Parents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins..get your Extreme Hopscotch game up! Yesterday at a BBQ in Brooklyn, while filming the kids "hopschotchin", they challenged myself and my longtime friend Jon Cropper to try. He said "no way". I tossed him my camera and thought how hard could it be? Well, I got schooled by an 8year old and they filmed it. It happens. I am not going to let it get me down. LOL. But I will get my Extreme Hopscotch game up.
John Perry’s Hunger Strike (Day 4)
Manhattan artist, John Perry, is on day 4 of his hunger strike @ Kenmare Sq (Lafayette/Spring St) protesting Tad Friend’s New Yorker’s article from last summer. A piece Perry says killed his reputation, hurt his art career and left him without a steady teaching job. The article, “Sleeping with Weapons,” portrays Perry as a violent stalker whose threats chased former musician and actor John Lurie the founder of legendary punk group Lounge Lizards from Manhattan. Blog Dangerous Minds is a source that has been following this situation for 2 years.
Yesterday morning I filmed John Perry’s story. I had a number of questions: Why a hunger strike? How are far is he willing to go? Does his family know? For more info visit John Perry’s website:
Kevin Green: Homeless Activist UPLIFTING MEN & WOMEN
Who houses the homeless in your city? In Brooklyn’s East New York, its Kevin Green. Kevin founded Uplifting Men & Women, which ranks #1 out of 50 NYC non-profits housing homeless and ex-cons. “Real Men Do Real Things. UPLIFTING MEN was established because of the growing need for supportive transitional residences as a result of the lack of available housing. Our supportive housing program is based on our Rites of Passage Model. We provide room and board and holistic services to homeless individuals while they prepare to live independently.”