Celebrating Community
Recycle magazines and catalogs into Valentine collages! This year, create one-of-a-kind Valentines for friends, family, and significant others using the art of collage and the printed materials you have on hand. It’s fun, easy, and inexpensive. Here’s how to get started: Collect magazines and catalogs. To find collage materials in our part of Brooklyn, you don’t have to spend any […]
Visitors can have a magical time at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, thanks to a limited time-only exhibit that connects classic twentieth-century century Walt Disney films with eighteenth-century European history and artwork. Nestled between the Greek and Roman Art gallery and the European sculpture and decorative arts gallery is “Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts,” the […]
PS 676 had a holiday gift giving event with Santa that was enjoyed by all in their schoolyard on the Wednesday before Christmas. PS 676 teacher Mr. Nouvertne enjoyed being Santa. According to parent coordinator Marie Hueston, gifts for the students were donated by PS 676 partners PS 58 (in Carroll Gardens) and Redemption Church Red Hook. Gift cards that […]
Carroll Garden’s St. Paul’s Episcopal Church extended an old tradition and sail-ebrated a new addition to its 171-year-old church via a handcrafted, wooden votive ship. A dozen votive ships dating from the first World War that hung in the church were cut down and stolen in 1978, leaving one broken and left behind during the robbery. That broken ship — […]
One of the tricks of making crafts out of recycled materials is letting the natural shape of the objects you choose inspire what they can become. Take paper towel rolls, for instance. Their long, narrow shape calls to mind other long, narrow things, like wands and flutes. Here you’ll find instructions for a magic wand, a fairy wand, a playful […]
On the afternoon of Sunday, November 21st at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Academy of Brooklyn, in Sunset Park Brooklyn, a special memorial tribute to famed conductor José Alejando “Alex” Guzmán (1946-2021) was presented to his longtime fans at the Regina Opera. Selections from Mozart’s Le Nozze Di Figaro and Don Giovanni; Beethoven’s Fidelio, Verdi’s Otello, Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, […]
Tosca A Revival of Sir David McVicar’s production of Tosca opened on Dec 2. A Revival already happened of this production and a scheduled one got cancelled. So, a revival of this production, or Tosca in general, wasn’t very rare so it just seemed a typical revival along with so many others in the season. Yet, it was terrific. It […]
’Tis the season—to get lots and lots of packages! Before you flatten the boxes to put out with your recycling, consider transforming them into holiday crafts. Here’s a step-by-step guide to turn empty cardboard boxes into festive gingerbread houses. Choose your box. For this project, look for boxes that already resemble the shape of a house. Think rectangular rather than […]
Midtown Manhattan’s Jacob K. Javitz Center – which was designated the United States’ largest vaccination site at its peak 10 months ago – served a new purpose and reminded many of a pre-pandemic past. It hosted the 5th Annual Anime NYC, an immersive and interactive pop culture festival that celebrates Japanese animation and culture, from November 19 to 21. “While […]
While covering the return of Anime NYC 2021 at the Jacob K. Javitz Center, the Red Hook Star-Revue also spoke with Mexican-born cosplayer entertainer and self-taught costume designer Azulette who currently calls New York City “home.” She discovered her passion for cosplay during high school when her classmates gave her her first costume of Cardcaptor Sakura as a gift. Since […]