Chinatown Street Performers Help Preserve the Art of Cantonese Opera
NEW YORK — Amateur street singers continue to preserve the art of Cantonese Opera with their annual performance for the elderly in Chinatown. It’s 9:30 a.m. and Si-Lian Ling, 59, is backstage piling make-up on her face. She and nine
It’s a Long Way from Pittsburgh
Jaime Erin Murphy, 26, and Renee Danielle Smith, 25, began The Murphy/Smith Dance Collective in January 2011 when they received the New Stage Artist Residency from the Kelly-Strahorn Theater in Pittsburgh, PA, for their piece “Much More Than Bones.” The
West Indians in Brooklyn Fear Violence Will End Their Parade
BROOKLYN—Every night for three months, eager players in Ablib Steel Orchestra practiced for the most important weekend of the summer: Labor Day. As media reports mounted about the violence at the West Indian American Day Carnival Parade, some parade participants
Burglaries at Sesame Flyers Youth and Cultural Center
Members of the East Flatbush community, largely Caribbean immigrants, were shocked by a recent spat of burglaries at the Sesame Flyers Youth and Cultural Center, a non-profit that caters to children and families in the Brooklyn area. The organization, entering
Diversity Immigrants In Little Egypt Struggle To Integrate
When Said Abdel Moneim’s 1992 Jeep broke down last week by Union Square while towing a roadside food stand to its overnight parking lot, it took him five hours to figure out a way to bring both trucks back to
Flushing Might Need To Wait For Its Younger Voters As 1.5 Generation Say They Don’t Care About Politics
Most people know what first generation and second generation means when it comes to immigration. For the Chinese, first generation immigrants are those who come to the U.S. and become a citizen usually in their 30s or 40s. Second generations
Can Social Media be the Catalyst to Revitalize Chinatown’s Ailing Restaurant Business?
Many first generation Chinese restaurant owners believe that the only key to success is through hard work. Through the decades, new restaurant businesses were started and nurtured by that mindset. As long as you work hard and provide quality
Tensions Still Exist Between Russian Immigrants in Brighton Beach
When Yury Rozinov arrived from Russia to a bus stop in Connecticut twenty-three years ago, the first person to greet him was an African American man he met on the street. Growing up in Russia, Rozinov cannot recall ever meeting
