Writers, Get Ready for Your Close-up! How to “Zoom in” for More Powerful Fiction – with BRIO Winner Maryrose Wood Saturday, August 24, 2-4PM One writing craft issue that sets professional writers apart from beginners is the confident use of […]
On this date in 1784, several counties in a territory appended to North Carolina sought admittance as a new state, called Franklin.
Two ordinary items used in many American households were created by New York City residents on this date in August 1865 and 1939.
WABC TV reported that five people are dead after a violent crash on the westbound Long Island Expressway, including a former aide to Governor Andrew Cuomo, an 81-year-old man, and Carmelo and Patricia Pinales, cousins from Hempstead. The family of […]
The American Bar Association was founded on this date in 1878 in Saratoga Springs, New York.
The nation’s first radio station licensed by the federal government began broadcasting in Detroit on this date in 1920.
The first mail order catalog was sent out by Montgomery Ward this week in 1872. That catalog consisted of only one page, featuring 163 items.
The Hero’s Journey: A Model for Great Storytelling with Maryrose Wood — September 17 From the poets of ancient Greece to The Hobbit and Harry Potter, great storytellers have used the hero’s journey to create compelling narratives. This introduction to the […]
American women exercised their new right to vote for the first time in the 1920 presidential election.
Today, the U.S. Appeals Court for the Second Circuit denied disgraced former Bronx Assemblyman Eric Stevenson’s appeal of his federal trial judge’s order seizing his pension contributions assets that can be used to pay his $22,000 restitution penalty. Second Circuit […]
Wear pink to show your solidarity with breast cancer patients and survivors on August 18.
On this date in 1835, the adjustable or screw wrench was patented by Solymon Merrick of Springfield, Massachusetts.
In a blistering editorial on Tuesday, the NY Daily News called on Bronx Council Member Vanessa L. Gibson to step aside as chair of the City Council’s Public Safety Committee for quashing a ticket given her for dangerous driving. The DN […]
HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO SPRAY PESTICIDE FROM TRUCKS FOR FIFTH TIME IN 2016 TO REDUCE RISK OF ZIKA AND WEST NILE VIRUSES No Zika virus found, no Zika transmission from local mosquitoes in NYC As a precaution, Department will target […]
Tuesday, August 16 — It’s still summer break for many kids, but already in progress is one of the nation’s largest seasonal events; one that exchanges leisure for classroom study. It’s back to school time. From nursery school to college, over […]
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