I’ve been giving this some thought. The USA has always claimed to be a world leader, in other words #1. I decided to see what we are actually leading the world in. Here is what I found (read more HERE and HERE): Most coronavirus cases and deaths in the world Beef production (just under 20% of total global…
Read More What is the USA #1 In?I know this is a script and not real life.
Read More A Comparison I was Thinking About TodayBy Kimberly Kindy, Julie Tate, Jennifer Jenkins and Ted Mellnik Oct. 17, 2020 at 2:14 p.m. EDT The final moments of Stacy Kenny’s life are captured on a recorded 911 call. Kenny, who had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, begs an emergency operator to explain why she’s been pulled over. Amid screaming and rustling sounds, police officers smash the windows on…
Read More Fatal police shootings of mentally ill people are 39 percent more likely to take place in small and midsized areasAfter the success of our virtual Paul Brown Monday Night Jazz (PMMNJ) concert series, the Hartford Jazz Society is proud to continue our virtual Monday Night Jazz concerts on a monthly basis through the rest of 2020. Schedule of Events November 13 – Special Event TBA December 14 – Michael Carabello solo piano.
Read More Monday Night JazzBlack Poetry Day on October 17th honors past and present black poets. The day also commemorates the birth of the first published black male poet in the United States. Jupiter Hammon was born in Long Island, New York, on October 17th, 1711. Hammon’s first work, the broadside An Evening Thought (also referred to as “An Evening Prayer” and…
Read More BLACK POETRY DAYBy Rachel J. Pilgrim For 132 years, Grace Baptist congregants had been telling their founding story the same way: “In 1888, five Negro Baptist women, with great faith and courage, founded Grace Baptist Mission in Mount Vernon, New York.” I read that line every Sunday, waiting week after week for someone to update it with…
Read More The Search for the Five Women of Grace Baptist ChurchOctober 16, 2020 by Naomi Coquillon In honor of the life of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who passed away one month ago, this post shares highlights from her 2017 visit to the Library’s Young Readers Center. Justice Ginsburg met with a group of third grade students to discuss “I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg…
Read More I Dissent: A Conversation for Kids with Ruth Bader GinsburgI watched this last night and was reminded of what we used to have, without having to see what we have now. The children, Sandy Hook, our military dead., a loving family. My heart seized up. I couldn’t stop watching. Bravo, Dawn Porter.
Read More The Way I See ItFrom nose to toes, doctors continue to discover uncommon signs of coronavirus infection by Rachel Nania, AARP, Updated October 9, 2020 Fever, cough and shortness of breath are not the only warning signs of a coronavirus infection, even if they are the most common. In recent months a growing number of doctors have documented a handful…
Read More Unusual Symptoms of COVID-19 You Need to Know AboutLivestream from Roulette Roulette’s Fall 2020 season will be live-streamed from our stage and archived on our website. You can watch the archived streams from Vimeo below. Visit our calendar for a complete list of upcoming live stream concerts and like and subscribe to our YouTube, Facebook, and Twitch channels. MATTHEW SHIPP: THE PIANO EQUATION…
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