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Songwriting with Soldiers Concert Premiers Nationally October 25 On PBS
PBS will present SONGWRITING WITH SOLDIERS, a powerful one-hour concert special featuring veterans, service members and award-winning songwriters coming together for a night of music illustrating military veterans' experiences. The program, airing Friday, October 25, 2019 at 10:00 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings), was filmed in August at Nashville’s War Memorial Auditorium with support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).
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Platinum Singer Ginuwine Hosts Men Against Domestic Violence Concert This Saturday
“The Ultimate Ladies Night Out Starring Christopher Williams”
According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, 94-99% of domestic violence survivors experience economic abuse. This is when an abuser controls or limits the access to shared or individual assets. By isolating the victim financially, this creates a forced dependency for the victim and other family members.
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Texas Constitutional Amendments Election
Today is the first day of early voting on 10 proposed constitutional amendments that passed the legislature earlier this year.
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Houston Mayor Turner Endorsed by Fort Bend Elected Officials
Fort Bend County Judge K.P. George, Fort Bend Democratic Party Chair Cynthia Ginyard and other elected officials from the county will be announcing their endorsement of Houston Mayor Turner for re-election on November 5th.
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Déjà Vu
Altuve’s walk-off homerun sends the Astros to the World Series.
If you closed your eyes tonight and just listen to the fans, you would think it was October 21, 2017 all over again. On that Saturday night in front of a sold-out crowd in Minute Maid Park the Houston Astros defeated the New York Yankees 4-0 to earn their second trip to the World Series in franchise history. We all know how that ended with the Astros winning their first ever World Series title against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Fast-Paced Mystery Dishes Up Murder On A Dinner Train
Honey Howell returned to her small, quiet hometown of Bardstown, Kentucky, thrilled by the prospect of working with her grandfather at his legendary bourbon distillery and reconnecting with K.C. Cleary — a master distiller and "the one who got away.”
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The Embrace Girls Foundation presents Africa Umoja from February 25 – March 8, 2020
As the Lion King and yes, Black Panther continue to break box office records, another story that celebrates the African continent and its unbreakable spirit is set to arrive in South Florida. AFRICA UMOJA, The Spirit of Togetherness, sponsored by Aetna and benefiting The Embrace Girls Foundation, Inc., will premiere for a two-week celebration during Black History Month. Opening Tuesday, February 25, 2020 the production will run, at the Miramar Cultural Arts Center, until March 8, 2020.
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Pedro Capó Joins Latin GRAMMY® In The Schools Program in Chicago
The Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation® and Ford Motor Company Fund donate $20,000 in musical instruments to Acero Schools Jovita Idár Elementary (K–8)
The Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation®, in partnership with Ford Motor Company Fund– the philanthropic arm of Ford –, yesterday donated musical instruments valued at $20,000 to Acero Schools Jovita Idár Elementary (K–8) in Chicago. The program hosted an educational panel for students with singer/songwriter and Latin GRAMMY® winner Pedro Capó.
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Primanti Bros. Restaurant And Bar Strikes Deal With Pittsburgh-Tech Startup GiftYa To Launch $5 eGift Offer For Fans
Beginning October 22, 2019, Primanti Bros. fans can receive a text for $5 off toward any meal at its Pittsburgh locations.
Primanti Bros. Restaurant and Bar today announces it is rolling out a new way for its fans to give and receive personalized egifts within seconds by using a digital platform created by Pittsburgh-based fintech startup GiftYa. Beginning October 22, 2019, Primanti Bros. fans can receive a text for $5 off toward any meal at its Pittsburgh locations.
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Author and podcaster Sarah Rieke shares the story of infant loss in debut book, ‘Even Broken Can Be Beautiful’
“In Him, even our most broken places can be made beautiful,” said Sarah Rieke, author and podcaster. In her debut book, “Even Broken Can Be Beautiful: A Story of Life, Loss, and the Hope of Heaven” (published by WestBow Press), Rieke shares the grief, healing and hope she has found after losing two infants.
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New book covers concepts of spiritual warfare and deception
In the new book “CRUSHING Conceptualism In Modern Christianity: Exposing the Devil's Agenda Against God's Design” (published by LifeRich Publishing), author Andrew Michael Denny introduces a reality “so bizarre that, if it were not true, could only be science-fiction.”
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The Trayvon Hoax: Unmasking the Witness Fraud that Divided America
Filmmaker Joel Gilbert uncovers the true story of the shooting of Trayvon Martin that divided America. By examining his 750-page phone records, Gilbert discovers the key witness in the trial of George Zimmerman, Rachel Jeantel, was a fraud. Gilbert locates Trayvon's real girlfriend, Diamond Eugene, who actually was on the phone with Trayvon in his final minutes, and exposes the epic judicial hoax.
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‘The Party of the Hat’ shows love, perseverance and family union
Maria Elena Alcolea’s new children’s book offers the tale in both English and Spanish
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Beto Proposes Reforms to Presidential Pardons, Emoluments Enforcement
Beto proposes to limit the presidential pardon to stop presidents from pardoning close associates and family members
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3 Ways To Guard Against Letting Someone’s Betrayal Define Your Life
Betrayal comes in many variations: a friend gossiping about a secret you shared in confidence; a relative taking advantage of your hospitality to steal from you; a spouse engaging in an affair.
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Celebrate Sober October With a Mocktail, Marnie Rae Inspires with Spiced Apple Recipe
Raise a toast and celebrate Sober October with a Mocktail, a trend that is gaining in popularity. So popular in fact that National Mocktail Week founded by Marnie Rae, will be celebrated January 12-18
Raise a toast and celebrate Sober October with a Mocktail, a trend that is gaining in popularity. Across America mocktails are making the menu thanks in part to the 'sober-curious' movement and the desire by many to abstain from alcohol.
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Peace Starts With Me is sweeping through Windy City
Peace Starts With Me (PSWM) is sweeping through the Windy City on October 19th to shine a light on activists making a difference in the lives of local youth with the Peace Starts With Me Chicago Gala followed by the Peace Starts With Me Youth Jam at the new Marriott Marquis Chicago Hotel. The program will consist of a banquet luncheon at noon featuring keynote speaker Mrs. Sun Jin Moon followed by the Youth Jam concert at 5:00 PM.
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AboutThatCar.com: 2019 Lexus ES 350 Ultra Lux
Let’s face it, the original Lexus ES luxury sedan was designed to not offend anybody. That means from a design standpoint, the luxury sedan didn’t appeal to anybody. But all that has changed.
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Unbullied: Book Offers A Better Way To Fight Back
Anti-bullying campaigns in schools and communities get a lot of press, so have all the bullies in the world simply stopped being bullies just because there's a heightened awareness of the issue? Of course not. More needs to be done, and some of the answers may lie between the covers of Unbullied – 14 Techniques to Silence the Critics: Externally and Internally from anti-bullying advocate Kalyani Pardeshi.
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Bill Recognizing ‘Hidden Figures’ for Contributions to U.S. During the Space Race Headed to be Signed Into Law
U.S. Senators Kamala D. Harris (D-CA), Chris Coons (D-DE), and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), along with U.S. Representatives Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) and Frank Lucas (R- OK), applauded the congressional passage of a bipartisan bill they introduced, along with hundreds of their colleagues, to award Congressional Gold Medals to Katherine Johnson and Dr. Christine Darden and to posthumously award Congressional Gold Medals to Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson.
