Celebrating Community
Sheryl Nash-Chisholm February 5th, 1954 – October 11th, 2021 On February 5th 1954 the Lord blessed the late Marion and Leonard Nash with a beautiful baby girl who they named Sheryl Lee Nash. Sheryl grew up in Queens, New York where she received her formal education. She followed her dreams after her schooling was completed, and she became a successful […]
My brother Frank and I grew up during the Depression of the 1930s. Only a year and a half apart, we were close in age but different in spirit. Frank was the sports guy and I was the opera singer while growing up. When Frank and I were youngsters in Bensonhurst my mother got a call from a neighbor saying […]
On the afternoon of Saturday, February 29, the Regina Opera celebrated its 50th season at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The Golden Jubilee Concert presented selections from Verdi’s Don Carlo and Massenet’s Manon, the intermezzo from Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, and a full production of Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi. Eminent music director Maestro Gregory Ortega began with the […]
On December 31, the Amore Opera celebrated the incoming 2020 with a glorious New Year’s Eve gala of opera and dinner at St. Paul & St. Andrew’s Church in New York City. Nathan Hull welcomed one and all to the Amore Opera’s tenth seasons. Many received New Year hats and noisemakers to properly ring in the new decade. The event’s […]
The Regina Opera Company began its 50th season with Carmen on Saturday, November 23rd in Sunset Park at Our Lady of Perpetual Help (OLPH) in their elegant auditorium. A crowded house warmly applauded Regina Chair Francine Garber-Cohen as she announced that the Regina Opera was ready to show the glories of Bizet’s masterpiece Carmen to the eager audience of opera lovers and audience members […]
Sitting across from Manhattan on Columbia Street, The Longshoreman, founded by Michelle Ewan and Lisa Detwiler over a year ago, is restaurant that aspires to reach back into Carroll Gardens’ proud history. “We’ve tried to bring our love of Italy and Italian culture into the making of The Longshoreman,” says Michelle, during an afternoon interview with the two. They banter […]