Tag: Columbus

Quilting a Future finds its roots in the Museum’s Wasserstrom Collection, a vast collection consisting of nearly 400 traditional American quilts ranging from the early nineteenth century to present day. Showcasing the expansive history of quilting, the Wasserstrom Collection provides a sp...

Sarah Rosalena disrupts the politics of discovery by fusing traditional and Indigenous craft, astronomical data, and emerging technologies Sarah Rosalena, Transposing A Form, 2020. Ceramic 3D print of MMS-2 Enhanced Mars Simulant, bentonite clay, aluminum-based glaze. Courtesy of Blum & P...

In the sprawling City of Angels, where diverse cultures intertwine and thrive, Columbus Day takes on a unique significance for me as a Chicano-American. This holiday, which traditionally celebrates Christopher Columbus’s voyage to the Americas, prompts me to view it through a different lens ...

Back when I was a youth, I remember seeing the Columbus Day Parade on the television. Everyone waving the Italian tricolor with the floats going down the street. On the websites for the local news, they would talk about Italian-Americans who built a successful life here in America. It would all...

• Congrats to The Albany Herald for a watchdog result covering massive financial woes in Edison, Ga. The Herald hired Lucille Lannigan in July through the Report for America program. Nearly $500,000 in fiscal shortages was soon shown. By mid August, the Mayor resigned, the C...

Creating top rents like this home is crucial to any investors success. The other crucial part about income real estate is the speed of rehabbing and leasing a property. If a property stays on the market too long it costs money. Our average for homes is 18 days…… This property was le...

What if you landed in Heaven and didn’t know it? This is, without question, the most unforgivable error that occurred on October 12, 1492 — the day Columbus and his crew set foot somewhere in the Bahamas. The Journal of Christopher Columbus details such a story. It also busts the...

In the sprawling City of Angels, where diverse cultures intertwine and thrive, Columbus Day takes on a unique significance for me as a Chicano-American. This holiday, which traditionally celebrates Christopher Columbus’s voyage to the Americas, prompts me to view it through a different lens ...

The Muslim/Turkish leader Mehemet II conquered Constantinople in 1453. With the change of control from Christian/western orientated government to the Muslim middle Eastern Government, the wealthier people of Europe could not get the products of China and the far east. Trade was disrupted between two...