OKAN Will Perform Virtual Concert From Flushing Town Hall Next Month
Co-leaders Elizabeth Rodriguez and Magdelys Savigne will be available for a live Q&A after the performance.by BWW News Desk
On May 14, Flushing Town Hall presents the award-winning, contemporary duo OKAN in a virtual performance for audiences across the globe. Co-leaders Elizabeth Rodriguez and Magdelys Savigne will be available for a live Q&A after the performance.
Taking their name from the word for heart in the Afro-Cuban religion of Santeria, OKAN is a women-led ensemble that fuses Afro-Cuban roots with jazz, folk, and global rhythms in songs about immigration, courage and love.
Heat, Film 4, 11.25pm Michael Mann’s sprawling, Los Angeles-set crime flick deserves its reputation as a classic, though only just: its glossy, of-its-time feel was perfect for 1995 but a quarter of a century on it’s hard not to fix it with a wouldn’t-get-away-with-that-now label. It barely passes the so-called Bechdel Test – named for its instigator, cult graphic novelist Alison Bechdel, it asks the question: does any work have two women talking to each other about something other than a man? – which is ironic given the acting talent lined up on the distaff side. Ashley Judd, Amy Brenneman, noted Shakespearean actress Diane Venora and a 14-year-old Natalie Portman all feature. What do they do? Not much. Mostly they hang on the arm and the every word of stars Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Val Kilmer, except for Portman, who plays a troubled schoolgirl. That aside, Heat is nothing if not slick and its long running time and pleasingly complex plot certainly gives it the fe
I feel safer now : City of Pharr, nonprofit LUPE vaccinates 1,000 farmworkers I feel safer now : City of Pharr, nonprofit LUPE vaccinates 1,000 farmworkers
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The city of Pharr, along with federal, state, and nonprofit partners, hosted a vaccination clinic for an underserved but essential community on Sunday.
Farm workers have always played a critical role in our nation’s food supply even more so during the pandemic. Most have little access to healthcare and other vital needs. During the pandemic, many of them have become sick, have had to rely on home remedies,” said LUPE organizer Elizabeth Rodriguez.
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Bridgeport health care organization among 1st in country to partake in expedited vaccination program
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Mar 13, 2021, 12:47pm EST
Optimus Health Care in Bridgeport became one of the first community health centers in the country to take part in President Joe Biden s expedited vaccination program Friday.
Optimus Health Care President Ludwig Spinelli says the White House called him and his team to help with the program. We re pretty excited about it, he said. We re really trying to reach folks from under-served areas, folks who may be afraid of the vaccine, may have had a bad experience, maybe don t trust government type of service.