The combination of Pielok’s expert violin with Falcone’s self-taught accordion and vocals brings energy full of both whimsy and depth. Falcone’s voice, joyful accordion and classic Italian hand gestures bring the party, while Pielok’s violin is soulful and at times heart-wrenching. Falcone said La Tosca has “a mission to keep alive the life stories of the protagonists of these timeless melodies.”
What fun to find old newspaper articles from my time living in Krakow in the spring of 2011! Check out a few articles written during my Poland year: Drop in: The Kiełbasa Van This piece is from the August 2011 edition of the Krakow Post, Poland's English-language newspaper. August 2, 2011 On a dark street near the …
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“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” - Sarah Grimké, abolitionist and feminist in the 1800s. This quote came to my mind yesterday, as I reviewed my latest feature in National Catholic Reporter: New group discerning the future of a …
Nobel Peace Prize nominee, relentless anti-war advocate, free-thinker, and feminist Roy Bourgeois spearheaded a campaign to bring the women's ordination movement in the Catholic Church to some of the most conservative dioceses in the U.S. It was a group effort, and it was a blast to report on.
National Catholic Reporter published two articles I am proud to share about women who experienced abuse in the Catholic Church: New report details 44 accounts of alleged abuse by David Haas & the follow-up article, St. Catherine's report sparks calls for accountability from survivors of alleged abuse by David Haas. This reporting is some of …
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It's been a busy summer and I've been happy to cover some important topics recently for National Catholic Reporter. Two weeks ago, NCR published a piece I pitched titled: Parishioners show up for racial justice work. The feature covers ways some Catholic parishes are supporting Black Lives Matter, and doing racial justice work. There is …
In the past month, National Catholic Reporter published two articles I wrote about how the pandemic is exacerbating the terrible reality undocumented immigrants, and people experiencing food insecurity face. Read my pieces here: Pandemic exacerbates fear, challenges for undocumented immigrants Catholic ministries step in as food insecurity skyrockets across the US
I was thrilled to see my first feature for National Catholic Reporter published last Saturday, March 21! Read it here: Masses go digital with live streamed services; find out how to join My favorite paragraph reads: "This growing pandemic could, as this New Yorker article suggests, give rise to new forms of ritual and human behaviors — …
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