Our Boots on the Ground
Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Michelle Herrera Mulligan in Our Man in Afghanistan
No matter what opinion we may have, in favor or against, the United States’ current engagement in the war in Afghanistan, we all honor the men and women who choose to risk their lives to serve our country. Below, please read one man’s account of moments passed during a year of duty.
As an army broadcast [...]
Around The World in 80 Minutes
Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Keith Flanders in Hill Top Reviews
“Autour Du Monde” is an apt phrase in the lives of Olivier Jimenez and Pauline Abd-el-Kader, who met in St. Maarten and literally traveled “around the world” to such far-flung places as Nepal, the Caribbean, Thailand, India and Morocco, eventually landing in Brooklyn and bringing with them a taste and love for world cuisine. And [...]
Choice Greene Delivers
Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Kate Hanley in Hill Top Reviews
I know what you might be thinking… does Clinton Hill really need a frou frou food market, with fancy-pants bacon and handmade ricotta cheese? But when said market offers many of the pastries from the perpetually crowded Choice Market with none of the wait, and you can also pick up a perfectly cooked organic rotisserie [...]
Outpost: Hidden in Plain Sight
Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Michelle Herrera Mulligan in Hill Top Reviews
Nestled in between a church and an empty lot on a deserted stretch of Fulton Avenue, The Outpost seems like a happy accident. If you walk in looking for coffee on a busy Sunday morning, you may think you stumbled into a 24-hour club instead of a café. You’ll see a glass chandelier sparkling over [...]
Phillip and Debbie Kellogg: Good Neighbors
Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Kathryn Zarczynski in Hill Heros
Want to find inspired ways to get involved in the neighborhood? Take an example from our neighbors, Phillip and Debbie Kellogg.
Phillip Kellogg
Has the positive personal experience of living in Fort Greene paved the way for your new position at the Fulton Avenue Business Alliance?
Absolutely. So much satisfaction in all the aspects of life here led [...]
Irondale: Acting Out on The Hill
Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Emily Wasserman in Arts on The Hill
Jim Niesen, the Artistic Director of Irondale Ensemble, talks about walking to Fort Greene from his home in Boerum Hill. As soon as he arrives at the corner of Fulton and Lafayette, the intersection where the streets cross right past BAM, he can feel a certain pull. That intersection, for him, is like the “spokes [...]
StoryCorps: The Value of Listening
Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Selma Jackson in Arts on The Hill
Many of you, at some point in time, have heard some of the very intimate, often heart- wrenching two-person interviews on NPR recorded in portable recording studios all around the country. These are produced by StoryCorps, a non-profit organization whose mission is to honor and celebrate one another’s lives through recording and listening to stories. [...]
Mark Morris Dance Group Reaches Out
Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Kate Hanley in Arts on The Hill
Walking past the modern white building at 3 Lafayette Avenue that houses the Mark Morris Dance Group, you might wonder what happens inside those walls besides occasional performances that would give you a chance to peer out one of its many windows, or linger on one of the trellised decks. The answer is, plenty. Being [...]
The Hill is Swingin’
Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Mia Narell in Arts on The Hill
Parlor Jazz— that Saturday night of music in a parlor on Vanderbilt Avenue —was a long time coming. Jim Morehand began working as an artist’s representative in the ‘90s, after graduating from Pratt, and it was after adding a jazz vocalist to his roster of artists that he started exploring the ways and means of [...]
Urban Bush Women: Celebrating 25 Years
Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Selma Jackson in Arts on The Hill
Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, the founder and principal choreographer of Urban Bush Women (UBW), says UBW’s work is “creating art as a catalyst for social change.” Brooklyn experienced this first hand when UBW, rooted in the African Diaspora and community connections, began hosting “hair parties or meetings with organizations and corporations and with teens, mothers [...]
