ATLANTA—Social media personality Cameron Hamilton said he felt blessed to be able to see Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Atlanta Symphony Hall on Dec. 26. “It was just a great blessing to be here, to be able to experience it. … You can just see when everyone came together—it was just a beautiful thing…
Seeing Shen Yun, ‘You Realize Maybe There Is Still Hope’: Manager
HOUSTON—When Vincent and Andrea Iandoli first moved to Houston 10 years ago, they saw advertisements in the city for Shen Yun Performing Arts. It didn’t occur to Mr. Iandoli to see the performance right then, but “then we heard about the performances, we heard about the reviews, and we said, ‘we must see it.’” Attending…
Finance Company President to Shen Yun: ‘Keep Your Faith, Keep Spreading the Word’
HOUSTON—Shawn Goheen, president and founder of Goheen Companies, which manages over $1 billion of premium finance life insurance, was in attendance opening night of Shen Yun Performing Arts at Jones Hall for the Performing Arts Given the opportunity to speak to the artists, Mr. Goheen said he would tell them, “Keep it up, keep doing it, keep…
Cuban Americans Who Fled Communism Share Shen Yun’s Message With Chinese Daughter
ATLANTA—All three members of the de Velasco family were able to connect to cultural roots on Dec. 26, watching Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Atlanta Symphony Hall. Eduardo de Velasco, retired law enforcement director and wine consultant, his wife Barbara Palomino de Velasco, forensic psychologist and program coordinator at Walden University, and their daughter Meihui,…
Shen Yun ‘The Perfect Way to Celebrate Christmas’: Atlanta Business Owner
ATLANTA—Celena Brown, entrepreneur and business owner, sat front and center at the world premiere of the all-new Shen Yun Performing Arts 2023 show at the Atlanta Symphony Hall on Dec. 24, 2022. The Christmas Eve performance was met with such high demand that even after tickets sold out, additional seats had to be opened up last…
Freedom of Belief, Expression, and Culture on Display at Shen Yun Premiere in Atlanta
ATLANTA—Gina Ann Riggs, actor and co-founder of the Marietta Theatre Company in Atlanta, celebrated Christmas Eve by attending the completely sold-out world premiere of Shen Yun Performing Arts 2023. “Absolutely beautiful. I came here expecting to see beautiful dances and beautiful costumes and scenery, and it’s so much more,” Ms. Riggs said at Atlanta Symphony Hall…
Nigerian Christians Putting on a Holiday Face Despite Continuing Terrorist Assaults
As Christmas arrived in Nigeria’s troubled northern states, believers counted their losses and their blessings in 2022. Christians in Makurdi, the capital of Benue state, are celebrating Christmas despite recent financial reversals, according to Rev. Michael Burton, an American missionary in the city. “People are excited about Christmas, partly because nearly all employees get a…
Senate Finance Committee Demands Answers From Automakers on Possible Ties to Xinjiang Forced Labor
The Senate Finance Committee has launched a probe into whether leading automakers are using materials made with forced labor from China’s far west Xinjiang region, where the Chinese regime is engaging in a systematic campaign of repression on Uyghurs and other ethnic Muslim minorities. Democrat Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, who chairs the Senate Finance…
DEA Announces Record Fentanyl Seizures in 2022, Accounting for 379 Million Deadly Doses
The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has announced massive seizures of fentanyl power and fentanyl-laced pills, many of them produced in Mexico using chemical ingredients supplied by Chinese chemical plants, in the course of the calendar year 2022, altogether accounting for more than 379 million doses of the drug. According to a Dec. 20 DEA release,…
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Couple Celebrates Anniversary by Experiencing Shen Yun
HOUSTON—China had a brilliant history of 5,000 years before communism took control. Bob and Sherry Lindley, who came to see Shen Yun Performing Arts to celebrate their 29th anniversary, expressed their appreciation for Shen Yun’s reviving of traditional Chinese culture. “I didn’t realize that China at one time was a free country before communism. I…