Day: February 7, 2020

Arts, Books

Four authors and an actor to gather in a 1920s Brooklyn ballroom to honor late writer Stephen Dixon

The late novelist and short story writer Stephen Dixon will be honored by authors and an actor at “Celebrating Stephen Dixon,” a literary event hosted by Murmrr in the Union Temple of Brooklyn, near Grand Army Plaza, on Thursday, February 27,, 2020 at 7:30 PM. Dixon, a Manhattan native, died this past November at the age of 83. Describing himself […]

Red Hook News

Technology and the empathy void: narcissism on the rise

Technology has transformed all of our lives and continues to do so at an increasing rate. The post-industrial era is a term coined by French sociologist Alain Touraine in 1969 and later popularized by sociologist Daniel Bell in 1973. This era marked the transition from a factory production-based economy to a service-based economy.  The post-industrial era has brought with it […]

Music

A Saturday night at Public Records

Beats pulsed like a throbbing heartbeat thrashing a metallic hymn. Strobes entrapped dancing bodies in an electrified robotic stutter. And Public Records’ hi-fi quadraphonic Sound Room transported Brooklyn’s rapidly gentrifying Gowanus neighborhood into a world-class nightspot. I’d wanted to explore Public Records since it opened in April 2019, but a variety of reasons kept me away. Mostly my friends are […]