2 Bronx Communities Are Accused of Preventing Blacks From Buying Homes Newsvine | The people of Edgewater Park have described their home as a Shangri-La, a tightly knit and idyllic community sitting on Long Island Sound in a hidden pocket of the Bronx. | But according to a new lawsuit, not everyone is welcome in this version of ...
2 Bronx Communities Are Accused of Preventing Blacks From Buying Homes The New York Times | The people of Edgewater Park have described their home as a Shangri-La, a tightly knit and idyllic community sitting on Long Island Sound in a hidden pocket of the Bronx. | But according to a new lawsuit, not everyone is welcome in this version of ...
City to Bronx Community About a Homeless Shelter: 'Not in Your Backyard' The New York Times | In the perpetual battle against homelessness in New York, the Kingsbridge Heights Community Center in the Bronx was only a bit player, with about 10 beds in its gym. But offering space for even a handful of destitute people meant something to those...
A Latino Bronx Tale The New York Times | Like a thousand other coming-of-age-in-an-ethnic-family dramas, "Falling Awake" puts good intentions and appealing performances into the balance against clichés of dead-end neighborhoods and rebellious (but sensitive) youth. | Jay (Andrew Cisneros)...
Saving Tiny Toads Without a Home Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | This is a story about a waterfall, the World Bank and 4,000 homeless toads. | Maybe the story will have a happy ending, and the bright-golden spray toads, each so small it could easily sit on a dime, will return to the African gorge where they once...
Golden Gloves returns to South Bronx for fundraiser The Examiner | The Golden Gloves tournament returns to the South Bronx this week. Courtesy antiqueathlete.com | The 83rd annual Golden Gloves tournament, sponsored by the New York Daily News, will be returning to the Bronx on February 4 for a fundraiser...
In a Slice of the Bronx, No Banks in Sight, for Now The New York Times | It is difficult to walk very far in Manhattan without passing a bank branch or two, as well as someone sighing that, thanks to the banks, every street now looks the same. | But some parts of the city are nothing like that, and Van Nest, in the Bron...
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Classical Music/Opera Listings The New York Times | CLASSICAL | Full reviews of recent music performances: nytimes.com/music. | Opera | ★ 'CARMEN' (Saturday and Thursday) Though it is difficult to make an opera as familiar a...
Capsule reviews: 'From Paris With Love' and others The Press Democrat | "From Paris with Love" - As 2008's "Taken" turned Liam Neeson into an action star, director Pierre Model again attempts the feat with two distinctly un-tough actors: John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. The Rock needn't worry about his day job. ...
Capsule reviews: 'From Paris With Love' and others The Boston Globe | Capsule reviews of films opening this week: | "From Paris with Love" -- As 2008's "Taken" turned Liam Neeson into an action star, director Pierre Model again attempts the feat with two distinctly un-tough actors: John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Mey...
Capsule reviews: 'From Paris With Love' and others Wtop By The Associated Press | (AP) - Capsule reviews of films opening this week: | "From Paris with Love" _ As 2008's "Taken" turned Liam Neeson into an action star, director Pierre Model again attempts the feat with two distinctly un-tough actors: John ...
Dressed-down Sarah Jessica Parker shares a joke with a New York postie as she steps ... The Daily Mail | It's not often Sarah Jessica Parker gets chance to stop and chat to fans, as she juggles the demands of motherhood and Sex and the City shoots. | But yesterday, as she stepped out without her twin bundles of joy, she seemed in a decidedly chatty mood. | SJP looked like she had a whale of a time as she chatted to a postman in a New York park and a...
3-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt to run 100 meters in New York City Star Tribune | NEW YORK - Usain Bolt will run the 100 meters this summer in New York City. | Organizers announced Tuesday that the three-time Olympic gold medalist will compete in the Adidas Grand Prix on June 12 on Randall's Island. | This will be Bolt's first competition in the United States since the Beijing Olympics. He set his first world record at this me...
