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A people frozen in fear cried out, “Save us! Our kids need something to watch,” and Bob Iger listened. Disney+ released Frozen II three months in advance of its planned streaming date in response to pandemic-induced anxiety, boredom, and spiritual malaise. We streamed it the day it became available on home media from an undisclosed safe house on Long Island. […]
March 20 2020 A week ago about 10% of the people on the trains were wearing masks. Now,10% aren’t wearing masks , and the other 90% are. I’m not sure if the media is having a field day and fear mongering, as they do so well, or if this is indeed a legit reason for us to run inside our […]
It’s hard to breathe right now. This is not what one expected out of a doomsday. Many of us are facing abject boredom punctuated by panic attacks, hours on hold calling various government agencies that are way out of their depth, ever-bloating undereye bags, close quarters, piling laundry and children begging to see their friends. These are the lucky folks […]
As deep winter moves into spring, the already busy New York dance scene gets even more dizzying. Here are upcoming events I’m excited to see. We begin the month with Joya Powell and her MOPDC (Movement of the People Dance Company). I’ve loved Joya’s work since I first saw her company about 3 years ago. A New York native, a […]
On March 25, the price of entry to a luxe wine and hors d’oeuvres party is… a couple of boxes of tampons or pads! Project Pad, an event hosted by the Brooklyn Bridge Rotary Club, will be held at The Great Room in Carroll Gardens. The purpose: to stock up the New Horizons family homeless shelter in East New York […]
Watch out for ICE The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are deploying agents to New York City. New Yorkers can call the ActionNYC hotline at 1-800-354-0365 to receive immigration legal help. New Yorkers who are feeling sad or anxious are not alone, and they can get connected to free, confidential mental health support by […]
The acronym stands for Previously-Unknown Data-Driven Transformer. PREDATORs are the latest “clever” scheme from real estate developers, like Mr. Dov Hertz. He’s found a way to avoid oversight by using an aggressively boring name for a new idea, calling it a multi-level distribution center (MLD). Hertz just bought the historic Sunset Industrial Park. He’s working to evict all the tenants […]
Q: I’m 70 and I’m starting to see a blurred area in the middle of my vision. Any ideas? Have this checked immediately by an eye care practitioner. What you describe is a symptom of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of vision loss in Americans 60 years of age and older. The macula is at the center of […]
“His longing eyes, impatient, backward cast / To catch a lover’s look, but look’d his last; / For, instant dying, she again descends, / While he to empty air his arm extends.” The legend of Orpheus and Eurydice recounts how Orpheus, the fabled poet and philosopher, violated Hades’ conditions for his dead lover Eurydice’s release from the underworld by turning […]
For better or worse, when visitors come to Red Hook’s Pioneer Works, the first work of art they see – before they even enter the building – is the blue and white fence on the west side of the property. In 2017, Pioneer Works’ tech department invited me to hold a workshop on laser-cut stencils, and I met the organization’s […]