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Celebrating Four Decades ¡Retumba!

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Hello Friends ¡Hola Amigos! City Island - A Slice of NYC Paradise invites everyone to celebrate the rich musical culture of ¡RETUMBA!.

¡Retumba! translates into Resound and they bring vibrant interactive performances that are musically soulful, passionate, entertaining as well as visually fascinating into a feast of folkloric music that can be enjoyed by adults and children of all ages.

Laugh Out Loud

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What makes a comedy real funny? Something that floats on the changing tides of time and taste, remaining relevant and hilarious?

It probably takes more than slapstick, like a pie in the face. We don’t have the answer, but with a partial list assembling some of the best comedies ever made, we’re getting closer to laugh-out-loud enlightenment than humanly thought possible. We’re talking about melting minds, splitting sides, and slapping knees, folks.

HFPA Diversity NOT

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The Gloden Globes changes will make the Association bigger, transparent, and accountable.

The #HFPA has finally announced their long-time-coming Reform Plans and scheduled Timeline. https://bit.ly/3vNTxLY

Decomposing Composers

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One of them, Shakespeare had an enormous influence and lasting impact on literature with some duplicating his style, full of imagery.

Ox New Year

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Celebrate the year of the Ox as the Chinese New Year is upon us. Here's how to wish someone a "Happy New Year" 🎊 

This marks the start of the Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, It is Asia’s largest 🎉 celebration. I am surrounded by Ox. but my favorite one is Yirong. 新年快乐

When Music Died

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It was the day the music died. On February 3, 1959, American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "The Big Bopper" J. P. Richardson were all killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.

We remember them today on what later became known as "The Day the Music Died".

Buddy Holly was the single most influential creative force in early Rock & Roll, with a string of classics that only ended with his tragic death at 22.

Hispanic Federation Special

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We at #HUDA https://www.facebook.com/groups/HispanosUnidosDeAmerica are proud to invite you to 

John Lennon Anniversary

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They say the good die young and talented younger. I began my career as a student intern or The Washington Post. But my first really great paying job was at NBC, NY, where I worked for nearly a decade. I was there the night he died.

Years later I took one of my journalism college classes to Strawberry Fields on the 30 anniversary of his death.

Here Comes Santa

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What ever happened to the good old days? We went from kids sitting on Santa’s lap to children writing to Santa’s new laptop.

Early representations and without a laptop of the jolly gift-giver from Church history and folklore, notably St Nicholas, merged with the English Father Christmas to create the mythical character known to Americans and the rest of the English-speaking world as "Santa Claus" a phonetic derivation of "Sinterklaas" in Dutch.

A Real Wonder Woman

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Lynda Jean Cordova Carter is an American actress, singer, songwriter, model, and beauty pageant titleholder, who was crowned Miss World USA 

She is and will always be the real America’s Wonder Woman and has shown strength as well as courage behind the scenes. It turns out that in 2018, Carter was sexually assaulted by an unnamed producer, something that made her feel small and weak while she was playing the role of an unstoppable superhero.