The Red Hook Star-Revue

06/17/2024

Dear Reader: Thanks for turning to this page. If you are a jazz fan, you know why you’re here, and I’m glad to have you. But what I’m writing this month is more specifically directed at the non-jaz…

06/17/2024

Just some of Red Hook’s shady trees.

06/16/2024

As summer heat finally descends upon Brooklyn, it feels extra good to slow down and make everything a bit lighter—from your clothes to your decor. Just in time, two local artists, Rose Pearlman and…

06/16/2024

The June website is up

Celebrating Community

06/15/2024

Bay Ridge

06/14/2024

On May 6, Hometown took on Bait & Tackle in a low-scoring game with excellent defensive plays by both teams. In the bottom of the seventh Hometown led 5-4 but Bait & Tackle led off with a …

06/14/2024

VERDICT ON A THURSDAY AFTERNOON Coffee, coffee, coffee, right. Jane just traded in the electric drip thing for a Keurig automatic thing.. It’s time for my 4pm make it through the day cup. She’s …

06/13/2024

A new place to get the Star-Revue…Clinton and Joralemon!

06/13/2024

At a ceremony at the Red Hook Container Terminal, the Mayor, the Governor, the Port Authority and the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) made a surprise announcement (at least …

06/12/2024

06/11/2024

I watched an extravagent press conference in Sunset Park yesterday where all the Democratic politicos, including the faux Democrat Mayor, plus Dan Goldman and the faux non-profit Uprose say how great it is that the wind industry has come to Sunset Park and will be bringing oh so many union jobs, yet nobody mentions that all the profits will go to Norwegian and Swedish companies. I have nothing against Norway and Sweden, but I do not like politicians accentuating the positive while eliminating the negative.

Just so they know, there ARE US companies in the wind farm manufacturing business

Discover the leading wind energy companies in the US, including GE Power and NextEra Energy, reshaping the industry for a sustainable future.

06/07/2024

Distribution Day

06/06/2024

In honor of congestion pricing, this article from the Millbrook Round Table, July 1895

06/05/2024

Starting year 15!

The Containerport, Gowanus, Making a Father's Day gift out of used dungarees, and a whole lot more!

06/05/2024

Read our latest publication on Issuu:

The Containerport, Gowanus, Making a Father's Day gift out of used dungarees, and a whole lot more!

05/21/2024

It's interesting that the ads on NY Yimby.com are mostly for high end condo apartments....

05/19/2024

Everyone knows about the Red Hook Rec Center’s pool, but members will find the Center has more then ever to offer, especially for those interested in learning new computer skills or using expensive…

05/19/2024

T he New York Liberty, who play their home games at Barclays Center, have many anticipated theme nights for the 2024 season just as woman’s basketball has become a nationwise phenomenon due i…

05/15/2024

Review of “The Margaret Palca Bakes Cookbook: 80 Cakes, Cookies, Muffins and More from a Famous Brooklyn Baker,” by Margaret Palca; photography by Michael Harlan Turkell Review by Michael Quinn Bak…

05/14/2024

Pave Academy Charter School in Red Hook has been supporting its new migrant families in many different ways. There are 10 new migrant families there with kids in grades ranging from from kindergart…

05/14/2024

Almost a decade ago, I got an email from someone in England who was interested in contributing a monthly cartoon. A pre-requisite for becoming part of the Star-Revue team is asking. The next is to keep showing up. And so for every single month since then, except for once when my email was acting up and I didn't receive a cartoon, he's been in every single issue....

Almost a decade ago, I got an email from someone in England who was interested in contributing a monthly cartoon. A pre-requisite for becoming part of the Star-Revue team is asking. The next is to …

05/13/2024

Gatekeeping gets a bad rap—and it should! Guarding information and experiences to keep them away from people is generally bad. At the very least, it’s a petty and infantile exercising of very limit…

05/13/2024

Another music in a different chamber. The term “chamber pop” has been tossed about at least since the 1960s, when such prophetic composers as Burt Bacharach and Brian Wilson—as well as producers S…

05/06/2024

new issue!

28 big pages full of news and culture about Red Hook and beyond