The summer is heating up in The Bronx in more ways than one as the 4th Annual Bronx SalsaFest gets underway beginning this weekend!
El Condado de la Salsa (the borough of Salsa) will, once again, celebrate the music, the dance, and the artists in a month-long festival bringing together a collaborative of institutions and community-based organizations presenting a variety of Salsa-related activities.
Following the downing of the Malaysia airliner, US and European Union leaders have approved a new economic hit against Vladimir Putin, and targeting key sectors of the Russian economy.
These moves bring increasing pressure on the Russian president to end his country’s support for separatists in eastern Ukraine, whom the West blames for taking down the passenger jet nearly two weeks ago.
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.
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.
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.
...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.
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?
This Week in History, Jul 27 - Aug 2
Jul 27, 1974
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.
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.