Tag: New York

Theater Directors Praise Shen Yun’s Homecoming

NEW YORK—Shen Yun Performing Arts, the classical Chinese dance and music phenomenon based in New York, travels over 150 cities each year, putting on its showcase of “China before communism.” But even for a globetrotting performing arts tour like Shen Yun, home is still the sweetest. New York City’s Lincoln Center is where Shen Yun…


Executive Vice President Finds True Chinese Culture in Shen Yun

NEW YORK—The right to expression should not be a privilege, but in China, only the voice of the government is heard. Shen Yun Performing Arts strives to share the beauty of “China before communism” with the world, and as result is being censored in China. Mike Minor is an executive vice president in clinical research….


Shen Yun Reminds Audience That Spring Is Coming

NEW YORK—Bob Culley, a professional lighting designer at the David Koch Theater, was right at home enjoying the Shen Yun performance on March 19 at The David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center. He was accompanied by Carolina Napolitano, a microbiologist, who said they had been wanting to see the show for two years. With…


New York City to Indefinitely Continue Vaccine Mandate for Private Sector

New York City’s new health commissioner, Ashwin Vasan, said on Friday that the city’s vaccine mandate for private-sector workers who work on-site will continue indefinitely. The city’s school mask mandate for children aged 5 and under will also remain in place. At his first COVID-19 press briefing, when asked whether there were any specific benchmarks that would…


Shen Yun Shares the Value of Freedom With New York

NEW YORK—The United States was built on the foundation of freedom, notably, the freedom of speech and expression. Shen Yun Performing Arts is able to fulfill their mission of reviving 5,000 years of Chinese culture since they are based in New York and not in China, where they are being censored. Stephen Meringoff, the founder…


Architect Moved by Shen Yun’s Beauty

NEW YORK—”I started crying in the first five minutes because I was just so moved by the movement and the music and I just felt something come alive within me,” said Suzy Cash, an architect. When Shen Yun Performing Arts played in the David H. Koch Theater at the Lincoln Center in New York on…


New York School Insists on Inviting Convicted Murderer for ‘Intellectual’ Talk on ‘Black Resistance’

A public university in New York has come under fire for its plan to host an “intellectual conversation” with Jalil Muntaqim, a former Black Panther who spent nearly 50 years behind the bars for ambushing and killing two police officers in 1971. Muntaqim, who remained in prison until October 2020, is invited to speak at…


Heartbroken Dog Abandoned in Walmart Parking Lot Can’t Stop Hugging the Humans Who Rescued Him

A lonely, abandoned golden retriever mix had taken to living in a Walmart parking lot in rural Georgia. Although his owners knew of his whereabouts from locals, who told them more than once, they said they didn’t want him. He was flee-ridden, his fur matted, but more than anything else, the dog, who was later named…


New York Passes Sexual Harassment Bills Sparked by Cuomo Probe

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday signed bills to expand harassment protection for all public employees, including prohibiting the release of anyone’s employment records in retaliation for speaking up about alleged abuse. “From day one, it has been one of my top priorities to clean up Albany, change a culture of harassment and abuse,…


NY Museum Stabbing Suspect Arrested in Pennsylvania After Setting Fire to Motel Room

By Rocco Parascandola From New York Daily News NEW YORK—The crazed patron who police say stabbed two workers at the Museum of Modern Art in a caught-on-camera attack after his membership was revoked was caught in Philadelphia early Tuesday after setting his motel room on fire, the NYPD said. Gary Cabana, 60, was nabbed about…