FOCAL POINT GALLERY

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Focal Point Gallery: 321 City Island Avenue Bronx, NY #10464

"Artist Choice" August 1st-August 31st If anyone is interested in exhibiting you have till July 30th to submit your original art work.

The exhibition opens Friday August 1st with an opening reception 7pm-10pm and artwork will stay up until the end of the month.

If you are an artist and would like to take part in this exhibition call 718 885-1403

All work has to be Framed and ready to hang. There's a $20 hanging fee for each piece plus 30% commission on all sales.

Congressional Inaction Threatens US

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Our democratic system has broken down and our politicians are responsible for this criminal activity.
Partisan warfare on Capitol Hill continues as our representatives have failed to do their jobs by not raising the minimum wage, not extending unemployment insurance, not dealing with immigration, not serving our veterans... etc.

CRIMINAL ACTS

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An NYPD detective and two US marshals have been shot while arresting a suspect, who was shot and killed in a gun battle that erupted in the normally placid West Village neighborhood of Manhattan.

Charles Mozdir was a wanted sex offender, who was featured on CNN's "The Hunt with John Walsh". He was mortally wounded in the shootout on West Fourth St. near Jones Street this afternoon. The injured law enforcement officers are all expected to recover.

SEVERE WEATHER

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...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR WOLCOTT IN NEW HAVEN COUNTY CONNECTICUT... LOCATION...WOLCOTT IN NEW HAVEN COUNTY CONNECTICUT.

A Slight Risk of Severe Thunderstorms is Forecast. Scattered strong to severe storms capable of damaging winds. Isolated strong to severe storms may also occur over portions of New England.

TROUBLE IN PARADISE

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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth... Today our entire world is a big mess and the international situation is getting worse.

if you think you're living in paradise on earth, consider the all the killings and suffering going on in Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, America and Middle East.

The problem appears to me and perhaps others that nobody seems to care. What ever happened to peace, civility and tolerance?

BIKE TO WORK ACT

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Thousands of New Yorkers have already embraced the City’s bike share program as a viable, environmentally friendly, and cost-effective form of public transportation. This is why US Congressman Bill Crowley is introducing legislation that further encourages participation in the program by making it more affordable for commuters.

The Bronx Digital Divide

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As part of the recently approved City Council budget, NYC Council Member James Vacca has secured and allocated over $350,000 towards technology initiatives in his district and throughout The Bronx.

Among Vacca’s goals as Chair of the Technology Committee is to bridge the digital divide and provide New Yorkers with greater access to broadband internet and computer training. Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers still do not have access to broadband internet, and many don’t even have computers in their homes.

US EMBASSY CLOSED

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The American embassy in Libya was shut down on Saturday and evacuated as its diplomats moved to neighboring Tunisia under U.S. military escort amid a significant deterioration in security in Tripoli as fighting intensified between rival militias.

This heightened risk to US diplomats in Libya is a flashback of the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. mission in the eastern city of Benghazi that are still vivid and of the political uproar remaining fresh ahead of a new congressional investigation into the incident.

AMERICANS CHEER FOR BEER

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America has an official alcoholic beverage, it is BEER, according to a new Gallup Poll. The overall U.S. beer market is worth hundreds of billions.

Beer is Americans' adult beverage of choice this year. More than six in 10 adults say they drink it.
Americans who drink alcohol choose beer over wine and liquor as the type of alcohol they imbibe most often. This year, 41% of U.S. drinkers report they typically drink beer; 31% name wine and 23% name liquor.

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