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J.R.Clark: Finding Success and Stability as an Independent Music Artist

The story of the independent music artist is usually marked with challenges and hopes of eventually ‘making it big,’ and of course, signing a record contract with a major label. For rapper J.R.Clark, his path as an independent artist has brought challenges, but also success without a major label deal. Here’s how J.R.Clark found stability and success as an independent […]

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Marie’s Craft Corner, by Marie Hueston

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 […]

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Papi’s Home: Mark Borino’s Music With Drake, with Roderick Thomas

How do you go from delivering pizzas to working with the biggest musicians on the planet? Mark Borino, a talented producer, and singer-songwriter did exactly that. His career transformed dramatically after one of the world’s most popular musicians recorded a song to his production. Here’s what you should know about Mark Borino and his life changing work with Drake, and […]

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The Erasmus program furthers Europe’s integration

There’s one thing in Europe that has been able to unite people across the countries in the old continent in a much more effective way than the political union has ever done. That’s Erasmus, a student exchange program that allows university students to spend a long period in a foreign country’s Athenaeum, partially financed by the European Union. Born in […]

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Star-Revue honored for Best News Story

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 […]

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Dance to Your Own “Beet”: Dancers Unlimited Receives Funding to Discuss Food Topics Through Dance, by Erin DeGregorio

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 […]

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Shevchenko Expertise-a-thon for Ukraine, by Brian Abate

The Shevchenko Expertise-a-thon for Ukraine took place via Zoom on April 29th as Russia continued its attack on Ukraine. According to Halyna Hryn, who hosted the event, the Shevchenko Scientific Society has more than 400 members in different scientific fields and all money donated during the event will go towards an emergency fund for Ukraine. The Shevchenko Expertise-a-thon featured more […]

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Speaking to the Odessa Journal, by Dario Pio Muccilli, Foreign Correspondent

The Odessa Journal is the major English-language newspaper in Southern Ukraine, founded in early 2020 by editor Ugo Poletti, an Italian entrepreneur whose aim, as stated on their website, is to cover “culture, economy and historical amenities in Odessa”, the biggest urban area and trading port across the Ukrainian seaside. But the war, with its overwhelming energy, has cast apart […]

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Marie’s Craft Corner, by Marie Heuston

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 […]