MARY LORSON & THE SOUBRETTES
Sunday, May 6, 1:30pm
Composer, writer and Pelham native Mary Lorson, along with The Soubrettes, will be performing songs inspired by vaudeville sensation Eva Tanguay. The performance will be accompanied by vintage film clips of Ms. Tanguay, considered the first female rock star.
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SNEAK PREVIEW: GIRL IN PROGRESS
Monday, May 7, 7:00pm
LaGuardia Community College has partnered with Goldman Sachs in launching the "10,000 Small Businesses" initiative, which - through a 10 week class in which people must apply and be accepted - qualifying small business owners can receive practical business knowledge from experts in the field. The class is free, and there are details below in the invitation about the qualifications for entry into the program.
NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg is once again threatening to eliminate City Island Ladder Company 53 in his latest city budget.
City Islander's lives and their property will be in danger, as well as the very special quality of life in this “New-England-esque” type of atmosphere, which islanders enjoy on City Island. Local residents and businesses will definitely suffer, if the mayor's plan come to fruition.
NEGATIVE JOBS REPORT. Hiring Figures Only Slightly Up.
WHATEVER CHEN WANTS. Chen Gets To Study in NY.
PENTAGON CHIEF @ FT. BENNING. Watch Your Step.
AP: SORRY ABOUT THAT. News Chief Apologizes.
YANKEE CLOSER OUT. Rivera Hurt Bad.
Secrets of New York - Hidden Gems is a half hour television program exploring New York City's historically significant landmarks in ways the viewer has never experienced. In this episode, we learn more about City Island, NY.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycmg/nyctvod/html/home/sony_gems.html
United Nations top officials today highlighted the power of press freedom to spark social and political change and to hold governments accountable, stressing that this vital right must be ensured across the world by creating the conditions that allow journalists to perform their work safely.
NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg is once again planning to close 20 fire companies citywide, most likely including City Island’s Ladder Company 53, which could come as early as July 1, 2012. Councilman Jimmy Vacca says City Islanders already expect that their ladder company is once again on that list.
Vacca and City Islanders have fought the proposed closure of our ladder company four times before and won. We will be out in full-force fighting once again. Every year it has been the same fight and every year the City has heard our defense.
National Public Gardens Day
Friday, May 11 / 12-4 p.m.
View Dibbles and Daisy Grubbers:The Art of the Garden Tool exhibition and enjoy mansion and garden tours. Free
Bronx Week Saturday, May 12- Sunday, May 20
Celebrate Beauty in the Bronx at BPMM with free guided tours on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons, 12-4. Tours start at quarter past the hour. Free
Member Mornings All About Us: Upstairs, Downstairs, and in the Garden. Bartow-Pell's Landscape History
Friday, May 18 10-11:30
Jane Cook discusses our historic landscape at the last
Today @ 11:00A, Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx) and NY State Senator Tony Avella, Assemblyman Michael Simanowitz, Steve Cassidy, President, Uniformed Firefighters Association, Capt. Alexander Hagan, President, Uniformed Fire Officers Association, Bob Astrowsky, Assistant Secretary, United Federation of Teachers, Detective. Michael Palladino, President, Detectives’ Endowment Association and other local leaders announced a new effort to protect and create thousands of jobs for teachers, firefighters and police officers.
As funeral services the victims begin today from 4P to 9P at the Parkchester Funeral Home and tomorrow at 9:45A, New York State Transportation officials are going to be installing concrete barriers on Bronx River Parkway to hopefully prevent another tragic crash, which killed seven people.
According to officials, those 2-foot, 8-inch concrete slabs will be installed on the right-hand side of the lanes to block vehicles from hitting the existing fence and falling off the elevated roadway.