Celebrating Community
Artist Jaimie Walker Wins Brooklyn Poster Project Contest Painter Jaimie Walker is the inaugural winner of the Superheroes NYC Brooklyn Poster Project. Her winning design will be featured on the back cover of The Red Hook-Star Revue. After graduating from Pratt Institute with a BFA in Communications Design, Walker swiftly became one of the pioneering artists who made the derelict and rather dangerous neighborhood DUMBO […]
Art tours around the Gowanus What better way to learn about the local arts scene than to take a tour with a local artist? On the second Saturday of every month, collage artist Rich Garr leads in-depth art walks as part of the volunteer-run Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club. Since the late 90s, Garr has been leading art walks, starting with the Cleveland Museum of Art before […]
Rocky Sullivan’s hosts a “Kickin’ Cancer” benefit concert for bassist Malcolm Smart, long-time resident of Park Slope and owner of the first dog daycare in Brooklyn. The rock-filled event will reunite some of the most beloved musicians in Red Hook: Rome 56 (Artie Lamonica of The Shirts), Spaghetti Eastern Music (Sal Cataldi) Frank’s Museum (led by Frank Ruscitti, with Malcolm Smart on bass) and Formaldehyde Blues Train (FBT), reuniting for the […]