by Alice Teeple | Aug 20, 2020 | Culture, Music
We try to douse the fire, it continues to burn/Like the Boogie Down Bronx, it continues to burn/Like that cross in the yard, it continues to burn/Can’t you see the fire, it continues to burn The subject of American racism and violence is a heavy one to tackle, but two...
by Alice Teeple | Jun 30, 2020 | Featured, News, Opinion
“Greater love hath no man than this: that a man lay down his life for his friends.” Last night, hundreds of people from all walks of life, all backgrounds, all cultures and all income brackets gathered along the waterfront in Astoria Park to reflect upon...
by Alice Teeple | May 28, 2020 | Culture, Featured, Music
Between my costumes and your heirlooms All I’ve exhumed and your short fuse It takes two to Dance between the lines “Venus with a vengeance” Lorelei Rose Taylor releases a magnificent EP, Versailles. The gorgeous, lush vocals of the Brooklyn songstress...
by Alice Teeple | May 27, 2020 | Culture, Entertainment, Featured, Music
Don’t care about who you know Man, you’re old, you don’t scare me Run down a rabbit hole Your downfalls, I see you clearly now Irish singer/rapper Jessica Smyth, aka Biig Piig, recently dropped Switch, her newest single from her recent EP No Place...
by Alice Teeple | May 25, 2020 | Culture, Featured, Music
Lesley Barth has often wrestled with a sense of feeling like an outsider in her own life. The questions arising around the key to happiness; a sense of identity that deems outside validation unnecessary; the corporate grind. What is it all for, in the end?...