Van Nest Neighborhood Alliance
DUE TO SNOW IN THE WEATHER FORECAST FOR THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING, THE VAN NEST NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE MONTHLY MEETING FOR FEBRUARY WILL NOT MEET ON FEB 13, 2014 AT 7:00 PM. WE WILL RESUME OUR NEXT MONTHLY […]
A Broadway Filled Weekend At BX Catholic Schools
The Finale, Into the Woods, Preston High School. Video c/o youtube.com Two Bronx Catholic schools put on Broadway classics this weekend, with Into the Woods coming to Preston High School in Throggs Neck and Godspell taking stage at Fordham Preparartory on the university […]
AG Backs Suffrage For Felons
Attorney General and city native Eric Holder made his position clear yesterday in a speech outlining the need to allow citizens who have served their time to have a voice in voting, the most basic American right. The Huffington Post […]
Longtime Anchor Tom Brokaw Diagnosed With Cancer, Optimistic On Prognosis
Photo c/o nbcnews.com Longtime NBC News Anchor Tom Brokaw, who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer affecting blood cells in the bone marrow, in August at the Mayo Clinic, released this statement this afternoon: “With the exceptional support of my […]
Upcoming Photo Workshop at Bronx Documentary Center
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Lehman Center for the Performing Arts : Soweto Gospel Choir
Bronx, NY – Lehman Center for the Performing Arts delivers a world of internationally acclaimed performances to the Bronx highlighting South Africa’s Soweto Gospel Choir on Saturday, February 15th, 2014 at 8pm in their 10th Anniversary National Tour. This choir […]
Famous child actress, diplomat, Shirley Temple Black dies at age 85
Photo c/o Biography.com Shirley Temple Black, one of the most well known child stars in Hollywood, died at 85 on Monday night in her Woodside, California home. Her publicist, Cheryl Kagan, said that Temple Black died of natural causes and […]
Watch Yesterday’s State of the City Address Here
The State of the City, 2014. La Guardia Community College Performing Arts Center Queens, NYC Video c/o The New York City Mayor’s Office.
They Lived
Has anyone seen the moving commercials recently by Subaru showing a severely destroyed car, and many folks in the pipeline to the car graveyard tell everyone they meet along they way, “They lived? ” Seen those? The truth of […]
Jews in India Seek Refuge From Persecution In Israel
Photo c/o aljazeera.com Thousands of families in an overwhelmingly Christian region of Manipur, India have converted to a version of Orthodox Judaism over the past thirty years. But for the Bnei Menashe , the pressures of living in a state ravaged […]
Artist Celebrates Harriet Tubman At Westchest Sq. Library Performance
Ms. Christine Dixon will be performing Harriet Tubman Herself, a one woman show based on a series of interviews Harriet gave in 1868, at the Westchester Square Library on February 20 at 5 p.m. She recently gave the performance in […]
Obama Administration Pushes Back Deadline For Small Businesses To Implement Healthcare Reforms
As the White House reversed the timetable on implementation for key Affordable Care Act provisions that affect small businesses, The Washington Post released this primer for business owners to understand how the adjusted timetable will affect them: “In the final regulations published […]
Senator Klein Sides with Mayor, Calls On Govenor To Pass City’s Universal Pre-K Plan
Local Bronx Senator and Senate President Pro-Tem Jeff Klein has bucked the Governor, calling upon the state to approve the city plan put forward by Mayor Bill DeBlasio to tax city residents who earn over $500,000 to fund a universal […]
Bronx Chronicle Photo of the Day: Feb 11, 2014
Pic by Nilka Martell
Maimed pitbull puppy ready for adoption
(Photo c/o Long-Islander Newspapers) Miss Harper, an adorable pitbull puppy, is ready for adoption, despite the hurdles she has faced from three abusers. She was brought to the Nassau Country Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) in […]
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