s, and Sunny’s all offer jam sessions of varying genre […]

Bars

Red Hooked on New Year’s Parties 2019

  It can’t be bingeing Netflix all the time, can it? On the other hand, you may not want to travel for hours on the train on a weekend schedule. So here are some local parties to check out.  New Year’s Eve Fireworks in Prospect Park 10:30 PM at Grand Army Plaza, FREE,  all ages.  Rocky Sullivan’s 9PM Spencer & […]