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I think this has been a marvelous opportunity," said [Harold Riley]. "Mr. [Nelson Mandela] is one of the finest and greatest people that every lived.
Whoever the unknown purchaser was, they join the other sponsors of the event in supporting children's artistic development all over the world. The proceeds from the portrait's sale will go to a South African organization called Imibala, of which Mr. Riley is a trustee. Imibala, which means "colors" in Xhosa, provides artistic and educational opportunities for children in the Helderberg region of South Africa. The organization hosts free workshops and classes for local schoolchildren, in addition to operating a combined store/restaurant whose proceeds are used to further community development.
"Without art education, the schools are somet...
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...See, e.g., Ralph Frasca, The Helderberg Advocate: A Public-Nuisance Prosecution a Century ...
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Don't let Albany's status as the New York state capital fool you. Sure, political maneuvering and verbal jousting between the governor and legislative leaders are the norm in its halls of government. But Albany isn't merely a seat of power.
If you peel back the veneer of the business of governing, you'll uncover an interesting midsized city with an outdated reputation as a dumpy backwater. Even so, tell most people you're planning to buy in Albany and you can expect to see their eyebrows rise with curiosity.
...-bathroom historic house in the leafy Helderberg neighborhood, for $349,000. For MacDonald, Albany ...
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I started playing cello around 8 or 9 years old, but I quit the orchestra in the eighth grade because it was for dorks, and I wanted to be cool." As dorky as Melora Creager might have felt hoisting her cello off the school bus as a young girl growing up in Emporia, Kansas, at some point, she did an about-face and made the
instrument the cornerstone of her career. Speaking to Pasatiempo by phone from her Hudson, New York, home, Creager -- founder and primary composer for melancholy gothic-chamber-pop trio Rasputina -- couldn't care less if you think she's a grown-up band geek with a predilection for Victorian regalia and (at the moment) obscure northeastern American history. She's happy with her creative choices, and she's in control of them every step of the way. On Monday, Aug. 9, Ras...
... both factual and fancied, like the Helderberg War (a 19th-century tenants' revolt); a girl raise...
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provides a list of organizations now classified as private foundations.
...Helderberg Safe Haven, Inc., Altamont, NY. Help for the Child...
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... spending a summer in the Catskill and Helderberg Mountains studying the plants, animals and trails....
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...She was Past Matron of Helderberg Chapter O.E.S in Altamont, N.Y., and she was very ...
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...She was Past Matron of Helderberg Chapter O.E.S in Altamont, N.Y., and she was very ...
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..., at DeMarco-Stone Funeral Home, 1605 Helderberg Ave., Rotterdam, NY. Patsy was a retired employee ...
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... newspaper." Ralph Frasca, The Helderberg Advocate: A Public-Nuisance Prosecution a Century ...