Sunny Balzano, proprietor of the legendary Sunny's Bar in Red Hook, sadly passed away a few weeks ago, and now the bar is throwing a special tribute to the man that doubles as a fundraiser for his funeral costs. The event goes down on April 14 at Pioneer Works in Red Hook, and will feature performances from Smokey’s Round-Up featuring Marc Ribot (who also just had a residency at the bar), Miss Ida
The Low Anthem at MHOW in 2011 (more by Toby Tenenbaum)
Indie folk collective The Low Anthem have announced they'll go on a short tour with the falsetto-fueled Death Vessel and Last Good Tooth this July...
Ten months after Hurricane Sandy swamped the place, much-loved Red Hook watering hole Sunny's finally reopened last (8/29) after friends, patrons, and neighbors helped raise over $100,000 to repair it...
At the end of November we reported that Sunny's Bar in Red Hook was still closed and raising money to repait itself from Hurricane Sandy. Five months later and not too much has changed, from a high level at least...
Due to Hurricane Sandy, Sunny's was badly damaged and we have been unable to reopen. We have been pumping, cleaning and trying to restore order since teh day after the storm...
"While electricity is on in some of the buildings in the Red Hook Houses, almost none have heat. For the second day in a row RHI purchased and distributed 150 space heaters...