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Film: “Union” documents SI union organizers vs. Amazon, by Dante A. Ciampaglia

Our tech-dominated society is generous with its glimpses of dystopia. But there’s something especially chilling about the captive audience meetings in the documentary Union, which screened at the New York Film Festival and is currently playing at IFC Center. Chronicling the fight of the Amazon Labor Union (ALU), led by Chris Smalls, to organize the Amazon fulfillment warehouse in Staten […]

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Rundown of latest Civic Association meeting, by Nathan Weiser

The Red Hook Civic Association had their November meeting at the Red Hook Rec Center on the 27th. Formed earlier in the year, the new Association includes a number of committee so more could be accomplished outside of the general meeting. Each committee meets once a month. There is the organizing committee, an infrastructure committee, a services committee (public and […]

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School celebrates Hispanic Heritage, by Nathan Weiser

On October 18, PS 676 hosted a Hispanic Heritage art night for the students after school in the cafeteria. Hispanic Heritage month is from September 15 to October 15 and this event was a culmination of it for the students. They learned about important hispanic figures the previous month and then on this night they got to wrap it up […]

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The Mayor has a plan, by Brian Abate

Last month, Mayor Adams stunned the Red Hook community by unilaterally announcing that the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal will be housing asylum seekers, more specifically, 1000 men, many of them relocated from a Manhattan hotel. Red Hook Mutual Aid (RHMA) jumped into action to try and help the new population. RHMA is a group of volunteers who up until now have […]

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Daytona Starsky: A hell of a concert in Purgatory, by Roderick Thomas

I walked into the colorful and dramatically lit club, Purgatory in Brooklyn. Everything about the space screamed Bushwick— offbeat aesthetic, yet not lacking any cool whatsoever. Daytona Starsky was performing tonight for an arriving crowd. I had the pleasure of speaking with both him and his management. More on his album, Reality Station, and live performance below. Reality Station begins […]

Daytona Starsky pointing a light beam. Promotional image
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Daytona puts on a hell of a concert in Brooklyn’s Purgatory

I walked into the colorful and dramatically lit club, Purgatory, in Brooklyn. Everything about the space screamed Bushwick— offbeat aesthetic, yet not lacking any cool whatsoever. Daytona Starsky was performing tonight for an arriving crowd. I had the pleasure of briefly speaking with both him and his management. More on his album, Reality Station, and live performance at Purgatory below. […]

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MY SANDY MEMORIES by George Fiala

I still remember being intrigued by a news report the week before Sandy saying that the late season hurricane could also incorporate a snowstorm. They called it a Frankenstorm, and coming the week before Halloween, it was mildly intriguing. But like with most impending weather disasters, you kind of go on with your normal life at the same time paying […]

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The Frankenstorm, by Joe Enright

On October 29th, 2011, thunder-snow was heard in Central Park as up to six inches of snow fell across the City, the earliest heavy snow in our history. In retrospect, an eerie omen of what nature had in store exactly one year later. 2011 Oct 29 The Frankenstorm came ashore near Atlantic City on a Monday at 7:30 PM.  Its […]