Author: Carly Quellman

Arts

Ellis Got A Brand New New Year Show, by Carly Quellman

Sitting on the beach, David Craig Ellis took a deep breath. The artist and curator had contracted COVID-19 April 2021. And in turn, long COVID – with symptoms ranging from sleeping problems to problems concentrating and thinking — set in. Ellis flew from New York to Miami in hopes that the sunshine would improve his state of being. While the […]

Profile

Put Your Money Where Your Energy Is

Bauce: Liane Membis makes a space to celebrate women of color and their careers  Meet Liane Membis, a motivational and money-minded Woman of Color who is taking an honest approach toward the “anti-conference” mentality.    “It’s me, my Bauce friends, and you. And we’re all going to be friends by the end of this,” were the words Liane Membis, founder and Editor-in-Chief of Bauce Magazine, spoke to me days before Bauce Haus, Liane’s first one-day […]

Food

Let’s Give ‘Em Something to Talk About: Women & Food

In an opinionated world, the conversation surrounding food and gender is openly voiced. One of our readers is exploring this correlation, dissecting her own body’s health while investigating society’s negative food stigma towards women. I have struggled with my weight since I was a child. Even at a young age, my stomach packed on bloat in a round balloon-shape, similar […]

Arts, Books, Red Hook Library

Michelle’s Memoir: Brooklyn’s Take

2018 has proven itself to be a monumental year, reeking of political devastation far more significant than ever deemed possible. Yet in light of these events, there has been an unmistakable amount of positivity surrounding a particular political figure. On Nov. 23, former First Lady Michelle Obama released her first book, “Becoming.” The memoir is a coming-of-age story about Michelle’s […]