written by: Fernado P. Tirado With a new year underway, let’s work towards something else, something new for the Bronx With the New Year’s celebrations complete, many of us are undergoing the annual ritual of making
By Lomi Kriel SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, Mexico (Reuters) – The picturesque colonial town high in the mountains in southern Mexico is filled with relics of the rebel Zapatista movement that rocked the region with violence in 1994 […]
John A. Fratta No One To Cover the Fig Tree I am sure for most second generation Italian American children who grew up in the 40’s and 50’s there was a definite distinction between us and them. We were Italians, […]
A picture is worth a thousand words. I think the answer is self evident…..
In the summers of 1989 and 1990, I spent plenty of time hanging out at Poe Park. Located on the Grand Concourse between East 192nd St and East Kingsbridge Rd, the park is named after American author Edgar Allan Poe. […]
By Kevin Lim SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Every day, through eyes clouded by glaucoma, Peter witnesses the spending power generated by Singapore’s economic success, knowing he can only afford to look. The 54-year-old shopping mall security guard is part of Singapore’s […]
By Isla Binnie MILAN (Reuters) – Cash-strapped Italians are refusing to let recession stop them enjoying their iconic panettone Christmas cake, and are even
From the Dean’s desk… This column will serve to bring to your attention, from time to time, those issues that we feel may be of general interest and/or concern to the greater Italian and Italian/American community throughout the United States. […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama says he’s not worried about his daughters starting to date. After all, he’s got some help keeping an eye on them
(left to right – Luna, Tanya Carrion, Miriam Quinn, Santa, one of Santa’s youth helpers, Evelyn Torres, Clarisel Gonzalez and Ana Santana ) The Jolly Holiday Toy Giveaway, hosted by the Foxy Family was held earlier today at Side Street Catering […]
By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) – Writers James McBride and George Packer won National Book Awards, among the most prestigious literary prizes in U.S. publishing, at a gala dinner on Wednesday that also honored
LONDON (Reuters) – British police on Tuesday ruled out reopening an investigation into the death of Princess Diana in a Paris car crash in 1997 after examining an accusation the elite SAS commando regiment was involved in her death. London’s […]
By Ellen Freilich NEW YORK (Reuters) – “Humans of New York,” a photography book that began as a blog by a former bond trader has captured the heart and soul of New York with pictures and commentary. Georgia-born Brandon […]
By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) – When actress Rebecca Hall first read “Machinal,” the 1920s play in which she will make her Broadway debut early next year, her reaction was so strong she felt her throat tightening. Hall’s response, […]
By Chris Taylor NEW YORK (Reuters) – There are investors who couldn’t care less about dividends, and there are those who love them with an unbridled passion. Count Steve Weiss among the latter. The New York City public-relations rep first […]
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