(Video compatible with Safari and Chrome.) It was quite a seen today at Carroll Park. After many rainy days, the sun peeked out for a few hours on one of the first warm days of springs, attracting more than kids to the park. As children were being dismissed from nearby schools, a raccoon with spring fever was foraging for an… Read more →
Signs of the resistance are everywhere including The Coal Shop: Brooklyn Workshop Gallery. I strolled in on the first spring-like Sunday and was caught off guard by Spring A.I.R., new works and works-in-progress by artists-in-residence Signe Bresling Rudolfsen and William Storms. Rudolfsen, a painter, and Storms, a weaver, working both individually and collaboratively captured the crucial interweaving of humanity. The… Read more →
Public school parents recently received a message announcing, “Learning Leaders Closing After 60 Years.” The organization trains and manages 4,500 classroom volunteers citywide with only 20 full-time employees and will dissolve on March 15th. The letter explained that despite increasing private funding, the NYC Department of Education would not provide reliable or adequate support. As a result, “we cannot leverage… Read more →
If you give a mom a gift at Christmas, she might need the gift receipt to go with it. When you bring the gifts to her on Christmas Eve, she’ll probably be confused that you bought her a gift at all. She’ll want to wrap it for you since she usually wraps the gift she bought herself with the left… Read more →
Oberlin students are serious about social justice. So much that they’ve taken the fight to their cafeteria. Are they demanding better wages for Campus Dining Service workers? No! They have been battling what they perceive as cultural appropriation in the form of substandard sushi, not sticky enough rice, and “inauthentic” non-fried General Tso’s chicken. Some students demanded more fried chicken… Read more →
One doesn’t expect old fashioned maker culture to collide with World War I geo-political events in a jewelry case, but that is exactly what happened to me in a purple store front on the corner of DeGraw St. and Court St. The following piece is about a button necklace and it’s many connections to our first foreign terrorist attack, the Black Tom Explosion. You see, the… Read more →
SenseU is the interactive sex ed app that you will be buying for your children. It could even be the app teachers use in high school sex ed classes. At least that’s the hope of game maker, UX designer, and developer Catt Small who created the soon to be released app to help kids learn about sex without the fear… Read more →
This nation has a crack epidemic and if you are a woman ages 2-60, chances are you’re a victim of it. Let me explain. I sometimes spot Stacy London of What Not to Wear at my local coffee shop. This always induces zen-like self-awareness, about my attire. Sitting down with my coffee, I pulled the back of my jeans up… Read more →
Yesterday I forgot International Woman’s Day. Well, the truth is I didn’t forget, I never knew (even though the day dates back a century). Why? Because it’s a made-up holiday! I’m not saying it’s not a good or necessary holiday, but it is a made-up day nonetheless. It’s one of thousands of made-up days that while serving to promote awareness… Read more →
Last we spoke on the topic of front yard religious statuary, I posited the question to Carroll Gardens, Where Will All Your Marys Go? I won’t lie. I had a great time writing that piece. I thoroughly enjoyed chatting with both Monsignor Massie and St. Stephen’s Pastoral Associate, John Heyer II. Msgr. Massie helped me to think of the statues… Read more →