Williamsburg’s PS 84 Greenhouse Project Presents a unique collaboration, and one-time only sound & sculpture performance with programming by Everard Findlay, featuring two of Williamsburg’s most influential artists, musician Tunde Adebimpe, lead singer of TV on the Radio, and Ivan Navarro, acclaimed sculptor and light artist.
Archives for December 2012
What About Gifting Vintage?
By CC McGurr
When my editor asked me to write a piece about “vintage gifting,” her pressing question was: “Is it appropriate to vintage gift?”
Given that I’m engaged in the business of antiques and vintage wares, I’m of course enormously biased, but also knowledgeable, and always enthusiastic about things of the past.
The Turnaround School PS 84 / A Ship Is Only as Good as Its Captain
Brooke Parker
PS 84 Jose de Diego’s first PTA meeting of the 2012 school year was, by all measures, well attended. And after listening to impassioned speeches by parents (translated into Spanish and English by the PTA co-presidents), one hundred of those parents and teachers, from a variety of economic and ethnic backgrounds, joined teams to work on a range of activities, from fundraising, to advocacy, to outreach.
This is a stunning contrast to the PTA meetings I remember attending when my oldest daughter attended PS 84 in September 2006. At that time the school was rife with racial tensions, and there were regular shouting matches and a volatility that necessitated constant police presence. What happened at PS 84 six years ago, and how the school was transformed into a working model of diversity, we can all be proud of. It’s a story of the gaping wounds of gentrification, the ills of the New York City Department of Education (DOE), and the vital importance of strong leadership skills in a school principal to steer communities together for a common purpose.
Big Brooklyn Holiday Toy Drive Party Tonite!
A tremendous grassroots effort has been underway in Greenpoint/Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in the last few weeks, addressing the issue of the holidays coming up, in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, with the goal of delivering holiday cheer and toys to families with children adversely affected by the storm.
The businesses spearheading the toy drive called the “Big Brooklyn Holiday Toy Drive” are New York Shitty, East River Ferry, Red Star Bar, WG News + Arts, and local leaders, Assemblyman Joe Lentol, and Council Member Stephen Levin.