The images of Bulgarian national heroes and political leaders appear on mugs and fridge magnets next to those of Stalin, Hitler and Communist leader Todor Zhivkov on vendors’ stalls around the country. Boris III, Vasil Levski, Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin on mugs sold at the Surva festival in Pernik, Bulgaria. Photo: Martin Dimitrov/BIRN. Read more » »

New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art thought it could breathe easy after a February ruling seemingly decided the fate of Pablo Picasso’s The Actor (1904–05), which was sold by German-Jewish collector Paul Leffmann on the advent of World War II, as he and his wife, Alice Leffmann, fled Europe. Read more » »

Pablo Picasso, The Actor (1904-05) 2018 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York The legal battle over Picasso’s painting The Actor (around 1904-05), which now hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is not quite over. Read more » »

Under the direction of choreographer Jamie Burns, far left, the troupe rehearses a hoedown dance number. – Tony Callaio | For Times Leader Ben Steltz, who portrays Joseph, and Alice Y. Lyons, who is the narrator, discuss a scene during a recent rehearsal break in ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Read more » »

By Boston Real Estate Times • July 26, 2018 BRIGHTON, MA– Governor Charlie Baker and Undersecretary Janelle Chan of the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), on Wednesday announced the 2018 annual affordable rental housing fudning awards. Read more » »

ASHLAND – Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker today, July 25, announced this year’s affordable rental housing awards, which will provide $57 million in direct subsidies for 19 projects to fund the development, renovation and preservation of housing opportunities throughout the state. Read more » »

NewsdaySheila Saks, Dix Hills protector, dies at 75NewsdayWith her husband, she served as president and co-president of Mr. and Mrs. B’nai B’rith Group, which they established together in Dix Hills, from 1970 to 1974, Avinoam Saks said. Until her death she was the proprietor and co-owner of Ben Freedman Gent … Read more » »

FUN DAY: Mecca Community Church, 5920 Phillips Rice Road, will hold a family fun day today. MESSAGE IN SONG: McKinley Community Church, 1524 Elm Road NE, Warren, will host Eric John Hawout to present a message in song for the 10: 30 a.m. worship service Sunday. Guest pastor is the Rev. David Luther. Read more » »

By City Desk on July 18, 2018. NEWS PHOTO Some residents of the Flats woke up to find pamphlets decrying immigration as „White Genocide” on their vehicles’ windshields on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 a few days after posters with similar slogans were posted at a Church on the Southeast Hill in Medicine Hat. Read more » »

Two former Fresno-area prep football stars, Caleb Kelly from Clovis West and Adam Prentice from Clovis, are nominees for the 2018 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team for the off-the-field activities they’ve participated in. Read more » »