To the editor, In response to Sy Schleimer’s letter Saving the Sound of Music and Art, I want you to know there is hope, energy and love for preserving all that we treasure in our culture. As director of New American Youth Ballet here in BPC for the last 15 years, we agree with your […]
Archives for January 2017
Notes of Non-Native Sons
Today (Wednesday, January 25), the City’s Department of Cultural Affairs, through its “Percent for Art” program, is holding the final meeting to determine the winning proposal for public art commemorating the “Little Syria” neighborhood of Lower Manhattan. The City’s Department of Parks & Recreation is constructing a new 20,000 square foot park, Elizabeth H. Berger […]
January 24
AD 41 – Roman Emperor Caligula, known for his eccentricity and sadistic despotism, is assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards. The Guard then proclaims Caligula’s uncle Claudius as Emperor 1848 – California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter’s Mill near Sacramento. 1916 – In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme […]
Respect Existence or Expect Resistance
Hundred of thousands of citizens worldwide marched on Saturday, January 21, to protest the inauguration of Donald Trump as President of the United States, and to have their voices heard as the new administration assumes power. Did you march? Send your photos and thoughts about the new administration in Washington to editor@ ebroadsheet.com
Fighting Words
Yuh-Line Niou, the Assembly member who was elected in November and now represents Downtown in the lower house of the State legislature, was ceremonially sworn in at an event held in the Museum of Jewish Heritage last Thursday. (She officially took office on January 4, at a ceremony in Albany.) The local event was attended […]
January 23 – February 5, 2017
On crystal clear winter nights in the countryside and dark sky reaches of the suburbs, we are graced with a view of the Milky Way – the mysterious, glowing band of stars and stardust that arcs overhead. Early, when darkness gathers at about 6:30pm, Perseus the Hero appears in the middle of the arc at […]