With a creative deal and a little help from the father of an alumnus, the City and Country School in Greenwich Village has gone from leasing space in three contiguous brownstones on West 12th Street to owning the space -- again.
He pointed to Fordham's commitment, academics and alumni and the city's talent pool as his reasons for optimism.
President Gregory H. Williams and the faculty, students, staff and alumni of The City College of New York are deeply saddened by the death of Michael Mickey Rossss, CCNY Class of 1939.
At the other end are tragic examples like John Candy, who died of a heart attack at age 43, and John Belushi and Chris Farley, both Second City alumni like Mr. Garlin, and both of whom died from drug overdoses when they were 33.
'I Want to Hit Some People' In West Sacramento in early January, kickoff was still four hours away as 40 alumni of River City High gathered at the school.
President Gregory H. Williams and the students, faculty and alumni of The City College of New York mourn the death and celebrate the life of Irving Rosenthal, a great teacher and mentor to generations of journalists in newsrooms and broadcast studios around America.
Anchored by a remarkable 2008 show at the Barrow Street Theater in the West Village, "Trust Us" fleshes out the artistic process with a brief prologue covering the genesis of the act (both men are alumni of Second City in Chicago) and its people-watching preparation ritual.
Mr. Johnson said the school, which typically accepts one in four applicants, decided it would benefit from having a wider applicant pool and stronger ties with its city alumni, some of whom go to the campus to speak and provide internships for students.
Second City alumni and former "SNL" castmates Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, who will star in next month's "Sisters" movie, are slated to host the Dec. 19 episode featuring musical guest Bruce Springsteen.
This year, however, a 37-year-old minister, who graduated from Yale's divinity school and has drawn $60,000 in backing from Yale's clerical and custodial unions and others, is aggressively campaigning for a board seat, sending out polished brochures and e-mail messages and speaking to alumni groups in cities like New York and Philadelphia.
At times "Huapango" proves itself to be too frisky — relentlessly so — but two other new works choreographed by Yanis Pikieris, another alumnus of Miami City Ballet, display the dancers with greater texture: "Danzón," inspired by the revered Mexican composer Arturo Márquez's "Danzón No. 2," and "Volver," based on the Mexican Day of the Dead.
