New York Drama Critics' Circle

Robin Roberts was born on November 23, 1960, in Tuskegee, Alabama. She grew up in Pass Christian, Mississippi. She was the youngest out of all four of the kids in her family. She is the daughter to a airmen pilot. As a student in the classroom she was very successful/ She graduated high school as the salutatorian of her class. She ended up going to college and getting a journalism scholarship to Southern Louisiana University. With that scholarship finished college and graduated Southeastern…

In the novel Geographies of Home, written by Loida Maritza Pérez, there are copious references to New York City and its importance to the plot of the story. Published in 1999, the novel follows a Dominican family in its migration to NYC and the challenges they face. As readers, we see problems involving Lliana, Marina, Rebecca, Papito, and Aurelia. Between rape, violence, and abuse, Pèrez does a great job incorporating Brooklyn into the plot of the story. A lot of the wild stories written about…

One Unordinary Day with Peanuts (The events in this story take place three years after the story “One Ordinary Day with Peanuts.”) It seemed to be one typical ordinary day the large city was in a rush and everything was buzzing like a hive of bee’s trying to make their honey early in the morning. Everything was going fine and dandy until a Mr. Johnson left his home to do his daily routine, he got on the number twelve city bus which would take him to the unusually dormant Maple Street where he…

business and others everyday life problems.First off people from Beckmans Mills came to thank the council for the restoration and funds raised by volunteers. As well as allowing the twenty fifth anniversary to be held on Saturday. Also a man from a new business in tow introduced himself and what the business was. Next a locally owned grocery store was trying to get their beer license to sell alcohol, previously the idea was shut down but now it has passed. A couple has been having issues with…

It was a bright sunny day outside my office in the World Trade Center. Getting my work done glancing at stock writing reports, you know the usual. I had my formal attire on today and my hair well done. It was my job as the chief of staff to take care of such things to get the economy balanced and get the most out of my employees. Everything was going swell that is what I thought until 8:50, when someone yelled, “PLANE!” Everything went still at that moment. It felt like time was slowing down,…

Introduction Ten years ago, four suicide bombers with rucksacks full of explosives attacked central London, killing 52 people and injuring hundreds more. The bombings left three different London underground trains in ruins. This was the worst single terrorist atrocity on British soil. The attack cost England dearly economically. It also changed many lives, both Muslims and none Muslim lives. Main part On 7 July 2005, a huge incident happened in London. London bombings (often referred to as 7/7)…

money in a variety of ways, critics complain. The funds that must be allocated to cleaning up graffiti, they say, could be better spent on education, roads and parks. According to detractors, graffiti can also drive down property values and cause entire communities to lose money by discouraging potential residents or business owners from settling there or even visiting. Furthermore, cleaning up graffiti is a particularly onerous expense for small-business owners, critics say… David Heller, a…

No more drivers getting annoyed by jamming on busy freeways. No more crowds thronging on the venerable marble roads beside the Union Square Park. No more travelers standing at the center of the Time Square and smiling to their cameras. No more children picking up snowballs and throwing to each other, except sometimes, they use shovels instead to collect snow for water resources. No more vagrants wandering in dark alleys with wrecked shopping carts in their hands. No more electricity powers. No…

The route 99 — Commercial-Broadway / UBC (B-Line) is one of the most widely used bus routes in Vancouver. During peak operating hours, the bus is filled to capacity and the bus is very crowded. With this in mind, the “99” is a great place to make observations regarding; how people interact with one another in close quarters on their daily commute. I plan to make my observations on a weekday during the evening ‘peak hours’, so I am able to observe a large number of people on the bus, and to…

he was doing was wrong, and changing his self entirely to a new and improved person. Big events happening in a person’s life can either change them for the best or for worse. In James’s case, he experienced both. James had an outstanding relationship with Hunter. Hunter was his new stepdad that his mother Ruth had gotten married to. Hunter was a furnace fireman for New York city and he did anything and everything he could to keep his new family happy. James’s real father died before he was…