Queens Teacher Had Students Make Cards for Inmate: Report
advertisement A Queens schoolteacher is under fire for allegations she had her students make greeting cards for a convicted felon in upstate New York during classroom instruction time, investigators charged. The Department of Education said it is looking to fire Melissa Dean, who taught fifth-grade English as a Second Language at PS 143 in Corona, […]
Feb 25, 2012: Paul Yeon Lee
Recipient of the 2011 Exploring the Metropolis NYC Con Edison Musicians’ Residency Composition Program and a resident composer at Flushing Town Hall, Paul Yeon Lee presents two different sanjo (scattered melody) pieces by Korean traditional transverse flute daegeum and western instrument flute. Additionally, Lee will premiere his new music “Scattered Wind” for daegeum and piano. […]
Mar 2, 2012: Daniel Bernard Roumain + The Mission: Civil Rights Reader at Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts aka Flushing Town Hall
Known for fusing his classical music roots with a myriad of soundscapes, Haitian-American artist Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR), is a passionately innovative composer, performer, violinist, and band leader. DBR’s collaborations span the worlds of Philip Glass, Cassandra Wilson, Bill T. Jones and Lady Gaga. DBR + The Mission perform Civil Rights Reader, a musical exploration […]
Francis Lewis drills the competition
Francis Lewis High School stood at attention and swept the New York City Drill Competition, defeating opponents from schools throughout the five boroughs and Long Island on February 11. The school faced off and was victorious against Xavier, Theodore Roosevelt, Long Island City, Uniondale, Morris, Wyandanch and Fort Hamilton High Schools in both armed and […]
Fed Reserve Bank VP: Economic Outlook ‘Gloomy’
Rae Rosen, senior economist and vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, delivered an economic outlook address to a meeting of the Long Island City Partnership at the MetLife Building on Queens Plaza West on February 9. The charts and graphs she showed along with her narrative revealed an economic situation that […]
Kraftwerk Announce Retrospective Residency at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art in New York City will host a series of eight performances by German electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk. From April 10-17, the band will perform eight albums across eight consecutive nights. The residency, titled “Kraftwerk-Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8”, starts with 1974’s Autobahn and continues to 2003’s Tour […]
Cardozo captures ‘A’ title
Print this story Facebook this Tweet this Digg this Del.icio.us Email to a friend Before Jermaine Lawrence became a national prospect, when Cardozo’s junior varsity was making it to the city championship game two years ago, Kyle Credle was thought of just as highly. As a freshman, he averaged over 20 points per game, before […]