Summit Academy Charter School is collecting water that will be sent directly to Flint, Michigan, where the water supply has been contaminated since early 2014. “Sharing is caring,” the school wrote in a Facebook post. “Help us help our brothers and sisters in Michigan.” The initiative started with Devon Smith, a Park Slope resident and neighbor to Summit’s Executive Founder, […]
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Red Hook gets its very own record store, by Halley Bondy
If you thought you weren’t into records, or if you’ve ever felt intimidated by the too-cool brinksmanship of vinyl collection (think High Fidelity), you haven’t been to the new record shop at 360 Van Brunt Street. When you first enter, you rather feel like you’re in a friend’s living room — if your friend happens to have a widely eclectic, […]
An Urban Nomad – John McGill Banned, by Kimberly Gail Price
On the evening of May 23, 2013, Michael A. Broz pointed at John McGill and said, “You’re my character!” The next day the duo embarked on the project. Michael had previously worked in Los Angeles as a cameraman. When his daughter was born, he began working in graphic design. Once she was raised, Michael decided to once again pursue filmmaking. […]
Red Hook studied by world’s largest chemical company, by George Fiala
Our little hidden village continues to make waves globally. BASF, a huge German chemical company with worldwide operations, chose Red Hook as a case study in understanding and perhaps solve some problems that cities of the future may encounter. During a facilitated process reminiscent of the recent NY Rising program. BASF is a giant conglomerate that began 150 years ago […]
John Burkard on his son, originally published February 2012
Dear Readers, this is an important message to all parents who may have children who suffer from some form of addiction. The message conveyed here is a strong one, and it comes from my heart as a saddened father. I urge every one of you fathers and mothers to never give up on your child. Because my son Richard passed […]
Love Notes from our readers – compiled by Kimberly Gail Price
Happy Valentine’s Day we have departed, Happy Valentine’s Day for me I am not resentful or cold hearted. You are so special; He doesn’t know that about you. He probably doubts you. I love your smile your silhouettes You’re so kind of a soul We were like children again About seventeen years old, We met many years ago. To reunite […]
Red Hook today is firmly rooted in Red Hook of the past, by Mary Ann Pietanza
It was barely a few days before Christmas when my son, John reminded me that we had not yet bought fish for our traditional Christmas Eve Fish Fest. I admit, I was dragging my foot about the whole holiday in general since the only surviving patriarch in our family was hospital bound with a stroke – and then, a serious […]
New furniture shop opens on Van Brunt, by Micah B. Rubin
The furniture created by BLKWD, a new furniture shop on Van Brunt Street, personifies the past, present and future of Red Hook. Their designs incorporate an industrial aesthetic that blends polished metal with salvaged (and new) wood and would look as perfect in a workshop as in a sleek private apartment. “We like the industrial look but we wanted to […]
Red Hook gets its own business incubator, by George Fiala
Allison Reeves is an architect who has lived in Red Hook for almost 15 years. Earlier this year she began taking on projects at her home near Coffey Park. After a while she realized that she missed the discipline of working in an office. Taking matters into her own hands, she and her husband, artist Michael Prettyman, have just opened […]
Intercourse is a Pioneerworks romp through current art and science, by George Fiala
One doesn’t generally encounter slick literary magazines in a NYC bodega, but when the bodega is a block away from the publisher, it becomes a possibility. So the other day at the Pioneer Street Supermarket I picked up a copy of Dusti Yellin’s Intercourse magazine. My normal reading habits range from Foreign Affairs to the Daily News, so I’m the […]