Mr. K, The Recess Man
Posted on 20. Apr, 2009 by Maria Clark in Profiles
By Maria Clark
It is lunchtime recess at P.S. 50 in Harlem. A kid in a blue sweatshirt practices his karate kicks on anyone who comes close. Kids throw basketballs at each other and occasionally at the hoop. A boy sends a large rubber ball flying, almost hitting Keith Jones in the head.
“Yo, my dude, you just kick that ball?” Jones, 23, asked the boy. “You know my name? It’s Mr. K. You going to apologize?”
The Pit Bull Whisperer
Posted on 01. Apr, 2009 by Linnea Covington in Profiles
Jon Bozak looked tough in his black work boots, short cropped hair, stern jaw and tattooed, muscled arms as he walked two pit bulls down a quiet street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
But when one dog excitedly licked Bozak’s hand and the other nuzzled his side, the image dissolved and Bozak appeared to a passersby like the doting dog owner he is.
An AIDS Nurse Takes Her Knowledge to Africa
Posted on 01. Apr, 2009 by Collin Orcutt in Profiles
Maura Porricolo and the other mentors set the chairs up in a circle at St. Mary’s hospital in Durban, South Africa. Then, they spoke to and interacted with the 35 students who sat in them, students one step away from becoming “sisters,” the South African term for a nurse. The topic: disclosure.
Disclosure is the term for someone publicly declaring they have HIV. Porricolo and the sisters-to-be practiced with role-playing exercises about how to help their patients through such a monumental step in an area stricken by the AIDs virus.
The Roller Godfather of Central Park
Posted on 25. Mar, 2009 by Linnea Covington in Profiles, Travel
The early October air smelled like sweet roasted nuts and burnt wood, the temperature had cooled down, and the turning of the leaves symbolized more then the end of summer 2008. It also denoted the season’s final weeks for the Central Park Dance Skate Association’s weekly roller skate parties in Central Park, which had been going on since 1979, founded and led by Lezly Ziering. (more…)
Fashion Photographer Finally Gets the Picture
Posted on 22. Feb, 2009 by Collin Orcutt in Arts & Culture, Profiles
Interpretation is a key element of the artistic process. But, in the case of photographer David McIntyre, it was a misinterpretation that proved all the difference. (more…)
