Celebrating Community
It all could have been wrapped up for Nick Lowe by 1994. He’d had moderate success and had earned favorable reviews. He had a couple of songs – “Cruel to Be Kind” and “What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace, Love and Understanding?” – that seemed universally known, though they’d come out ages ago. He’d even married into American music royalty by […]
Resilient Red Hook is organizing a children’s Climate Strike event at Coffey Park, from 12-2 pm on Friday, September 20th, to coincide with the march on the UN led by the Swedish child activist Greta Thunberg. Climate change is an issue that’s even more critical for the next generation, and building awareness and support among children is a fantastic catalyst for change to […]
Is a TIA dangerous? TIA stands for “transient ischemic attack.” A TIA is an interruption in the flow of blood to a part of your brain. Its symptoms are the same as for a stroke. A TIA lasts anywhere from minutes to many hours. It goes away and leaves no apparent permanent effects. If you have a TIA, your chances […]
Dear Red Hook Star-Revue, I recently graduated from college so I’m not too far removed from high school, which is usually associated with taking the Regents, but my high school (The Beacon School) used portfolio-based assessments (PBAs) instead, so my experience was a bit different. As mentioned in the article, the only regent I had to take was the ELA […]
The Red Hook Parks and Recreation Center would like to thank all that attended in the Red Hook Community-– 76th pct, PSA#1, Fire Department, Redemption Church, Red Hook Senior Center, Red Hook Justice, Tenant Presidents Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Marshall, New Leader Hoops, Assemblyman Felix Ortiz Office, Alexis House, Pioneer Works, Red Hook Library, P.S. 15, P.S. 676, Summit HS, P.A.V.E. […]
Brooklyn Commons to screen anti-nuke documentary by Brett Yates The activist group Brooklyn For Peace will host a free screening of The Beginning of the End of Nuclear Weapons at the Commons Cafe (388 Atlantic Avenue) on September 5 at 7 pm. Advocating for disarmament, the 2019 documentary, directed by Alvaro Orus, tells the history of the atomic bomb, culminating […]
John Pinamonti and his band have been performing as a regular combo at Sunny’s Bar on Conover Street, Red Hook, since the year 2000. The history of Sunny’s Bar is wonderfully told in Tim Sultan’s book Sunny’s Nights: Lost and Found at a Bar on the Edge of the World (2016). I have no intention of competing with that; indeed […]
The fifth annual Brooklyn Americana Festival is September 19 to 22 in several spots primarily surrounding the East River in Brooklyn, New York. Founded by Jan Bell (who has several albums and toured the United States and Europe in her own right), the Brooklyn Americana Festival is quickly establishing itself as a major artery of the Americana music establishment. Brooklyn, […]
John Buchanan: So you and your wife at the time, Florence Neal, came to Red Hook together? Scott Pfaffman: Yes in 1984 we put together a proposal for an artist housing project at 353 Van Brunt Street. It produced about six citywide artist housing projects. And we were the lucky recipients of one of them. I was summoned to the […]
My oldest friend Lan comes into New York City about once a year nowadays. He’s lived in Orlando, Florida, for the past 20 years. One night, three years ago, he insists that we go out. “It’s late. I’m tired,” I say, feeling lame. But it’s a cool summer night in Brooklyn. He didn’t come all the way from swamp Orlando […]