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Etta James enjoyed a versatile and emotionally direct voice, which could sing blues as well as love songs. Her signature hit, “At Last,” died this morning in Riverside, California. She was reportedly suffering from complications of leukemia. . She was 73.
AUDITIONS:
Friday, January 20th @ 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, January 21st @ 2:15 p.m.
AT GRACE HALL, 116 CITY ISLAND AVENUE
Performance Dates Are:
March 2 (Fri), 3 (Sat), 8 (Thurs), 9 (Fri), 10 (Sat) @ 8:00 p.m.
4 (Sun) @ 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 4 Victorian Valentine @1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Show that you care--not with a boring, store-bought card, but with a handmade, full-of-charm, sure-to-woo original creation. Learn about the history of valentines and the printed "scraps" used to make them in the 19th century while you craft your own memorable valentine. A fun workshop for the whole family!
Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC, the nation's oldest and largest youth mentoring organization celebrates National Mentoring Month by declaring "Mentoring Month" in the Bronx.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC, launched its 2012 city-wide mentor recruiting effort this week as part of National Mentoring Month, to inspire adults throughout New York City, particularly, men, for whom there is a greater need, to volunteer as mentors to children in need of positive role models.
SIX US MARINES KILLED. Deadly NATO Chopper Crash.
NEVADA WILDFIRES. High Winds and Flames.
HUMAN REMAINS FOUND. Hollywood Sign.
AUTISM REDEFINED. Families Worried.
GOP DEBATES. Media Fireworks.
The Asian Lunar New Year, the Year of the Dragon, will begin next week on January 23, and is celebrated by many Asian ethnic groups including Chinese, Vietnamese and Koreans.
Frustrated? Working too hard? Take a Break!
SUNDAY, JANUARY 29 at 3 pm • CHAMBER MUSIC
Home of Peter Joseph and Elizabeth Scheuer
4730 Fieldston Road
$25 | Buy Tickets
MARINA PICCININI, Flute
MIZUHO YOSHIMUNE, Piano
ROLANDO ROLIM, Piano
Mozart - Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285
Chopin - Scherzo No. 2 in b-flat minor, Op. 31
Oliver Caplan - My Elephant Cloud (2011)
Strauss - Violin Sonata in E Flat (Transcribed for Flute and Piano)
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25 at 8 pm
Tomorrow, NYC Council Member James Vacca will join Bronx DOT Commissioner Connie Moran at the newly-installed accessible pedestrian signal on Morris Park Avenue, just west of Eastchester Road, in order to highlight the fact that these important devices have now come to the Bronx.
By focusing on poverty, crime and negative behavior, some news outlets fail to give a total portrait of some communities.
Thankfully, overt racism in the press is is rare nowadays and some organizations have made efforts to include people of color in their daily coverage. However, the overwhelming majority of press still emphasizes negative stories like gangs, drugs and violence, sometimes to the exclusion of positive life experiences.
News is about the exception and unusual, but it is also about triumphs and overachievers and other more positive extremes of our everyday life.