The Red Hook Star-Revue began publishing in June 2010. We are the only neighborhood paper serving Red Hook, Carroll Gardens, the Columbia Waterfront District, and Gowanus – some of the most ...

Is it true what people say—you can’t go home again? My partner once remarked, “The Germany I left isn’t the same Germany I’d ...

The Red Hook Softball League (RHSL) returned with all eight teams in action at the Red Hook ballfields and beautiful weather for opening day on April 16. Defending champions MiniBar had the Colucci ...

A “magnificent boondoggle” — that’s how Thomas Flagg of the Army Corps of Engineers described the Red Hook Grain Terminal in ...

In his latest exhibition at The Wall Gallery, The Ultimate Radical Painting, Brooklyn-based artist Anders Knutsson invites ...

I saw the Butthole Surfers live once in Austin, Texas. Not too far from the University of Texas where I was a student. I ...

Here in New York City, the jazz capital of the world, hot summer nights mean not just jazz but free jazz. The very idea of Ornette Coleman or Albert Ayler playing at Slugs’ Saloon fills me with the ...

Steve Smithie (better known as “Smitty” or “Stevie from St. Lou”), performed on the bar’s stage, some playing covers of Robertson’s songs, in front of two of his former bandmates. As a young man in ...

Revue to share the monthly stories behind West Brooklyn’s evolving neighborhoods. Just when you think winter will never quit, ...

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In 2025, roughly 25% of mothers are considered “stay at home moms.” This number has increased since 2022, where the number was down to 15%, according to a survey done by Motherly, an advocacy group.

On Saturday May 9 at 2 pm there was a street co-naming on the corner of Lorraine and Columbia to celebrate Red Hook’s Jay ...