“Strength in Community” was the theme of the Ramona Chamber of Commerce’s Community Awards for 2020 recognition ceremony held outside for the first time. Chamber President Karen Domnitz presented the awards with Chamber Directors Carol Fowler and Cindy Galloway acting as hosts of the March 20 event at the Ramona […]
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How Do You Reflect on the Tension In an Interracial Friendship?
Collage by Cathryn Virginia | Images from Getty, Penguin Random House, Simon and Schuster After striking out with a cadre of “macho white guy” chefs, restaurateur John O. “Johno” Morisano had a lightbulb moment: “A Black woman,” he recalled telling his design team. “An African American woman is who should run […]
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Young artists reflect on their first semester of college during COVID-19
Natalie Aronno is attending UC Irvine remotely to study dance. (Christina House/Los Angeles Times) Part of a year-end series revisiting subjects of some of our most popular arts articles of the year. For freshman starting college this fall, COVID-19 upended their education, as some colleges closed their campuses and offered […]
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‘I’m just trying to weather the winter’: U.S. college students reflect on an unprecedented fall semester
This summer, MarketWatch spoke to four college students as they prepared for a fall semester unlike any other. We recently checked back in to see how the pandemic has affected their studies and the way they’re thinking about their futures. The fall semester has been busy for Luz Chavez. The […]
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Designers and Tastemakers Reflect on 2020
SYLVIE BECQUET We can all agree that 2020 has a been a year of significant ups and downs—between the pandemic and its sickness of loved ones and friends, long lockdowns (for those living with families and living alone), and the closing of many facets of our economy, a taxing presidential […]