The Bronx Chamber of Commerce hosts an Evening Business Networking Event on Wednesday, November 30th, from 6:00-8:00pm, at Residence Inn by Marriott at the Hutch Metro Center Atrium. Bring business cards. Shake hands. Share ideas. Meet your business peers. Walk away […]
Zoophagous Definition: (adjective) Feeding on animal matter, carnivorous. Synonyms: meat-eating Usage: Zoophagous insects include predators and parasites.
INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE AND NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK STAND WITH IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES TO PROTECT CIVIL RIGHTS AND COMBAT HATE CRIMES Independent Democratic Conference Announce $250,000 in funding for the Vera Institute of Justice’s New York Immigrant Family Unity Project New York […]
Mary Mitchell Community Center host Crotona Coalition Community Meeting on December 3, 2016. The Crotona Coalition visioning meeting for the redevelopment of the Austin Jacobo Baseball Field and Center starts at 12:30 PM at 2007 Mapes Avenue at 178th Street […]
William Blake (1757) Blake was an English poet and artist. Trained as an engraver, he opened a print shop in 1784 and developed an innovative technique for engraving illustrations and text on the same plate and for producing colored engravings. […]
Perspicuous Definition: (adjective) Clearly expressed or presented; easy to understand. Synonyms: Lucid, Luculent, Pellucid, Crystal clear, Limpid Usage: The lawyer presented a perspicuous closing argument, clarifying the forensic evidence for the confused jurors.
Novels so often provide an anodyne and not an antidote, glide one into torpid slumbers instead of rousing one with a burning brand. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)
With the passing of Fidel Castro, the book Knockout: Fidel Castro Visits the South Bronx takes on a bittersweet significance. It is the true story of Castro’s historic visit to the Bronx.
STATEMENT FROM BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ RE: Nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions as U.S. Attorney General “If President-Elect Donald Trump truly wants to reunite a fractured nation, his selection of Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions to serve as Attorney General is a […]
Public Advocate, Council Delegation Endorse Home Stability Support at City Hall Rally Leading city officials and thirty Council Members – a majority of the delegation – join together to formally endorse Home Stability Support and encourage Governor Cuomo to include […]
Bronx Community Thanksgiving Meals List “Feeding the Community & Less Fortunate” Beso Lounge 320 E 240th Street, Bronx, NY 10467 12 p.m. The Point with Real Life Church and The Prodigal Center 940 Garrison Avenue, Bronx, NY 10474 11 a.m. […]
Mary of Guise (1515) Mary of Guise was the queen consort of James V of Scotland and the mother of their daughter—the future Mary Queen of Scots. After the outbreak of war between Scotland and England, Mary arranged her daughter’s […]
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