Arts & Culture
Adam Holmes playing in his music studio. Cai Pigliucci | BklynerAfter many years of trial and error, in his latest EP, Adam Holmes [https://adamholmesmusic.com/] , a Brooklyn-based musician and music teacher, finally landed on an experimental and percussion-based sound that gives a twist to the classical genre. Holmes grew up
Big Story
As the coronavirus swept across New York, images of a deserted midtown Manhattan became emblematic of the pandemic’s devastating economic impact. Throughout the summer, journalists chronicled midtown’s uncertain future; even now, with vaccination efforts progressing, landlords of commercial offices and large retail spaces worry about midtown’s viability
Central Brooklyn
A 2016 meeting of the 68th Precinct Community Council in Dyker Heights. (Photo by Benjamin Cohn)Among the bevy of ambitious but often vaguely-defined [https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2021/01/28/lofty-promises-but-few-details-in-de-blasios-final-state-of-the-city-1361089] proposals announced by Mayor Bill de Blasio at his State of the City address
Arts & Culture
O’Loughlin in an early production of “My Heart Goes Zoom,” the flagship show in the Please Don’t Touch the Artist series. (Courtesy of Siobhan O’Loughlin)Since 2015, Siobhan O’Loughlin has performed in bathtubs across the country in “Broken Bone Bathtub,” an immersive show held in strangers’
Business
A large, faded sign hangs on the graffiti-laden facade of Qualimax Car Wash in East Flatbush advertising its grand opening specials. It’s one of the many unkempt remnants of a business that long closed its doors, along with dozens of totaled cars and trash piled high in the unoccupied
Business
Founder and owner Ricardo Rodriguez Pacheco outside La Merced. Danielle Sinay/BklynerGreenpoint’s La Merced Juice Bar [https://www.instagram.com/lamercedbk/?hl=en], named after a marketplace in Mexico City, opened to the public in September— just weeks after dozens of neighborhood businesses had shut down for good. Founder
Feature
The Fountains in East NY. Credit: Gerri HernandezJaneen Hurst went from having a small corner for her things in a friend’s basement apartment in Queens to getting her own apartment for the first time at 48 years old. She wouldn’t have a sea-blue accent wall and DIY walk-in
Business
John LaPolla (center) co-owns Bitter & Esters [https://bitterandesters.com/], the only homebrew shop in New York City, pictured here at a Breminaries gathering during more social times. Credit Renee Jonas/Courtesy of Brewminaries. My brother Dan spends a total of $3 to make a gallon of his quarantine hooch,
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Photo via Almas Shafiq.MIDWOOD – When Almas Shafiq, 23, got accepted into the NYC Teaching Collaborative [http://nycteachingcollaborative.org/] a few months ago as a partner teacher, her father was proud of her. She remembers getting the acceptance letter with her anticipated salary. She remembers her dad got up, hugged
Destinations
MLK quote at Barclays center. Norman Oder/BklynerWhen the Barclays Center was designated [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/20/nyregion/new-york-city-buildings-skyline.html] one of “The New Shapes of New York” by the New York Times in 2016, Justin Garrett Moore, executive director of the city’s Public Design Commission,
Central Brooklyn
Brooklyn Protest – George Floyd – By Adrian Childress/BklynerOn June 2, on the fifth day of protests against police brutality, activists [https://twitter.com/protest_nyc/status/1267961195048378371] hoisted a Black Lives Matter flag [https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5pwGYe-s1g/XtksZZ4evKI/AAAAAAABA5Q/lFIn6-SNWz4HFhdLnN1bw1fsyBTE8R6bgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/BLM+Flag+from+movie.jpg] up the
Arts & Culture
Jamie Betesh Carter with her daughter. Family photo.Every night when I cozy up to my 11-month-old daughter, I bring out her bin of books and let her pick two for me to read to her at bedtime. Recently, without fail, she grabs “Good Night New York City” and “Good
Business
Ajwa grocery. Maria Newsom/BklynerOn ordinary days, the AJWA Grocery at the intersection of Coney Island and Foster Avenues in Midwood, does a lively business. Catering to a largely Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and Indian clientele, and a growing Uzbeki community, customers come for the well-stocked shelves of grains, beans and basmati
Arts & Culture
Occupational Safety and Health Administration Workshop participants at Mixteca’s mural. Courtesy of Mixteca.SUNSET PARK — Veronica Rosales was born and raised in Sunset Park. She first heard of Mixteca [http://www.mixteca.org/] when she was about 10 years old and her mom signed Rosales and her sister up
Arts & Culture
Ladies Life Draw sessions featuring Lovejoy on the left and Adesina to the far right. Irina Groushevaia/Bklyner.BUSHWICK — On the third floor of a 1931 walk-up on Irving Avenue in Bushwick lives an abstract artist. The lavender-painted stairwell leads to an old wooden bench from a theater with a
Arts & Culture
People dancing at Yalla! Party. Fabian Gomez/Yalla!Middle Eastern and North African (MENA)-focused parties in Brooklyn are creating a wave in the local nightlife. [/the-category-is-bushwick-realness-locals-bring-back-accessibility-to-queer-ballrooms/] DJs and party-goers alike are now making their own spaces to celebrate their roots, and bring together communities where they feel safe to