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Prepare to See Plenty of Pink Petals at Green-Wood’s Hanami Festival, by Erin DeGregorio

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 […]

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Marie’s Craft Corner | Recycle take-out chopsticks into picture frames.

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 […]

Feature Story, Theater

American Utopias, by Mike Fiorito

I generally do not like Broadway shows. While I appreciate the talent, the stagecraft, etc. of Broadway shows, I just don’t generally connect with the style of music. And yet, in January 2022, during the height of Omicron, I saw two Broadway shows in one week that absolutely blew my mind. Both shows were last minute. Totally unexpected. I received […]

Feature Story, Politics

A war with only losers, by Dario Pio Muccilli

It’s not an easy task to speak with someone belonging to a people oppressed like the Ukrainians are currently; you might expect to feel pity, shyness or horror. None of those feelings came to me when I spoke to Alla Pysana, an active member of the Ukrainian Community in Turin, Italy, which has organized many sit-ins and demonstrations for peace […]

Education, Feature Story

Press Pass NYC’s Pilot Program Launches in a Handful of High Schools, by Erin DiGregorio

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 […]

Feature Story, Politics, Real Estate

Words from the old curmudgeon, by Joe Enright

In other news I notice the Bike-Nazi-Politicos have proposed eliminating parking for the Not-Really-Affordable-Housing (NRAH) going up in “transit rich zones.” Our new Beep, Antonio Reynoso, leads a cast of nine Brooklyn Council members, including Alexa Avilés (Red Hook/Sunset Park) and Lincoln Restler (Dumbo/Boerum Hill) who sent a letter (penned by Reynoso and Restler but yet to find its way […]

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George and Brian’s Sandwich Odyssey, by George Fiala and Brian Abate

 What happened was we decided to find five places in the neighborhood, actually four in the neighborhood and one outside the neighborhood… Brian: but not too far away – George: and check out their sandwiches. This was at lunchtime on different days, and each of us had half the sandwich. The idea was to go to these places and ask […]