The Final Straw
By Shelly Oria
Shelly Oria’s final contribution this month is about a man who wanted to be a better man—the kind of man who’s not a prisoner of his own anatomy, the kind of man who saves a life if he can, expecting nothing in return.
Shelly Oria’s final contribution this month is about a man who wanted to be a better man—the kind of man who’s not a prisoner of his own anatomy, the kind of man who saves a life if he can, expecting nothing in return.
Author Rick Moody appeared at the Franklin Park Reading series in November and read from his latest novel The Four Fingers of Death.
For a nontraditional, Midwestern, Polish-American (via Brooklyn) Thanksgiving, try these stuffed collards with beef and rice. Soft, succulent, and slightly sweet – the perfect cold-weather meal.
If you remember the good old days of Manhattan Neighborhood Network’s (MNN) public access television extravaganza, then you might remember seeing one Diane Dwyer, DIY circus performer and local artist, whose 1994 lo-fi video production of her very own circus hit the airwaves before YouTube was even a twinkle in our eyes. These days her program, Diane’s Circus, is on it’s way to making a comeback – digitally.
Our guest contributor Shelly Oria’s third contribution is an essay about returning to Tel Aviv to visit her sister.
BrooklynTheBorough.com is excited to feature the work of graphic novelist and native Brooklynite Martin Lemelman. Extended through November, he has brought us two extra chapters from his return to Brooklyn series, original work based on his latest novel Two Cents Plain, released in August on Bloomsbury. Here is the final installment.
The increasingly-popular CSA, or Community Supported Agriculture, is a method by which members buy into a farm’s harvest before the season begins. In exchange for their funding, they receive a portion of the farm’s produce, eggs, or other products throughout the year. But what do you get in the winter? And how does one go about joining?
