0 Restaurants & Bars A Cuban native who started calling Tampa Bay home in 2006 will soon have the grand opening of Cigar Paradise Royal Lounge on Beach Drive. Skyla Luckey , Patch Staff Posted Reply ST. PETERSBURG, FL — Marcos Diaz, 41, got out from underneath Fidel Castro's thumb in 2006, and is now a multiple-business owner in Pinellas County whose cigar lounge and bar in St. Pete will soon celebrate its grand opening. Creating good Cuban cigars runs deep in Diaz's blood. The Diaz family started growing tobacco in Sague la Grande, Cuba, in the 1800s and prospered until a nationalist uprising in Cuba against Spanish rule began in the 1860s. Fast-forward to the 1970s, and Cuba was firmly under Fidel Castro's communist control . Things weren't easy for Diaz or his family as cigar factory workers did not make a lot of money, and they couldn't own businesses because the government wouldn't allow it, Diaz said. … [Read more...] about Cuban Cigar Family Business Booms With Latest Generation
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ECSU Grads Celebrate Culmination Of College Careers
0 Schools Graduating class represented 163 of Connecticut's 169 towns as Eastern Connecticut State University commencement returns to Hartford. Michael Lemanski , Patch Staff Posted Reply One of the biggest graduation traditions at Eastern Connecticut State University is a ceremony where pennies are tossed into a fountain to 'make a wish' about the future. Members of the Class of 2022 bask in the glory of commencement exercises in a packed XL Center in Hartford. ECSU commencement speaker Lena Rodriquez, offers some words of wisdom. ECSU Senior Class President Karina Torres speaks at graduation exercises Tuesday. HARTFORD — Nearly 1,000 new college graduates celebrated one of the most memorable moments in their young lives Tuesday at Eastern Connecticut State University's 132nd commencement exercises. Based in Willimantic, ECSU was finally able to return to … [Read more...] about ECSU Grads Celebrate Culmination Of College Careers
Biden judicial nominee said border wall, voter ID laws ‘grounded in White supremacy’
close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for May 18 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! President Biden’s nominee for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York said during a recently unearthed podcast that Republican-backed policies like voter ID laws and the U.S.-Mexico border wall are rooted in White supremacy. Biden announced Natasha Merle’s nomination along with seven other federal judicial nominees in January, aiming to fulfill a "promise to ensure that the nation’s courts reflect the diversity that is one of our greatest assets as a country," the White House said at the time . Natasha C. Merle, nominee to be U.S.. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, testifies during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on judicial nominations in Dirksen Building on Wednesday, April 27, 2022. (Tom … [Read more...] about Biden judicial nominee said border wall, voter ID laws ‘grounded in White supremacy’
Athletics Blown Out By Twins 14-4
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Carlos Correa went 2 for 4 with an RBI double in his return from a stint on the injured list caused by a bruised middle finger on his right hand, and the Minnesota Twins set a season high for runs Wednesday in a 14-4 rout of the Oakland Athletics. Correa was reinstated from the 10-day injured list after missing 11 games due to an injury sustained when a pitch hit the two-time All-Star while he gripped the bat during a swing. READ MORE: Sacramento Has First 100-Degree Heat Day Of The Year “It was really nice to get back out there with the guys,” Correa said. “Being back out there, it definitely felt like opening day a little bit to me.” Gary Sánchez went 2 for 4 with a double and three RBIs. Luis Arráez, Ryan Jeffers and Gilberto Celestino each drove in two runs. Gio Urshela, Jorge Polanco, Max Kepler and Nick Gordon also had RBIs for the Twins, who won their first series in Oakland since 2011, stopping a nine-series losing streak. Minnesota took two … [Read more...] about Athletics Blown Out By Twins 14-4
‘Tchaikovsky’s Wife’ Producer on Putin and Russia’s Future in Film: Distribution Taking ‘Biggest Blow’
Click here to read the full article. Since co-founding Moscow-based production house Hype Film in 2011, Ilya Stewart and partner Murad Osmann – Variety Producers to Watch in 2018 – have grown the company from an award-winning commercial and music video producer into one of the most successful film production outfits in the country, thanks in no small part to their partnership with arthouse director and provocateur Kirill Serebrennikov . After collaborating on his 2016 Un Certain Regard prize winner “ The Student, ” Serebrennikov and Stewart teamed up again on “ Leto ,” a rock drama which played in competition on the Croisette in 2018. Last year they competed again with “ Petrov’s Flu ,” a hallucinatory romp through a post-Soviet Russia in the grips of a mysterious flu pandemic. More from Variety Tom Cruise Says He Wouldn't Allow 'Top Gun: Maverick' to Debut on Streaming Fresh Faces: Leonor Serraille on Her Cannes Competition-Bound 'Mother and Son' … [Read more...] about ‘Tchaikovsky’s Wife’ Producer on Putin and Russia’s Future in Film: Distribution Taking ‘Biggest Blow’