National Historic Site in Westchester County - Offers Summer Junior Historian Program
St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site, located in Mt. Vernon, NY, is now accepting applications for the summer Junior Historian program, it has been announced.
L'Arpeggiata
Friday, March 16 at 7:30 PM
L'Arpeggiata
Zankel Hall
Steven Reineke
Friday, March 16 at 8 PM
The New York Pops
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Christina Pluhar
Saturday, March 17 at 7:30 PM
Zankel Hall
The Chieftains
Saturday, March 17 at 8 PM
The Chieftains
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Sunday, March 18 at 3 PM
Neighborhood Concert:
Alarm Will Sound
Abrons Arts Center at Henry Street Settlement
Sunday, March 18 at 4 PM
Neighborhood Concert:
Jennifer Koh, Violin
Reiko Uchida, Piano
Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library
Enjoy the last weekend in winter... Spring like weather is in the air all over City Island and our increasingly gorgeous surrounding areas, which stretch from the extreme western end of Long Island Sound, south of Pelham Bay and Eastchester Bay to City Island Harbor, which marks the main shipping channel into NYC.
From Belden Point through Pelham Park and on to Orchard Beach. These unseasonable temperatures are providing many lucky local citizens, as well as delighted visitors and not to mention the birds and the bees and the flowers and the trees and the moon up above...
N. KOREA SATELLITE LAUNCH. Threat to World Peace and Security.
12 KILLED NATO CHOPPER CRASH. ISAF-Kabul, Afghanistan.
GI SHOOTER MOVED TO US. Afghan President Protests.
IRAN BANKS BLOCKED. International Punishment.
IPAD MADNESS. Apple's High Tech Ingenuity.
Of all the wild videos kids watch on YouTube, some of the most disturbing are the ones of people fighting. Playground brawls, gang fights, teachers bullying students, students mocking teachers until the teacher snaps -- they all play out in grainy videos captured and uploaded via cell phone. There's even an entire category of victims seeking revenge on their bullies -- making it difficult for kids to figure out who's right and who's wrong.
Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today marked the anniversary of the uprising in Syria by calling for an end to the ongoing bloodshed, which has claimed more than 8,000 lives since popular protests began a year ago, and for a peaceful resolution of the crisis.
“It is urgent to break the cycle of violence, stop military operations against civilians and prevent a further militarization of the conflict in Syria. The status quo in Syria is indefensible,” said a statement issued by the Secretary-General’s spokesperson.
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and the Borough President’s Disability Advisory Council held the borough’s first ever “Medicaid Rights Forum and Disability Resource Fair.” The public event, sponsored by the Visiting Nurse Services of New York, offered Bronxites insight on the latest proposed changes to Medicaid and information about important services available to help Bronx families.
The following are a few of the city's sights -- Times Square, Statue of Liberty, Staten Island Ferry, Chinatown, Brooklyn and NY Botanical Gardens, The Bronx Zoo, Central Park, Prospect Park and the largest of them all is Pelham Park. There's Soho, Harlem, Chelsea, Coney Island, Orchard Beach, Roosevelt Island and Andy Garcia's favorite, City Island.
Professor Cosmin Chivu, Director of Directing at Pace Performing Arts, will engage three of America’s leading theatrical producers in discussions of their unique practices and bodies of work, followed by a Q&A session with Pace BFA and BA Performing Arts students.
These producers will be at center stage of the Michael Schimmel Center: