VIA Times – August 2019 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

Aug. 1, 2019 -The Public Schedule for Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle: Aug. 3, 2019 – The Black Catholic Deacons of Chicago to Host the 9th Annual Sunrise Mass for Nonviolence and Peace Aug. 4, 2019 – Japanese American ...

By: Veronica Leighton   Anew set of Filipino-coined words are included among the 1,400 new words, senses, and subentries that have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary’s (OED) June update. The new quarterly update on the Third Edition of the ...

By: Ryan Tejero   One of the best things of being a Filipino is our strong tendency to cling with people we know have lived in the same place from the Philippines. In fact, each time we see somebody around ...

The sleeping pizza now ships statewide New York, NY July 25, 2019 – After debuting in the U.S. this past March, Talia di Napoli, a revolutionary ‘sleeping’ pizza, is now available for delivery in Illinois, bringing traditional Neapolitan flavors directly ...

By: Victoria Smith   I am happily writing this month’s column from Venice! To celebrate our twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, my husband and I are on an almost month-long tour of the great cities of Italy—something we’d long dreamed of, but ...

By: Bob Boyer   Daniel Immerwahr’s recent book, “How to Hide an Empire,” focuses on the U.S. as a colonial power, an empire in fact, in ways surpassing even the Spanish, French, and (yes!) the British. The book is alternately ...

Friday, September 13, 2019 NAGA CITY Penafrancia Choir Fr. Judan Pigon 6:45PM Procession from the shrine to the main altar St. Matthias Church, 2310 W. Ainslie, Chicago, Il (773)506-2191 7:00PM Chaplet of the Divine Mercy, Rosary, Novena then the Holy Mass NO RECEPTION DELIA ...

By: Maria Girlie Pascual   The good news came in hard and fast. My generous patroness, my classmate from College of the Holy Spirit wanted to fly me to Manila to emcee her 60th birthday celebration at the Club Filipino Membership ...

CHEENEE MIRANDA Miss Philippines PIWC 2019 Cheenee Miranda was born on March 20, 2002 to her lovinng parents Nanet and Ronaldo Miranda. She has a close bond with her siblings Neriza and Liam, along with the rest of her large ...