In the Meantime What have I been up to here in London you wonder? Good question! A young child is overcome at a Pentecostal celebration. London, May 2012. Well I have been spending a lot of time at church! Last week I attended Pentecost 2012, a large celebration here in London. I’ve also been spending time at Shekhinah Glory of The Living God - a branch of The Redeemed Christian Church of God. It’s a small church but a great example of how intent these evangelists are on spreading their faith. A Thursday night prayer meeting. I will continue to share images with you over the next few days! Comments are closed. Continue reading →
Carlos Fuentes fue un mexicano con ego argentino y ambición renacentista. Nacido en Panamá y educado en Washington y diversas partes de América Latina, tenía una capacidad políglota admirable: no solamente hablaba varios idiomas sino que se comunicaba a la perfección con públicos distintos como si fuera uno de ellos. En un momento oscuro en la historia intelectual mexicana, Enrique Krauze, el niño mimado de Octavio Paz, quien en los 80 se había convertido en enemigo acérrimo de Fuentes habiendo sido amigo cercano, acusó al autor de La muerte de Artemio Cruz de ser un impostor, un mexicano desmexicanizado. Krauze apoyó su argumento en el carácter de trotamundos de Fuentes. La falacia de ineludible: ser mexicano no radica en poseer bienes raíces en México. La ... Continue reading →
War photographer and BDC supporter Joao Silva was awarded an honorary Ph.D yesterday from the Corcoran College of Art. Continue reading →
The search for him, once hopeful, was turning desperate. Weather stoked the fear. The missing man was wearing only shorts, a T-shirt and running shoes. It was late March. Daytimes were warm, but the cold scythed through the spruce forest in the depth of night, the temperatures cutting into the 20s. For three days, rescue teams had fanned out for 50 yards on each side of the marked trails. Riders on horseback ventured through the gnarly brush, pushing past the felled branches of pinyon-juniper and ponderosa pine. An airplane and a helicopter circled in the sky, their pilots squinting above the ridges, woodlands, river canyons and meadows. “We’re in the middle of nowhere, and this guy could be anywhere,” Tom Bemis, the rescue coordinator appointed ... Continue reading →
David GonzalezJesse Moskowitz was happy to just go for a walk in the sunshine on his days off. After all, he spent more than half a century underground in the Times Square subway station presiding over one of the city’s cultural landmarks, the Record Mart.David Gonzalez reports from corners of the city in words and pictures.The streets above may be called the Crossroads of the World, but the Record Mart’s music-mad customers knew Jesse’s store was where the cultures really came together. In a city of dizzying diversity, he spotted trends ahead of the pack. He even started his own label – Montuno – which featured groundbreaking albums by the likes of Totico, Yambu, and Manny Oquendo and Libre. Whether it was New York salsa, ... Continue reading →
I thought maybe Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. had temporarily lost his mind. He announced that this weekend, he will induct rapper Fat Joe into the Bronx Walk of Fame, for being “an outstanding citizen and a role model to countless Bronxites. He has positively represented the Bronx and throughout his music career has helped keep the Bronx on the ‘musical map,’ becoming one of our very own homegrown success stories.” Diaz won my respect a long time ago for being a staunch advocate against illegal guns, and for tirelessly speaking out about crime. He shows up where a child has been caught in crossfire, unlike our Mayor. He has a “Peace in Our Streets” Campaign. He hands out flyers telling people to hand in ... Continue reading →
Astrid Riecken/For the Washington Post (The Root) -- "I created this sound so I can eat -- and everyone who plays in this band can eat." --Chuck Brown, 2010 At a time when so much is changing in the once-Chocolate City, one thing remained constant in Washington, D.C.: Chuck Brown -- who died May 16 at 75 of undisclosed causes -- and the wild and wonderful world of go-go music that he created. Until he was hospitalized for pneumonia in the weeks leading up to his death, on any given night you could count on seeing Chuck -- well into his 70s he remained just Chuck, his sometimes-shirtless wiry frame ripped with the muscles of a man half his age, gold tooth glinting, strumming his ... Continue reading →
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