Celebrating Community
Turn clear iced tea and coffee cups into pretty gift containers. The shape of clear plastic cups makes them perfect receptacles for numerous things: fresh flowers, candies, or colored pencils to name a few. Using simple decorations like fabric, ribbon, and paint, you can turn these cups into gift holders just in time for Mother’s Day. Fabric Flowerpot What you’ll […]
Gus Semon, owner of Trumbull Printing, Star-Revue printer since 2012, stands with George Fiala, Star-Revue Publisher, holding the first place plaque. The Red Hook Star-Revue, founded in 2010, was accepted as a member of the New York State Press Association in 2012. The Press Association is the statewide trade organization for NY’s community newspapers. In addition for lobbying for […]
Christos Tsiamis, Chief Engineer of Gowanus Superfund project. Despite the strong opposition of New York City, including Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and local Councilman Bill deBlasio, the Gowanus Canal, called one of the most polluted waterways in the world, was finally declared an EPA Federal Superfund site in 2010. This meant that the canal would be subject to federal jurisdiction when […]
Summer is around the corner, and for many people the thought of traveling cross country in a motor home seems like an ideal vacation. Then there are those for whom a vacation is not enough: The lure of the open road inspires some to refurbish vintage Airstreams, camper vans, and even school buses into full-time residences. In the new book […]
In mid-March, Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC) announced that it would allocate over $1.32 million to 238 Brooklyn based-artists and cultural organizations through its 2022 Community Arts Grants and Creative Equations Fund. It marks the highest number of grantees and awardees, as well as the largest amount of funding, BAC has ever distributed. The council launched the fund last year to […]
Turn empty tea boxes into miniature Easter baskets! The size and proportion of tea boxes make them perfect containers for small keepsakes or individual portions of sweets—like Easter candy. Follow these simple steps to create a tiny Easter basket that can be customized any way you like, from the color and decorations of the exterior to the types of candy […]
Spring is finally here and in the air! And for beautiful, blooming cherry blossoms, look no further than Green-Wood. To kick off the spring season after a quiet, dormant winter and to honor the beauty of the spring season, the 478-acre cemetery and national historic landmark is hosting its second annual Hanami Festival on April 20. Hanami is Japanese for […]
You might know the whimsical artwork of Alice and Martin Provensen without even realizing it. The husband-and-wife illustration team created more than 40 children’s books in a career that spanned the mid- to late-20th century. Some of their earliest works are classics from the Little Golden Books series, such as 1949’s The Color Kittens written by Margaret Wise Brown (one […]
If you’re like me, you have a drawer in your kitchen where you stash things like take-out chopsticks because it seems wasteful to throw them away. Here’s an easy craft idea to transform those chopsticks into picture frames for children’s artwork, photos, postcards, or whatever you’d like to display. What you’ll need: To make the frames, all you’ll need is […]
More students will be introduced to journalism during high school, thanks to Lara Bergen, former children’s book editor and founder and interim director of Press Pass NYC. The idea came to Bergen five years ago when she was teaching English at Louis D. Brandeis High School, which at the time did not have a school paper. “I didn’t know how […]