As Brooklyn’s Chinatown in Sunset Park expands southward, the city’s Chinese population begins to settle along the shoreline. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, Coney Island and Sea Gate have a total of 2,066 Chinese, a nearly 35 percent increase over the number of Chinese residents accounted for in the 2000 Census. In spite of worries about hurricanes and flooding after the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, residents are drawn to the area by affordable real estate and access to the beach.
Recent transplant, Danny Chin, a fifty-one year old chef, vigilantly flood proofs the basement is preparation of future storms. As he continues renovating his new home, he anticipates strolling the boardwalk and lounging at the beach as temperatures begin to rise. Since he is keeping his apartment in Manhattan’s Chinatown, the new home will be a sanctuary for weekend getaways.
His close friend and neighbor, Ming Leu, embraces the arrival of his childhood friend. They intend on fishing and crabbing on their days off once warm weather approaches. After his home was flooded in the storm, he insists Coney Island is still the place he wants to call home.
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Street musician Johnny Marx goes through unusual lengths to bring his act to Madison Square Park. The gifted pianist has become a welcome sight to New Yorkers and tourists alike.
The 26 year old Marx has been playing in New York City Parks for a year and half. While growing up in Manhasset, Marx took lessons from the ages of 8 to 14. Currently residing in Astoria, the talented musician works as the house pianist at a country club in his native Long Island.
Here is a recently shot video of Marx performing in Madison Square Park.
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In New York City, a growing number of female barbers are facing skepticism, contemptuousness and in some cases, total rejection. Cassie Kurtz knows this struggle all too well.
Kurtz has looked to social media to find women like herself, including Emelia Bartashoff, another female barber in Cassie’s shoes. With an Instagram hashtag search of “Lady Barbers,” you’re instantly taken into “lady barber nation,” where barbers come together under the tag, “Lady Barbers Unite.”
https://vimeo.com/93412590
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Right in the heart of midtown Manhattan on a Friday afternoon, just steps away from Grand Central Terminal, a very small group of a dozen or so fans anxiously await for players of the Atlanta Braves to exit their hotel as they get ready to start their three game series against the New York Mets. These fans are baseball autograph collectors who have taken the hobby to an unusual extreme.
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A simple Google search for a mom’s group will link you to several different types of support groups by location, hobby, religion, and more. MOPs (Mothers of preschoolers) and Moms Club are two of the many groups that are nationally known and with various locations. The majority of mom support groups meet by neighborhood. There are groups for working moms, stay-at-home moms, and single moms. There are even groups for dads!
This particular mom’s group began about 30 years ago at Church of the Intercessor in Malverne, N.Y. by mothers in the church. They currently meet almost every Wednesday to hear a teaching, engage in discussion, and pray together.
The mothers also set up events to go to the zoo or the Long Island Children’s Museum with their children.
“I could learn from other moms. I could also share where I was struggling and I had support. And I tell my kids, I’m a better mom because of mom’s group in particular because I wasn’t isolated,” Ciccarello said.
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Here’s a schedule so we’re all on the same page going forward.
Monday, April 28:
Bring to class a written pitch for your third and final story of the semester. I will go over them with you individually during class. Otherwise, you will all work on editing your second stories.
Wednesday, April 30:
This will be our final day of editing for story 2. Once done, you should post them to the blog with an appropriate headline, written intro and photo. We will begin screening the stories as they are completed.
EXTRA LAB TIME: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30 at 5:30pm until whenever: I will be available for extra lab time for those students who need additional time to complete story 2.
Monday, May 5:
I’m working on lining up another guest speaker for this class.
Wednesday, May 7: Scripts for story 3 are due. We will use class time to edit scripts and to download files and organize files.
LAST WEEK OF SEMESTER: Monday, May 12, and Wednesday, May 14, will be devoted to producing and posting story 3. All stories should be completed by the final day of classes. I will schedule extra lab time that week as needed.
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As promised, I’m posting a more comprehensive list of multimedia tools that you can check out. Mostly they’re free, but there are a few paid platforms on the list:
