Celebrating Community
On March 16, Summit Academy charter school hosted their second college fair. The fair, which was held in Summit’s gym, gave students an opportunity to learn about college admissions, financial aid, housing, degree programs and dorms. Questions answered to help in their college search. Some of the colleges that were represented at the college fair were Manhattan College, University of […]
PS 295 on 18th Street in the South Slope is one of two schools in Brooklyn that is receiving a $50,000 investment for a dyslexia pilot program. The other school, PS 107 on 8th Avenue in Park Slope, also received $50,000. This new specialized program is for students with dyslexia or who are otherwise struggling to read, Schools Chancellor David […]
A very long time ago I tried to keep my marriage going with counseling. The main effect of that was to make me stop talking to her during the week, saving it all up for the weekly session. I’m not saying this was a good thing, what I am saying is that this monthly column reminds me of it in […]
The Red Hook Recreation Center at 155 Bay St. unveiled its new and improved gymnasium with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 28. Kids counted down from five as leaders from the Center, Council Woman Alexa Aviles, NYC Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue, and others all cut the ribbon together. Renovations include a new maplewood floor, a new scoreboard, wall padding, rubber […]
NYU Langone celebrated the opening of the Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Ambulatory Care Center at 70 Atlantic Avenue with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Staff also gave a media tour after the ceremony. Going on the tour in the state-of-the-art facility felt like stepping into year 3000. The facility looks beautiful and while it is certainly never ideal to end […]
NYU Langone celebrated the opening of the Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Ambulatory Care Center at 70 Atlantic Avenue with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Staff also gave a media tour after the ceremony. Going on the tour in the state-of-the-art facility felt like stepping into year 3000. The facility looks beautiful and while it is certainly never ideal to end […]
The Red Hook Public Library (7 Wolcott St.) closed this March as the building will undergo major renovations. The library is expected to re-open in early 2025. “We’re going to be bigger, safer, more energy efficient, and serve the community better,” said managing librarian, Joyce Kowpak. In the meantime, there will be in-person programs and services. There will be a […]
The Beam Center, with offices at 60 Sackett Street, works to empower youth by having them build spectacular projects in an intensely supportive and collaborative environment. Beam provides enrichment programming to schools in a variety of settings, including after school programs, street fairs and day camps. In Red Hook they are at PS 676. Joshaun Jakes, who grew up in […]
As a genre, rock n’ roll hasn’t seen the heights it flourished in during the 70s and 80s, or the pop culture dominance of the grunge and pop rock mid to late 90s. However, that hasn’t stopped Riverside Odds from continuing to tour and create some classic rock music. I spoke with band front man R.W Hellborn about their new […]
Turkey’s going to elections next May 14th, a day when the world will see whether the former Ottoman power will still be led by the conservative and Islamist Justice & Development Party of the current President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, or rather by the progressive social-democrat Republican People’s Party. These elections will come in an important period for the Turkish stance […]