Retired special education teacher produces five documentaries about 34 veterans from his community in St. Augustine, Florida.

Retiree Miriam Rakowski knows just how to brighten up the monotone greys and blacks of the winter months in New York City. Follow her to Central Park with a pair of binoculars and cheer up with sightings of bright red cardinals, majestic blue jays, red-tailed hawks, snowy owls and scores of other species.

A former English teacher at JHS 240 in Brooklyn may have retired from his job but he’s been working the theater audiences in Florida for the past 20 years.

After 31 years in the classroom as a life science teacher, Kim McCarthy has traded in her microscopes and lesson plans for the Wobble, the Cupid Shuffle and Booty Call. McCarthy signed up for salsa and belly dancing classes at the Bronx Si Beagle Center, but was always on the lookout for an urban line dancing class. When she didn’t find one, she created one that has grown into two Si Beagle classes.