June 2009 archives
Despite the pouring rain, a large crowd gathered behind road blocks on Surf Avenue to watch the costumed revelers, floats, antique cars, a monster truck and Keitel in the 27th annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade. The parade, created in honor of Coney Island’s Mardi Gras that ran from 1903 to 1954, celebrates Coney Island’s mythology, [...]
Henegan opened the restaurant in Fort Greene on DeKalb Avenue ten years ago, and it’s been a cultural center for South Africans in the city ever since. Click here to read more about the way that a community has grown around Madiba Restaurant in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. For more reporting on immigration across the borough by students [...]
The dancers splashed around in a Mylar pool filled with water, which was lowered over the audience. For more information on the show, visit the Fuerza Bruta website.
Managed by Nison Arinov, a table tennis champion from Tajikistan, the club hosts players, many from former Soviet republics, late into the night, six days a week. For immigrants, sports can maintain a link to an identity and a culture left behind in another country. Click here to read more about the way that [...]
Micah Kogo of Kenya won the race on Randall’s Island in 13:02.90 – the fastest time ever recorded in North America. For more images of the race, visit Drew Geraets’s Flickr set of images of the race.
Other fast-food chains, such as Obama Fried Chicken in Harlem and Brownsville, have gained media attention in recent weeks for changing their name to reference President Barack Obama. This vendor stand does not seem to be attracting controversy, though. It is supervised by Mr. Muhammad Rahman, famous for formerly being a chef at the Russian [...]
