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oreen Clark-Smith was born in Atlantic City, NJ on September 17, 1930 to Lucille Minnie and William Edward Clark. Along with her sister Eileen Grevenberg, her family relocated to Sugar Hill. She moved to Harlem in her early twenties, where she became a vital member of the Black community. Throughout her life and
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Malcolm X and Rev. Martin Luther King. She worked with many Harlem community activists such as Livingston Wingate, George Broadfield, Charles Kenyatta, Ennis Francis, Bernice Bolar, Vivian Waller, and Hermena Rowe. In the early 60s, Ms. ClarkSmith worked on petitioning for African independence movements at the United Nations and also organized demonstrations forcing the Board of Education to rename Harlem public schools after African Americans. Aside from her volunteer activities, she worked for Haryou Act, the NY Urban League, Community School District 6 in Washington Heights and at a NYS training program for nurse’s aides at Westchester Community College. Before she retired, Ms. Clark-Smith served under Governors Mario Cuomo and George Pataki as a Public Information Officer for the NYS Division of Housing
and Community Renewal. Ms. Clark-Smith received her degree in Urban Planning from Marymount College. She served three terms as chairperson of Community Board 10 and was an active board member working tirelessly for the advancement of Black people - particularly in the areas of ed-
ucation, housing and economic development. She is survived by her three children, Regina Lynn Smith, Dr. Donna Marie Smith and Roger Clark Smith; five grandchildren, Christina Celuzza, Safia Smith, Samantha Chmely, George Smith and Clark Smith; and three great grandchildren.
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Police Athletic League Awards Ceremony Celebrates Brooklyn
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n May 16, 2019, Police Athletic League participants, families, friends, supporters and staff gathered at the PAL William J. Duncan Center in Manhattan to celebrate the recipients of the Robert J. McGuire Scholarship. Fred Wilpon and PAL Board member Robert J. McGuire joined PAL Executive Director Frederick J. Watts to present the awards to the PAL students. Many of the young people who participate in PAL programs pursue higher education opportunities. The Robert J. McGuire Scholarships are offered to PAL members entering their first year of college. The 13th annual awards ceremony highlighted the goals, achievements and aspirations of recipients, applauding the efforts of Brooklyn residents Cajahsi, Mellinda and Sodiq of
the PAL Breukelen Center and Edward of the PAL Teen Acting Program. A total of 11 students from PAL centers citywide were recognized. Introduced by their PAL mentors and role models, the students spoke eloquently about their personal experiences and the impact the awards will have on their futures. The Robert J. McGuire Scholarship is funded by Fred Wilpon, owner of the New York Mets and former PAL participant, whose longtime investment in the organization has enabled many students to continue to succeed in college. Mr. McGuire, Vice Chairman, PAL Board of Directors, has served PAL since 1978. “Robert McGuire’s longstanding commitment to his community is proven through his years of service as an Assistant District Attorney and
as Police Commissioner for the City of New York. We are appreciative of the commitment and investment in youth exhibited by both Mr. Wilpon and Mr. McGuire,” said Frederick J. Watts, PAL Executive Director. “One thing will serve you better than grades and talent: grit. It is grit, determination and tenacity amid difficulty that will set you apart and equip you to continue to succeed in the future.” “Success is about living your passion and giving back to those who are less fortunate. The measure of your life is the extent to which you care for others,” said Robert McGuire. Cajahsi of the PAL Breukelen Center stated, “As a PAL participant from 2004 to 2016, I have learned to deal with both wins and losses. I would not be standing here today if not for the
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persistence of my parents and the many opportunities provided by PAL, which include volunteering as a tutor at Bedford Academy.” Mellinda, a PAL Breukelen Center intern, added, “PAL is one of the most important programs in my life because the staff here encouraged me to believe in myself and embark on a journey of self-improvement. I want to thank my mentor for allowing me to express myself freely. I will be studying Psychology in the fall.”
The scholarship funds provide the young winners with a monetary gift from PAL to help defray the expenses of their freshman year in college. Eligible applicants must have participated in PAL programs for a minimum of one full year and provide proof of college admission and attendance. New York City’s Police Athletic League is the first and finest
civilian-run PAL in the country. Founded in 1914, PAL has served the city’s young people for over 100 years. PAL provides recreational, educational, cultural and social activities to 30,000 boys and girls annually. It is also the city’s largest, independent, nonprofit youth organization. For more information, please visit www.palnyc.org.
LGBTQ+ Teen Night: Trans-
innermost desires, fears, and hu-
join. Brooklyn Public Library. 10
Senior Cinema screenings start at
Borough Hall Plaza, there will be
manity. Peter Jay Sharp Building, 30
Grand Army Plaza. Registration re-
10:00am and are a monthly treat.
live music and dance performances
Lafayette Ave. Tickets start at $30.
quired, call 718 230-2442.
Seating is limited, registration is
featuring middle and high school
Office of the Brooklyn Bor-
required in advance. Call 718 636
students. Brooklyn Borough Hall.
June 6 7:00-9:00pm
June 6 3:00-4:00pm
LGBTQ+ rights movement, inspired
ough President Office (209 Jo-
4122 to reserve your seat! Brooklyn
209 Joralemon Street. FREE.
Summer Salons with PEN
Gender Neutral Make-up Tu-
by Nobody Promised You Tomor-
ralemon St.): Mon.-Fri., All day
Academy of Music. 30 Lafayette
Score NYC Small Business Men-
Ave.
FREE Recurring Events in
Brooklyn:
Come to LGBTQ+ Teen Night that celebrates the legacy of the
America: Riots in Writing June 8-27 10:00-11:00am
forming Tomorrow
torial with DQSH
row: Art 50 Years After Stonewall.
Come and learn how to apply
At every Teen Night, experience
Stoop Meditation: Saturday
for an evening of intergenerational
eye makeup fabulously in this one-
art-making, music, performance,
Now until June 26 11:00am
Morning Summer Series for All
poetry in honor of the 50th anniver-
hour workshop with Drag Queen
gallery activities, snacks, great con-
ough President Office (209 Jo-
Senior Socials
Ages
sary of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising
Story Hour. You’ll learn how to
versation, community-building, raf-
ralemon St.): Mon.-Thurs., 9:30am-
Head to the BAM to celebrate
Gather at the outside on the
as contemporary poets read works
apply makeup and then have the op-
fles and more. Brooklyn Museum.
Spring with their popular Senior
Front Plaza of the Central Library
by queer elders as well as their own
portunity to practice on themselves.
200 Eastern Parkway. FREE and
Socials. You can do a range of
for 60 minutes of relaxation and
original writing. Listen to poets
Kids, teens, and all genders are wel-
open to all LGBTQ+ teens and for
Brooklyn Bridge Park (Forni-
activities from live music to art
connection out in the fresh air. Sit
Wo Chan, Denice Frohman, Leah
come to learn! All makeup and sup-
those 14 and up.
no at Pier 6) Tues. nights, 7:00pm
workshops plus a light meal all for
outdoors with friends and neighbors
Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha and
plies will be provided. Central Library. 10 Grand Army Plaza. FREE.
toring Office of the Brooklyn Bor-
4:00pm
Constituent
Assistance
Center Walk-In
FREE. Each session is different. Se-
and share some love, kindness, and
more. Brooklyn Museum. 200 East-
Van Dyke Community Cen-
niors only. BAM Fisher and Peter
connection with yourself and the
ern Parkway. FREE with RSVP.
ter (392 Blake Ave.): Fridays,
Jay Sharp Building, 321 Ashland Pl.
community.All ages are welcome,
2:00-3:00pm FREE Zumba for all
To reserve your spot contact Com-
10 Grand Army Plaza. FREE.
HealthFirst members
munity Affairs at 718 724 8146 with
NYRR (New York Road Runners)
your preferred date.
As part of its community programs, BAM offers seniors over 65 years and older FREE admission
May 15 through June 12 12:00-1:00pm School Lunchtime Concert Series
Nona Hendryx with Vernon Reid
are, you deserve a raise The gender pay gap has lifelong financial effects that grow over
Ever wanted to learn Tai Chi?
Kick off the summer with a
time, impacting women in nearly
Central Library is teaching a class
joyful blend of soul, rock, and funk
every professional endeavor.Join
in Tai Chi that helps reduce stress
with singer Nona Hendryx and
this salary negotiation seminar that
Come and see the multi-media
and anxiety, increases flexibility
acclaimed guitarist Vernon Reid.
will empower you to successfully
performance based off of photogra-
and balance, and promotes serenity
MetroTech Commons. 304 Bridge
negotiate for fair pay for the rest of
pher Robert Mapplethorpe that ex-
through gentle, flowing movements.
St. FREE.
your career. Continental breakfast
Triptych (Eyes of One on An-
Now until June 21 10:00am Senior Cinema 2019
Tai Chi For Beginners June 6-8 7:30pm
Salary Negotiation: Chances June 6 12:00pm
June 6 1:00-2:00pm
June 7 8:30-10:30am
other)
to repertory classics with com-
Starting at noon in Columbus
amines how we look and are looked
This workshop series is for older
plimentary soda and popcorn. All
Park at the steps of the Brooklyn
at, bringing us face to face with our
adults and BPL Staff is welcome to
will be served. Central Library. 10 June 7 5:00-7:30pm
Grand Army Plaza. FREE.
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“Black” or “African American?” By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia
I
n a recent televised commen-
in that environment to understand,
tary, Dr. Greg Carr, chair of
grasp and identify with Black as a
Howard University’s Depart-
signifier the same way that people
ment of Afro-American Studies
born and raised in the West do,”
kick-started a stirring conversation
Chimbganda said.
that has mostly taken place inside
“While Africans dealt with col-
the confines of Black communities
onization and many of the same op-
around the country.
pressive practices of white suprem-
descent, including indigenous Afri-
Black only identifies with the color
Carr tackled the sometimes-un-
acy, they were a majority and once
cans, African Americans, Caribbean
of our skin but it has no cultural con-
comfortable topic of identifying as
their leaders took over government,
Blacks, and immigrants.”
nections to who we are as a people,”
Black versus African-American.
for the most part, oppression ceased
“Despite the dictionary defini-
to be about race and more about
tions, there is no term that truly de-
tribalism and ethnic rivalry,” Chim-
scribes people that were taken from
bganda said.
Africa and forced into slavery,” Carr
said Mitchell, the author of “How Do We Build A Real Wakanda?”
African
“As a result of our slave experi-
American as a U.S. citizen of Afri-
ence, we don’t understand the power
Thompson
defined
Harvard and Yale-trained physi-
can descent whose ancestors lived
and purpose of culture and we seem
cian, Dr. Hisla Bates, said race is a
in America before and during the
to be naive in how we regard and
ington, D.C.’s WUSA.
social construct and shouldn’t define
era of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
respect the unifying principles of
anyone.
“I am an African American who
culture,” Mitchell said.
by reaching out to several individu-
“I don’t like to be called Black
can trace my ancestry in the U.S. for
“Other races of people benefit
als of color – Blacks, African Amer-
or African American because it
five generations,” Thompson said.
from employing a language, edu-
icans – in attempt to gain the pulse
doesn’t define me and is dismissive
“According to my DNA test results,
cation, religion, names and customs
of just which way many lean.
of my heritage and ethnic makeup.
my ancestry is 92 percent African,
that are centered around their histor-
“Many Africans who live in
I am from the Caribbean and prefer
primarily from the Congo/Camer-
ical experience and we’re the only
North America but were born and
Caribbean American rather than Af-
oon region and Benin and Togo.”
people who fail to do so,” he said.
raised in Africa do not like to be
rican American,” Bates said.
Further, the term “People of
Mitchell said it’s important that
labelled as Black,” said Dr. Tapo
“There are so many ways to be
Color” refers to all non-White eth-
all of African descent find time to
Chimbganda, the founder of Future
‘Black’ and so many mixtures and
nic/racial groups. It’s a very general
read books like the “Autobiography
Black Female, an organization that
countries that when we define peo-
term, Thompson said.
of Malcolm X,”“The Mis-Education
helps create opportunities for Black
ple by a single color, we miss mul-
Hip Hop Activist and author
of the Negro,”“Nile Valley Contri-
female youth to participate fully and
tiple parts of who they are. That is
Sean XLG Mitchell, said there’s a
butions to Civilization,”and “Chains
beneficially in academic, economic
true for Whites as well,” she said.
significant difference between the
and Images of Psychological Slav-
labels of ‘Black,’ ‘African Ameri-
ery.”
and social endeavors.
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where in the world,” she said.
said during commentary on WashNNPA Newswire followed up
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“A Black person can live any-
Dr. Gail L. Thompson, the
“Growing up in Africa, where
founder and CEO of Inspirations by
almost everyone is Black makes
Gail LLC, said “Black is a general
“If we use the term Black, we
it difficult for people who grow up
term that includes anyone of African
are doing ourselves a disservice.
can,’ and ‘People of Color.’
“We would [then] have a better insight and understanding of culture,” Mitchell said.
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any homeowners spend time and money perfecting curb appeal, but forget to make it shine at night. Experts say a welllit home exterior and surrounding landscape is both beautiful and functional. “The addition of outdoor lighting is transformative, making it possible to see beauty that would ordinarily be hidden at night, while also extending your living space to the outdoors at all hours of the day,” said Linkoln Dixon, product manager at Progress Lighting. “Additionally, lighting provides safety and security, creating visibility and eliminating hiding spots.” To help you tailor light-
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and shadow-free. A rule of thumb for lighting doorways is to size lighting in proportion to the door itself. Select wall sconces and lanterns that measure anywhere from 1/4 to 1/3 the size of the door. Mount outdoor sconces and lanterns at eye level, with the center of the light source between 5 1/2 to 6 feet off the ground and 8 to 10 feet apart. Install soft, non-glaring path fixtures about 14 inches high that direct most of the light downward. Define the edges of the path by placing lights about one foot from one or both sides of the walkway, staggering the placement slightly to create a natural flow. For steps, install lights directly into the risers.
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● Harlem Shake (100 W. 124th St): Fri, 7-10pmOpen Mic with Live Musicians ● Mist Harlem (46 W. 116th St): Th starting at 8pm- Live Music; Fri, 10pm-2am- Live Jazz ● Lenox Sapphire (314 Lenox Ave): Th starting at 7-11pm- Live Jazz ● Chez Lucienne (308 Lenox Ave): Fri & Sat, 7-10pm- Live Blues ● Savanna Raes Harlem (2070 ACP Jr. Blvd): Fri, 9-11pm- : Live R&B and Soul ● Maison Harlem (341 Saint Nicholas Ave.): Sun 5-8pm, Live Jazz Vocalist Lady Leah ● Red Rooster (310 Malcolm X Blvd) Mon (Hip Hop); Tues (Live Blues); Thur-Sun (Live Jazz),starting at 7:30pm ● Patrick’s Place (2836 Frederick Douglass Blvd.) Th 6-10pm (Live Jazz with Caribbean Cuisine); Sun, 11am-4pm (Jazz and Sunday Brunch) ● El San Juan Restaurant (1429 5th Ave) Sun 11am-4pm (Sunday Brunch with DJ music) Now until June 9 26th NY African Film Festival From the archival to the experimental, classic fictional narrative to documentary, the festival selects treasured cinematic stories throughout Africa and the African Diaspora, using the past to contextualize the present and all of its possible futures. Various Location. Go to africanfilmny.org for more info and to purchase tickets. June 6 4:00pm FREE Zumba Thursdays Get moving on Thursdays at 4 p.m. with free Zumba with Leo Zumba!
Grab your sneakers and get ready to shake your thing. 125th St and Park Ave. June 6 6:00-8:00pm Studio Salon: Listening to Images For this workshop inspired by Tina Campt’s Listening to Images, you can practice new ways of engaging with photographs. Bring and discuss personal photographs and invite others to interpret alternative meanings. Art supplies will be provided. NYPL George Bruce Library. 518 W 125th ST. FREE with RSVP. June 7 5:30pm The Sound of Disco Join us for an evening of dance, fitness and fun. Enjoy the sounds and songs of the 70’s and 80’s while getting fit. There will even be a 70’s dance contest for the person with the best moves! In case of rain, the event will be held indoors. This event is FREE and open to the public. To RSVP, please visit jhwdisco. eventbrite.com. J Hood Wright Recreation Center, 351 Ft. Washington Ave @ 174th St. June 7 7:00- 9:00pm Harlem Jazz Series Melissa Slocum Bassist Melissa Slocum has been performing worldwide since 1982, and worked with such legends as Lionel Hampton, Cab Calloway, and Wynton Marsalis. Comfortable in genres ranging from duo to big band, Price: $20. Greater Calvary Baptist Church, 43-55 W. 124th St. June 7 6:00-9:00pm Book Fiestón: The Crazy Bunch by Willie Perdomo Join the CCCADI as they celebrate Willie
Teen Curators 2019 Exhibition Opening Selected Shorts- A Celebration of James Baldwin (June 11) (June 12)
Perdomo’s most recent book, The Crazy Bunch. Enjoy a night accompanied with a band, food, book signing a special reading of The Crazy Bunch. Guest writers Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa, Roberto Carlos Garcia, and John Murillo will be there. Copies of the book will be available for purchase! CCCADI. 120 E 125th St. FREE with RSVP. June 8, 15, 22 & 29 125TH & FREEdom 125th & FREEdom will make Harlem’s iconic 125th Street its stage as it explores the question: “If Harriet Tubman were alive today, how would she free Black people?” Composed of 16 movements and featuring a New Orleans-style brass band, the choreopoetic performance will take place at 16 sites as pop-up installations across the corridor of 125th St. from the East River to the Hudson River each Saturday in June. FREE, go to nationalblacktheatre.org to register. June 8 11:00am6:30pm Who’s the Boss- Women’s Business Conference Register for a day filled networking and learning with workshops including “Elevate your Income”, “Spoken Like and Leader” and “Fashion Branding” There will also be a keynote address by Sofia Davis, Editor and Chief of Fashion Avenue News. After party details to come! Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building, 163 W. 125th St. June 8 11:00-12:00pm Lil’ Studio: Alphabet Party! (Session B) Take a little one ages 2 to 4 to learn how to make art using letters and light and create a luminescent work or art! Parents
and caregivers are invited to the NYPL Harlem Library to enjoy art-making and other activities that encourage creative time and bonding. Refreshments will be provided. NYPL Harlem Branch. 9 W. 124th St. FREE, registration required. June 10 8:00pm Singers Space Hosted by D’Ambrose Boyd, singers come to sing their favorites and hear their peers perform before an intimate audience. Each Monday night a guest vocalist stars in the Feature Spot, an extended 20-minute showcase for their talents. Bar Thalia, 2537 Broadway at 95th St. FREE June 11 12:00- 2:00pm Harlem Jazz Series Richard Fairfax Richard Fairfax is a native New Yorker and reeds master. He was a sideman in professional bands, occasionally backing up star performers like the Four Tops and Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes. Price: $15, Greater Calvary Baptist Church, 43-55 W. 124th St. June 11 6:00- 9:00pm Museum Mile Festival @ El Museo Join us for our birthday celebration featuring the opening of Culture and the People: El Museo del Barrio, 1969-2019. The celebration continues with live performances by Aurora Flores and Zon del Barrio, Palladium Mambo All Stars, and DJ Bembona. Go to other participating museums for FREE: The Africa Center, Museum of the City of New York, The Jewish Museum, Cooper Hewitt, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Neue Galerie New York, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
June 11 6:00-8:00pm Teen Curators 2019 Exhibition Opening: “Femmetography: The Gazed Shift” This exhibition features portraiture, experimental photography and archival materials from the Schomburg Center’s research divisions. Teen Curators drew inspiration from Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe’s 1986 opus, Viewfinders: Black Women Photographers, the first book to document black women photographers. Schomburg Center, 515 Malcolm X Blvd. FREE with RSVP. June 12 1:00-2:00pm Open Archive: Augusta Savage Join Tammi Lawson, Curator of the Art & Artifacts Division, alongside other Schomburg Center librarians and archivists as they display selected items from their coveted collections of Augusta Savage archives. Stay for a Q&A and tour of A Ballad for Harlem featuring two sculptures by Augusta Savage. Schomburg Center, 515 Malcolm X Blvd. FREE with RSVP. June 12 6:00- 10:00pm 8th Annual Food & Drink Blvd. Food & Drink Boulevard is an evening of food, cocktails, music and entertainment that is aimed at promoting and increasing the economic vitality of small businesses along Harlem’s Restaurant Row on Frederick Douglass Boulevard from West 110th to 124th Streets. Sample $5 snacks and beverages. June 12 7:30pm Selected Shorts: A Celebration of James Baldwin This evening will feature a wide range of
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material from Baldwin’s works delivered by a coterie of Shorts actors including Nathan Hinton (Madam Secretary), Joe Morton (Scandal), Carra Patterson (Straight Outta Compton), Anthony Rapp (Star Trek: Discovery), and Charlayne Woodard (Pose). Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th St. Tickets: $16-32. June 12 7:30pm 2019 Annual Benefit Concert This Benefit Concert for the National Jazz Museum of Harlem features two of the most exciting names in music for one night only: multi-GRAMMY-winning artist and songwriting icon Valerie Simpson and saxophonist, vocalist, and bandleader Camille Thurman. Together, we will honor leaders in the jazz community. Aaron Davis Hall at City College, 129 Convent Ave. Tickets: $30-55. Call for more info 917671-8939. June 13 12:00pm 10th Annual NYC Father’s Day Pledge Against Violence Join hundreds of men at the steps of city hall to make a pledge to end violence in our homes, schools and communities. City Hall Park, Broadway & Chambers St. For more information contact Quentin Walcott at connectmen@connectnyc.org. June 13 7:00pm Met Opera Summer Recital Series Enjoy live music from Leah Hawkins, Soprano; Mario Bahg, Tenor; Joseph Lim, Baritone; Dimitri Dover, Pianist. Jackie Robinson Park, Bradhurst Av and Edgecombe Av, W 145 St. FREE
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Roundabout Theatre Company
Presents TONI STONE
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oundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director/CEO), in association with Samantha Barrie, will present the world-premiere production of TONI STONE, by Lydia R. Diamond, directed by Tony Award winner Pam MacKinnon. The cast includes Eric Berryman (Stretch), Harvy Blanks (Alberga), Phillip James Brannon (King Tut), Daniel J. Bryant (Spec), Jonathan Burke (Elzie), Toney Goins (Jimmy), Kenn E.
Head (Millie), Ezra Knight (Woody) and April Matthis (Toni Stone). Toni Stone opens officially on June 20, 2019 at the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (111 West 46th Street). This is a limited engagement through August 11, 2019. Toni Stone is an encyclopedia of baseball stats. She’s got a great arm. And she doesn’t understand why she can’t play with the boys. Stone knocks it
out of the park as the first woman to go pro in the Negro Leagues. Featuring a bullpen of players crossing age, race and gender to portray all supporting roles, Toni Stone is a vibrant new play about staying in the game, playing hard, playing smart, and playing your own way. Tickets for Toni Stone are available by calling 212.719.1300, online at roundabouttheatre.org HYPERLINK “http:// www.roundabouttheatre. org/”, in person at any
(254 West 54th Street); or by visiting StubHub, The Premier Secondary Ticketing Partner of Roundabout. Ticket prices range from $79-89. For groups of 10 or more please call 212-
Roundabout box office: American Airlines Theatre Box office (227 West 42nd Street); The Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (111 West 46th Street) and Studio 54
719-9393 x 365 or email groupsales@roundabouttheatre.org HYPERLINK “mailto:groupsales@ roundabouttheatre.org”.
IT’S A MAN’S WORLD. BUT IT’S HER GAME.
DANCES FOR A VARIABLE POPULATION and Artistic Director/Choreographer Naomi Goldberg Haas present
Photo: Joan Marcus
A celebration of 20th Century Dance featuring the choreographers, the DVP Company and Older Adults from Harlem, Queens, the Bronx, the Upper West Side and the West Village. Performances are FREE!
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A joint initiative by Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association.
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PERFORMANCES AT 5 PM & 7 PM Grant’s Memorial Tomb, Harlem 122nd St & Riverside Dr All Together Dance Workshop: 3 pm
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PERFORMANCE AT 4 PM Queensbridge Park, Long Island City 41st Ave & Vernon Blvd All Together Dance Workshop: 5 pm
PLUS: Join us for two Fall 2019 performances in the West Village and the Bronx! Support for this project is being provided by:
Additional support provided by Jody and John Arnhold, the Alpern Foundation, New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson and NYC Council Members Margaret Chin, Vanessa Gibson, Mark Levine, Bill Perkins, Helen Rosenthal and Jimmy Van Bramer.
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with Legendary Women Choreographers Tina Bush, Ara Fitzgerald, Ellen Graff, Elizabeth Keen, Audrey Madison, Myna Majors, Sandra Rivera, Alice Teirstein, Marnie Thomas Wood
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FILM
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FILM REVIEW: Us By Dwight Brown NNPA Newswire Film Critic
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t’s not ordinary. But certainly not extraordinary. Jordan Peele’s follow-up to the box-office-smash Get Out doesn’t expand the boundaries of the horror genre like its predecessor or A Quiet Placedid. It’s almost a retreat into norms that bring to mind humorous horror flicks like Scary Movie, zombie thrillers akin to Dawn of the Deadand over-produced shockers likeThe Shining. Remember the small, indie feel of Get Out? It’s gone. Vanished like a ghost. The Wilsons, an upper-middle-class family in Northern California, have just settled into their lakeside vacation home. They have arrived, physically and symbolically. Thirtysomething-year-old dad, Gabe
(Winston Duke, Black Panther), his tween daughter Zora (Shahadi Wright Joseph) and young son Jason (Evan Alex) all want to go to Santa Cruz Beach. It’s got sand, sea, a boardwalk and an amusement park. What’s not to like? Mom, Adelaide (Lupita Nyong’o, Twelve Years a Slave), is dead set against the visit. The thought brings back debilitating PTSD. Back in 1986, when she was a kid (Madison Curry) her parents (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Anna Diop) brought her to that same amusement park. She wandered off, got lost in an arcade called Vision Quest, and by the time they found her she was traumatized. So distressed, she couldn’t speak and the couple sought therapy for her. A trip to Santa Cruz puts Ade-
laide in a cold sweat. But her family talks her into it and life is never the same afterwards. For easy-to-please horror genre fans, who don’t ask much from creepy movies, there are enough frights and shocks to satiate: Mirror-image intruders (aka The Tethered), scissors stabbing bodies, blunt force trauma, bodies falling off balconies, boating accidents, heads getting whacked with golf clubs… There are an abundance of thrills. The Wilson family is likable, modern, hip, African American and unapologetically class-conscious. The setting
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EAT + SHOP + MINGLE + DANCE Join us at the African Pop-Up Brunch Party (a continuation of our Popup festival) .Come shop, eat, dance and mingle and experience the sounds, sights, style and taste of Africa. Contact tasteofafricausa@gmail.com Foodie Experience - will include tasting samples from chefs and a seperate buffet style Brunch curated by 4 chefs + Special African brunch menu with food from various parts of Africa (curated by guest chefs) + Tasting samples from restaurants/food vendors representing cuisines from various parts of Africa
of Northern California and especially the beaches of Santa Cruz are quite inviting. For discerning fans with a more sophisticated palate, Peele’s script is using the doppelganger monsters as a metaphor. They represent the people left behind in the shadows, those who don’t get a chance at the good life. The eerie folks from the netherworld who look like the protagonists become a weird head game that is an effective device, initially. Credit Peele for a very creative and three-dimensional premise. The problem with his ambitious blueprint is that some viewers won’t understand what he’s after. The Wilsons are as
all-American as the family on TV’s Blackish, minus the biting humor. Racial issues are not brought up, it’s not that kind of party. Lupita Nyong’o is a vision as the two moms. Smooth skin, gorgeous lips. She’s is earnest in a very complicated role, especially as Red the demon shadow. Winston Duke is amicable as the dad who has trouble defending his family. Duke plays the father like he’s Jordan Peele’s alter ego. Elisabeth Moss and Tim Heidecker as the heads of the Tyler household don’t get a real chance to fly. The extras who play zombie-types in the
tunnel couldn’t frighten a flea. A beach bum in Santa Cruz holds a sign that reads: Jeremiah 11:11. The verse proclaims: “Therefore, this is what the LORD says: I am going to bring calamity upon them, and they will not escape. Though they beg for mercy, I will not listen to their cries.” Us never reaches that overthe-edge crescendo into total mayhem that scares you to death and makes a good horror film a great one. Visit NNPA Newswire Film Critic Dwight Brown at DwightBrownInk.comand BlackPressUSA.com.
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GOLDEN LIFE SENIORS: Family Ties That Bind By Hazel Rosetta Smith
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is consistent prayer and sharing of God’s Word. The Powell’s have proven by
fter hearing four siblings
advocacy and articulation through
of a family of sixteen share
communication, that the family can
how they have managed to
be united, when everyone works to-
keep their family thriving as a suc-
gether, dedicated to the upliftment
cessful unit, I realized Dr. Marcella
of each other, devoted to the same
Maxwell, head of the Golden Life Seniors Ministry of The Abyssinian Baptist Church was opening the way
Powell Sisters Ernestine Wells, Elaine Powell-Belnavis, Artice Faye Hale,Lucille Jones
purpose with respect and dignity. It (l-r) Rev. Rashad Moore, Dr. Marcella Maxwell , Dr. Frances L. Brisbane, The Powell Sisters
The Powell Sisters Bettie Smith Clara Clark Ethel French Joeann Graham
The power in the Powell’s story struck home in the hearts of many in
for family food for thought. Most themes of Maxwell’s pre-
works because they work it.
substance abuse, AIDS, violence and
stay home mother, who raised her
how it works and to encourage others
ing they have cultivated that will
attendance that morning. As we lis-
education across cultural lines.
children and lead the church choir.
to take some portions of their system
enhance and shelter the family unit.
tened to the sound of determination
seniors seeking ways to live out
Dr. Brisbane introduced the pan-
Early on, their parents taught love,
home to their families. Four sisters
Standards are taken serious; sac-
and what it can mean when a family
their golden years with knowledge
el of four Powell sisters, who were
respect, importance of having your
were seated in the audience: Clara
rifice is not an option. Once a month
takes the high road toward nothing
on health information. This time, all
presenters at a recent People of Co-
own by making something out of
Clark, Ethel French, Bettie Smith,
there is a family conference call; The
less than the best for each one, it
ages were invited to look at family
lour Conference in New Orleans. Dr.
yourself, but most of all to “stick
Joeann Graham (Callie Saunders
Birthday Club reminds every sibling
opened the way for many to re-eval-
values and where they stand in fam-
Maxwell attended that conference
together no matter what happens.”
was not in attendance). All 16 sib-
to send a card; Age $50, each sibling
uate what can be done to attain a new
ily ties to create a family mindset of
and insisted that the Powell family
Those words were the beginning of
lings, that includes brothers John,
receives a check; All holidays are
lease on life within their own fami-
“Let’s Stay Together.”
come to the church to present their
a system to keep a close connection
Singer, Tommie, Robbin, James,
gladly spent together; E-mails are
ly. Touché, Dr. Maxwell. Peace and
Dr. Maxwell introduced Dr.
process of family togetherness, de-
to each other, as they matured, grad-
Ezekiel, and Samuel are still living.
sent sharing accomplishments and
blessings to the Powell family on
Frances L. Brisbane, Ph.D., MSW,
veloped as a result of the teachings
uated from higher education, were
Obviously, faith is action in this
other information privy to the family;
their awesome mission of hope and
Dean and Professor of the School of
of their parents.
employed, opened businesses, pur-
family. The Powell’s have utilized
Saving habits and techniques for in-
inspiration for other families.
chased homes and became parents.
every effort to engage each sibling
vestments; Co-mingling of in-laws;
[Hazel Rosetta Smith is a Jour-
vious meetings were geared toward
Social Welfare, State University of
The Powell children, 7 boys
New York at Stony Brook, co-found-
and 9 girls, were born and reared in
Four of the sisters on the pan-
ranging in current ages of 55 to 79
Establishing a mentor for every niece
nalist, former Managing and Wom-
er of “Counseling and Treating Peo-
Greenville, Alabama to a father who
el, Elaine Powell-Belnavis; Lucille
to maintain their family endeavor for
and nephew to reach out for guidance
an’s Editor of the New York Beacon
ple of Colour: An International Per-
farmed and became a Deacon at the
Jones, Artice Faye Hale and Ernes-
the good of all. Each sibling is re-
and to provide an older influence in
News, playwright and director for
spective,” a one of its kind 24 year
church where the entire family went
tine Wells, expounded on what God
sponsible to bring to the family what
a positive way even when there are
Help Somebody Theatrical Minis-
conference on health, mental health,
every Sunday, and a God-centered
has done in their family, explaining
training, skills, advice and counsel-
disagreements. Most of all, there
tries. Contact: misshazel@twc.com]
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New York Urban League Celebrates 54th Annual Frederick Douglass Awards
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he New York Urban League celebrated its 54th annual Frederick Douglass Awards on Tuesday, May 15th at Pier Sixty in Manhattan. Focusing on the achievements of prominent New Yorkers in their respective industries, the Urban League has selected an esteemed group of honorees to award for their service to the community and advancement of their culture. The event was made possible through the support of Abolitionist sponsors: Forbes8, Malecon Productions, Moet Hennessy USA, The National Basketball Association, Proskauer, Uber and UPS. Our Orator Sponsors included American Airlines, Bloomberg Philanthropies, GEICO, JPMorgan Chase, Macy’s, Inc., PayPal, White & Case LLP. This year, NYUL celebrated three honorees who embody our commitment to social change and equality. The Frederick Douglass Medallion was awarded to Sunny Hostin, co-host of The View and Emmy-award winning legal correspondent, for using her platform to bring awareness to social issues and advance equality. Ju-
dith Erwin and Minerva Tantoco, Co-founders of Grasshopper Bancorp received the Frederick Douglass Medallion, in recognition of its mission to democratize banking and make capital accessible to technology entrepreneurs. Kenneth Thompson, Brooklyn’s first black district attorney and a renowned voice for racial justice, was posthumously honored with our Ann S. Kheel award. Over 375 guests attended the blacktie event. Our first honoree, Sunny Hostin told the packed room at Pier 60 in New York City of how fighting to tell the story of Trayvon Martin helped her to find her voice. For the first time she had a reason to fight for the truth to be told on a National level. At first she received feedback that the story was not worthy of national exposure “because it was just another Black boy that was killed.” But her persistence paid off and CNN’s Anderson Cooper allowed her to tell her story, Trayvon’s truth, and spur a national activist movement. We also honored Grasshopper Bank and its founder Judith Erwin and Minerva Tanoco. As
Lu-Shawn Thompson wife of The Honorable Kenneth Thompson (left) and Bronx DA Eric Gonzalez (right)
New York Urban League Board Members (left to right) Shalima McCants, Ward Corbett, Jeanine Conley (Board Chair), Lloyd Chin, Arva Rice, CEO; Maja Hazell and Bryant Fields
Manny Gonzalez is Director of Multicultural Initiatives at Moet Hennessy
the first digital commercial bank in the United States, Grasshopper Bancorp has a mission to democratize banking and make capital accessible to digital entrepreneurs. Grasshopper represents a number of impressive ‘firsts’: first US digital commercial bank, first new bank in NY in ten years, and record-breaking bank fund raise. It is also led by
women—with a female CEO, CTO/co-Founder and CFO. Judith Erwin in her acceptance shared how the bank was named – first it is an ode to Grace Hopper , the United States rear admiral who helped create the computer language COBOL which is still used today. Also grasshoppers are a insect that does not have the ability to jump backwards or sideways –
Frederick Douglass Medallion Honoree Sonny Hostin and husband Emmanuel Hostin
Mayor David N. Dinkins
2019 Frederick Douglass Dinner Honorees - Left to Right - Lu-Shawn Thompson, Sonny Hostin, Arva Rice, Minerva Tantaco and Judith Erwin, Grasshopper Bancorp
which leads to the banks tagline – Ever Forward. Lu-Shawn Thompson accepted the Ann S. Kheel Award for her husband Kenneth Thompson, posthumously. In Lu-Shawn’s remarks she reminded us why Kenneth Thompson was truly worthy of such an honor and left us too soon. Lu-Shawn remarked, in 2013 Ken was elected as Brooklyn’s first African American District Attorney, after campaigning on the promise to restore confidence in the criminal justice system. This was a bold and a difficult undertaking—but Ken managed to transform the Brooklyn D.A’s office in his three years there. He established a review unit which moved to vacate or dismiss convictions of 21 people who were wrong-
fully convicted of murder or other offenses. Ken, like the New York Urban League, was quintessentially ‘New York’ and represented the best qualities of our community. Over the years, this ceremony has acted as an avenue to bring together the best in business, the arts, entertainment and sports to further advocate for equality and change. Proceeds from the gala enable the New York Urban League to positively impact the lives of more than 8,000 under-resourced residents each year and give a voice to those who cannot speak for themselves. The support of this annual ceremony ensures the continued growth of high-impact programs that aim to inspire the next generation to continue to strive for more.
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Inez E. Dickens Garden Fundraiser
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n Friday, May 31st the annual Inez E. Dickens Garden Fundraiser was held at Dickens Gardens, 201 West 139th Street. Honorees at the event included; NYS Assembly Majority Leader Crystal D. Peoples-Stokes, “Key to Harlem Award;” One Hundred Black Men, “Lloyd E. Dickens Community Impact Award;” Reverend Reginald Lee Bachus, “Lloyd E. Dickens Distinguished Leader
Award;” Orzo Thaddeus (O.T.) Wells (Posthumous} “ Legend of Harlem Award.”
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Services currently being held at the Alhambra Ballroom, 2116 Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. (around the corner from the Apollo Theater, corner of 126th)
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HEALTH
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Tips to Manage Asthma and Avoid Your Triggers (Statepoint)
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ore than 26 million Americans are living with asthma, including 6.2 million children. While there is no cure, asthma can be managed and treated so that those with the condition can live normal, healthy lives -- indoors as well as outdoors. It is important to learn more about common triggers -- which include respiratory infections, allergens, irritants, exercise and emotions -- as well as better understand what causes your symptoms. To get started, the American Lung Association is offering the following tips. 1. Combat indoor allergens. Animal dander, dust mites and mold are common allergens found in-
doors that can cause asthma symptoms. Keeping a clean home can help keep the presence of such allergens in check. For allergen-specific cleaning tips, as well as strategies for reducing the growth of mold and dust mites in your home, visit Lung.org/asthma-triggers. Be forewarned, cleaning supplies that have odors and fragrances can cause asthma symptoms to flare. Check the label and stick to safe, asthma-friendly products. 2. Avoid smoke and tobacco. Any kind of smoke, including tobacco smoke as well as smoke from e-cigarettes or “vaping,” are known to irritate the airways of the lung. If you have asthma, don’t smoke and avoid being around people who do. If you need help quitting, visit Lung.
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org/ffs or call 1-800-LUNGUSA. 3. Stay weather-aware. Climate change increases the risk that air pollution will worsen. Be aware that extreme weather events, such as drought, floods, wildfires and tor-
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Albany’s rent proposals will put building contractors out of work.
That means thousands of electricians, plumbers and other contractors who work in these buildings will be out of work. Albany should protect these jobs.
We need Responsible Rent Reforms that protect tenants and jobs.
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Albany’s rent proposals will make it impossible for many property owners to afford to maintain and improve their buildings – the majority of which are over 70 years old.
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EDUCATION
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Touro College of Pharmacy Holds Eighth Commencement
T
ouro College of Phar-
including retail or hospital phar-
macy (TCOP) in Har-
macies, clinics, pharmaceutical
lem awarded 82 grad-
companies, public health organi-
uates their Doctor of Pharmacy
zations and government agencies.
(PharmD) degrees last Friday
Students have also accepted pres-
at festive ceremonies packed
tigious postgraduate residencies
with family, friends and oth-
or fellowships at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in
er well-wishers at the Roone Arledge Auditorium-Alfred Lerner Hall at Columbia University.
Dean Cohen with graduate at commencement 2019
Commencement 2019
Dean, Provost, Speaker, EVP on stage at commencement
Sana Shafi commencement
Somerville, NJ; in Brooklyn at New York Harbor Healthcare
The Brooklyn hospital Center,
Following an inspirational in-
TCUS Provost for the Grad-
Pharmacy, Dr. Manasse formerly
dose…There will be ethical [and]
two graduates of the Class of
vocation from Touro College and
uate and Professional Divisions
served as executive vice president
financial
regarding
2019, Athena Moustakas and Me-
System, and Kingsbrook Jewish
University System (TCUS) Exec-
Patricia E. Salkin, J.D. added
and CEO of the American Society
access, affordability and sustain-
gan Loper, echoed the theme of
Medical Center; in the Bronx at
utive Vice President Rabbi Moshe
her warm congratulations. “You
of Health-System Pharmacists
ability,” he said, adding it will
advocating for patients and mak-
SBH Health System and Bronx
D. Krupka, TCOP Dean Henry Co-
are dedicated and compassion-
(ASHP), the national organiza-
be important for the graduates to
ing a difference. “A career in phar-
Health Care System; and at Long
hen, PharmD enthusiastically wel-
ate individuals who are going to
tion
pharmacists
“work towards greater autonomy
macy challenges you to use your
Island University; MCPHS/Pfizer
comed the graduates and thanked
[be] serving the underserved and
who work in acute and ambulato-
of scientific and professional deci-
intellect in combination with your
in Groton, CT; and Celgene Cor-
them for “making the College of
making a difference in the lives of
ry care settings.
sion-making” and be accountable
humanity to do meaningful work
poration in Summit, NJ.
Pharmacy the very special place it
people in our community, whether
Dr. Manasse urged the grad-
for their work.
that feeds your soul,” said Ms.
“I’m very excited,” said Sana
has become…Always remember
you work in a hospital, retail, or
uates to “embrace the biological
“Practice at the level of your
Moustakas. “Be change makers
Shafi, at the close of the event. Dr.
your highest obligation is to use
research setting.”
and genetic revolution” taking
education and training, not only to
and leaders. With our degree we
Shafi will be working at a CVS
your gifts and the education and
Keynote
Henri
place in the understanding and
the level of your license. Creative-
have been entrusted a great pow-
pharmacy in Stamford, CT. “It
training you have received to live
Manasse Jr., Ph.D., Sc.D., FFIP,
treatment of disease and drug ac-
ly use the tension at the interface
er to help patients and with great
was definitely a tough journey but
out the mission of the school and
was awarded an honorary doctor-
tion, safety and effectiveness. “We
of law and practice as a catalyst
power comes great responsibility.”
it was worthwhile. I’m excited to
your responsibilities as a healer
ate of science. Currently dean and
will likely get to a point where an
for change. Society needs you to
The Class of 2019 will be
start this new chapter of my life
and patient advocate: to make life
professor emeritus of the Univer-
individual’s genetic map will dic-
do this,” said Dr. Manasse.
spreading out across the country
where I can give back to the com-
in pursuit of a variety of careers,
munity.”
better for others.”
speaker
sity of Illinois Chicago College of
representing
tate the drug to be used and the
challenges
In addressing their classmates,
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t its 108th commencement ceremony for the Class of 2019, the New York College of Podiatric Medicine (NYCPM) located on 124th St @ Park Avenue in Harlem, granted 93 Doctor of Podiatric Medicine degrees, three diplomas for completion of three-year residencies, and two honorary degrees, including one for its keynote speaker. The commencement took place at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. Keynote speaker, the Honorable Robert J. Rodriguez, MBA, was elected to the New York State Assembly in November 2010, and represents New York’s 68th
Assembly District, which includes Central Harlem, East Harlem (including NYCPM) and parts of the Upper East Side in Manhattan. In his introductory remarks, NYCPM President and CEO Louis L. Levine introduced Assemblymember Rodriguez as a “particularly important ally of and good friend to the College and the Foot Center of New York,” who has helped shepherd a bill
through Albany that would provide patients enrolled in Medicaid managed care programs access to the Foot Center of New York (the clinical teaching affiliate of NYCPM). In his remarks, Rodriguez reminded the students of their important role in helping diabetics maintain foot health as they manage their disease. Diabetes is an epidemic in East Harlem, part of Mr. Rodri-
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Toronto Canada: It Has So Much To Offer! By Linda Armstrong
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city that has so many things to offer.
variety of exhibits from dinosaurs
types of live fish to see in all types of
hen you think of a
The staff was friendly and bent-over
to Egypt, Ancient Rome to English
enormous tanks. Some tanks above
relaxing,
entertain-
backwards to make sure that our
Victorian, Byzantine to Medieval
your head, others under your feet
ing,
vacation,
stay was nothing but pleasurable.
Times. There were artifacts, fur-
and still others 360 surrounding you
Toronto, Canada should come to
Fine dining is one of the first
niture, clothing and information
as you walk through an enclosed
mind. During Spring break, my two
things we experienced and for a
booths where you could sit and hear
area. It was breathtaking and peace-
daughters and one of my daughter’s
surprisingly reasonable price, as
about things like how life was for
ful to look upon so species of sea
We only were in Canada for a
I don’t know how you feel about
friend, piled into a car and took to
we had made reservations a month
women in medieval times and the
life including all different types of
few days, so the next thing we did
large bodies of water and being up-
the road with passports in hand to
in advance at the 360 restaurant in
situations they had to experience
sharks, stingrays, tropical fish and
was go to Archer’s Arena, where my
close, but my family had their hearts
go to see the wonders and beauty
the CN Tower. We sat on the 115th
and endure. The museum held such
others swimming together in harmo-
family enjoyed learning how to hold
set on experiencing Niagara Falls,
of Toronto Canada and we were not
floor, 9pm, at a window table and
beautiful things—some so delicate,
ny. There was an area with all types
and load a bow and arrow and shoot
and while that is on the way to To-
disappointed. We stayed at the Town
observed as this elegant restaurant,
some so elegant. In the Egyptian ex-
of deadly, but beautiful jellyfish.
at steady and then moving targets.
ronto, we had to go and we had an
Inn Suites in a luxurious two-bed-
with 2 course and 3 course delecta-
hibit, a mummy is entombed! This
The aquarium also has a section for
They learned and laughed, shot,
awesome experience. I have never
room suite with a full kitchen and
ble offerings slowly rotated during
museum also has Chinese culture,
endangered species of animal and
missed and hit, within the course of
seen such overwhelming grandeur
it was delightful. Our room, with a
our dining experience. We satisfied
exhibits focused on all types of min-
hissing beetles. You can pet a bea-
1 hour, the time it takes for an in-
and power as I did standing on
lovely view from the 25th floor, had
our pallets with appetizers that in-
erals including diamonds, with fas-
ver’s fur or touch a snake’s skin.
troduction to archery and they had a
the banks of this natural phenom-
a gorgeous full kitchen with all that
cluded lamb, seafood and salad,
cinating displays. There is so much
There are play area for the kids to
fantastic time.
enon. We even braved looking at
a family needed to either buy food
entrees that included salmon and
to experience in the several floors of
climb in and out of.
and fix it yourself—(stove, oven,
prime ribs and desserts that con-
the museum, you will probably need
view-masters set up all around the
microwave, dishwasher, cabinet full
sisted of peach-pumpkin cobblers
to go for more than one day.
Falls. It is an experience you will
of dishes and utensils), or the con-
topped with vanilla ice cream and a
Ripley’s Aquarium is breathtak-
never forget. Though I must tell you
venience of close by restaurants if
delicate shaving of chocolate to or-
ingly stunning! It is a chance to not
it can be a little scary and very in-
you chose to go out to dine—which
ange sorbet and chocolate mousse.
only pet sea creatures like stringray,
timating.
we did. Town Inn Suites on Church
The food was truly memorable and
but have Scarlet Cleaner shrimp eat
Overall we had a marvelous, fun
Street had full guest services includ-
the view spectacular!
the dead skin off your head as you
time in Canada and we’re looking
fun
ing a pool, spa, on-site parking and
We visited the Royal Ontario
hold it steady in a low pool of water.
just such a convenient location in a
Museum and experienced such a
This aquarium has so many different
Answers to Puzzle on page20
Royal Ontario Museum
Ripley’s Aquarium.
it up-close through the 25 cents
Jasmine and Linda (N.) Armstrong take an oath before archery.
forward to going back next year! Niagara Falls’ beauty and power is captured.
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