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Gregorio C. Brillantes, maybe the last of the mohicans

Philippine English fiction writer Greg Brillantes died at the age of 92 on a Friday, the last weekend of September, as a severe tropical storm was heading straight to the central islands of the archipelago.

His second daughter, Cecilia, perhaps named after the patron saint of music, was surely coming home after many years based stateside.

“Chi,” as she was called, was one of my students in English I at UP Manila four decades ago. She was part of a memorable, rowdy block of occupational therapy majors. Her father, often mentioned in class, was the renowned author of Faith, Love, Time, and Dr. Lazaro. That story, a staple in college syllabi introducing students to literature, tells the tale of a country doctor who learns a vital lesson about faith from his own son.

It wasn’t until after the first EDSA revolution that I got to work closely with Greg B., as he had once written his name in my pocket directory (***9507). He was an editorial consultant for Midweek magazine for six years, and I was among the staff writers. Of course, I’d read more of his work, aside from the aforementioned piece. There was The Distance to Andromeda, which made you never look at the night sky the same way again. And The Cries of Children on an April Afternoon in the Year 1957, an ode to adolescence in the province of Tarlac, although written in prose.

Greg also edited The Manila Review, a martial law era literary journal that came out more or less quarterly, where I first read Erwin Castillo’s The Watch of La Diane, as well as a sheaf of poems by the teenage poet Diana Gamalinda, who drowned in Vigan in 1978. The Review was also where I saw mind-blowing illustrations by the likes of…

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Who’s Looking To Buy Connecticut Sun Before the 2027 Season?

The Connecticut Sun struggled during the regular season. On the court they only won 11 games with 33 losses. This irregular season for the team was drowned out by not making the playoffs for the first time in nine years, and now they face a potential relocation, which could cause even more problems for the team down the road. 

The team is currently located in Uncasville, Connecticut, where they play at the Mohegan Sun Arena. The arena is owned by the Mohegan Tribe. A potential sale to a Boston-based investment group could shake up some previous promises made by the league. 

A prior agreement had the team secured to play at their home arena through the 2026 season, but now with a possible sale on the horizon, the team could be moved to Boston, or even somewhere else in Connecticut, causing a shakeup to an already shaky team in the offseason. 

The Boston-led group looking to buy into the Sun is a group led by Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca. He’s made a record-breaking offer of $325 million to buy the team, with plans to move them by 2027 and build a new practice facility. 

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With all the uncertainty, the team has agreed to play the 2026 season at their current home area in Uncasville, but even if the Boston sale doesn’t go through, change could still be in the cards for the Sun. A Connecticut-led group is looking for some team real estate and a rival proposal from state leaders has revealed a potential option of moving the team to Hartford. 

This move may be considered the best if there has to be a sale, as Connecticut fans could keep their team in its home state. Any movement prior to the 2026…

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Free Antique and Collectibles Show Coming to Maine, NY This Weekend!

Antique and Collectibles Show Coming to Maine, NY This Weekend! [] {if( “__uspapi” in window ){__uspapi(‘getUSPData’, 1 , (uspData, success) => {if(success) {res( uspData || {} );} else {res( {} );}});}else{res( {} );}});}; ]]> { //console.log(‘[Osano] Initialized’); // Get the user’s jurisdiction const jurisdiction = window.Osano.cm.jurisdiction; // Check the jurisdiction and take action if (jurisdiction && jurisdiction.startsWith(“us-“)) { //console.log(‘[Osano] User is outside the EU. Hiding dialog, Do Not Sell, and Widget…’); Osano.cm.hideDialog(); Osano.cm.hideDoNotSell(); const osanoWidget = document.getElementsByClassName(“osano-cm-widget”); osanoWidget && osanoWidget[0] && (osanoWidget[0].style.display = “none”); } }); let osanoSaved = 0;//prevent refresh on load because: If the consent has been saved already, the callback will be called immediately. Osano.cm.addEventListener(“osano-cm-consent-saved”, (save) => { //console.log(“Osano Saved: ” + osanoSaved); if( osanoSaved > 0 ){ //console.log( “Save Toggled: “, JSON.stringify( save ) ); window.location.reload(); } osanoSaved++; }); ]]> =0&&r<600?"Overnight":r>=600&&r<1e3?"Morning Drive":r>=1e3&&r<1500?"Midday":r>=1500&&r<1900?"Afternoon Drive":r>=1900&&r<2400?"Evening":void 0}(new Date);carbonInitDataLayer.userAgent = navigator.userAgent; w.dataLayer = w.dataLayer || []; w.dataLayer.push( carbonInitDataLayer ); w.dataLayer.push({event: "page_view", viewType: "standard"}); })(window);]]> { window.fbLoaded = () => { (window.FB && !window.FB.__buffer) && (()=>{window.FB.__buffer=true;})(); }; })(document, “script”, “ig-shit”);]]> { const uspData = await window.TSM.fn.getUspData(); var params={pubID:”3227″,adServer:”googletag”,params:{us_privacy: uspData.uspString || “1—“}};apstag.init(params);})(); })(); ]]> Continue reading

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Shawnee Piles Up the Points Against Lenape

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09/26/25 – Away 42-14 W
09/27/24 – Home 28-14 W
09/08/23 – Away 27-23 W
09/09/22 – Away 14-3 W
11/25/21 – Away 35-21 W
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Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Shawnee). They took their matchup on Friday with ease, bagging a 42-14 win over the Lenape Indians. The Renegades have beaten the Indians the last five times they’ve met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Indians has come to flipping the script.

Shawnee now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Lenape, they are on a ten-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-4.

Coming up, Shawnee will face off against Cherokee at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Lenape, they will take on Washington Township at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The Minutemen’s defense has only allowed 5.5 points per game this season, so the Indians’ offense will have their work cut out for them.

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UMass Libraries hosts panel to highlight Indigenous archival activism

On Sept. 27, UMass Libraries hosted a talk at Amherst College featuring Rose Miron, author of the book “Indigenous Archival Activism: Mohican Interventions in Public History and Memory” and Vice President of Research and Education at Northwestern’s Newberry Library.
With over 50 people in attendance, the talk centered around Miron’s work with the Munsee-Mohican Historical Committee, as well as the importance of indigenous archival activism.

Representatives from UMass Libraries began the event with a land acknowledgement of Western Massachusetts, built and founded on the unceded land of the Norwottuck and Pocumtuc indigenous tribes. Listeners were invited to learn more about Indigenous communities and the history of their land.

Originally located throughout the Housatonic River Valley in Massachusetts and the Hudson River Valley in New York, the Mohican tribe now resides in Stockbridge, Wisconsin after being forced to relocate in a post-Christian missionary era. Today, they are federally recognized as the Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin, located over 1,000 miles from their original territory, according to Miron.

Miron describes Mohican work in archival preservation as a practice that began “long before European involvement.” Preservation efforts were largely managed by Mohican women.

“It’s very possible that they’ve always played an important role in history; it simply hasn’t always been recorded as such,” Miron said.

Miron’s book opens with the story of Bernice and Arvid Miller, two Mohican tribe members who collected government documents, original materials and hand-transcribed work in attempts to regain land and recover their history. After Arvid’s death in 1968, Bernice founded what is now the Arvid E. Miller Library Museum, which today houses the largest collection of Mohican documents and artifacts in the world.

Miron defines archival activism as the process of “collecting and mobilizing tribal archives, anchored around three key elements: access, sovereignty and new narratives.” These…

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Indigenous Identities: Here, Now & Always

Installation view of Indigenous Identities: Here, Now & Always at the Zimmerli Art Museum. Photo Credit: McKay Imaging Photography

 

BY CLARE GEMIMA September 29, 2025

Indigenous Identities: Here, Now & Always

Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University

February 01- December 21, 2025

Assembling more than one hundred works by ninety-seven artists from over fifty tribal nations, Indigenous Identities: Here, Now & Always—on view at the Zimmerli Art Museum through December 21, 2025—stands as both a landmark survey of modern and contemporary Native American art and a resonant elegy for its curator. Conceived over three years by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith(Citizen of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation), the exhibition is not only the most ambitious curatorial project of her six-decade career, it’s also one of the largest museum presentations of Native American art ever mounted in the United States. Smith’s untimely passing, just a week before the exhibition opening, recasts the group show with a poignant, profound gravity. What was envisioned as a sweeping celebration of survival now reads as her final act of advocacy, insisting that Native art is neither vanishing nor peripheral, but a vital force within the ongoing discourse of American art history.

Organized into four guiding themes—political, social, land, and tribal—the exhibition spans generations and mediums, from acrylic paintings like G. Peter Jemison’s (Seneca, Heron Clan) Red Power, made as early as 1973, to Joe Feddersen’s (Okanagan and Arrow Lakes), woven Sally bag titled Country Road, crafted as recently as 2024. Carried forward in its final stages with the assistance of Diné curator Raven Manygoats, and the support of her own son Neal Ambrose Smith, the scope of the exhibition ensures that Smith’s legacy as artist, activist, and cultural catalyst is strongly reflected not only in her own practice, but through the many voices…

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Tribal Members to Host Powwow on Their Homeland

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NEW LEBANON, N.Y. — For the first time in more than 200 years, tribal people will return to their homeland for an inaugural powwow. 

 

The traditional Homelands PowWow will bring members of the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohicans from all over the state, from Wisconsin all the way to California, to Darrow School for the weekend of Oct. 4 and 5. 

 

The event runs from 10 to 5 both days and tickets are $10 to $20; weekend passes are $15 to $30. Children younger than 5 are free. More information here

 

“This gathering is both a renewal and a prayer, and it’s a living bridge between the past, present and the future,” said Shawn Stevens, Homelands PowWow chair.

 

Returning to their homeland is a transformative act of reconnection, healing, and spiritual renewal, Homelands PowWow board members said in a recent interview. 

 

There is a welcoming vibration that is felt throughout their body when walking on their ancestral homeland, said Ginger Stevens, founding board member. 

 

“It’s our ancestors, and our land, our home, our mother welcoming us … that’s why we’re so excited to bring so many people out there,” she said. 

 

For some, it is a returning trip, but for many, the inaugural powwow will be their first experience, Ginger Stevens said. 

 

For Wanonah Kosbab, fellow board member, visiting her ancestral homeland was a deeply emotional, healing, and transformative experience filled with tears, laughter, confusion, and a profound sense of…

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New Disney on Ice coming to Wilkes-Barre Twp.

Disney on Ice’s newest show, “Disney on Ice Presents Jump In,” is coming to the Mohegan Arena in Wilkes-Barre Twp. from Jan. 8 to 11.

Of the several Disney on Ice shows currently touring, it is the only place audiences can see Anxiety, alongside Joy, Sadness, Disgust, Anger, and Fear from “Inside Out 2”, as well as multiple new characters from ”Moana 2.”

Tickets begin at $22.50, which includes taxes and fees.

Disney On Ice first played the arena in 2001.

“Over its 25-year span locally, the Mohegan Arena has welcomed nearly 700,000 local guests to celebrate the power of music and dreams, bravery and adventure, strength and courage, and the timeless magic that defines Disney,” Justin Topa, the arena director of marketing, said by email.

There are seven show times: Thursday, Jan. 8, at 7 p.m.; Friday, Jan. 9 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 10 at 11 a.m., 3 and 7 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 11 at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.

A preshow upgrade experience with Moana and Mickey is available.

Over 50 characters will be on skates, including Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, Stitch, “Toy Story” and “Frozen” characters, the Madrigal family of “Encanto” and princesses including Ariel, Jasmine, Rapunzel, and Tiana.

The show becomes interactive when Mickey and friends ask the audience to dance to the “Hoedown Throwdown” with Woody, Jessie, and Buzz Lightyear, and help Officer Judy Hopps track down Nick Wilde as he hides beneath the giant orange traffic cones of ”Zootopia.” Songs will include: “Let It Go” from ”Frozen;” “Try Everything” from ”Zootopia;” “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” from “Encanto” and “Get Lost” from “Moana 2.”

Aerial performers take the stunts above the ice, with Ariel soaring to “Kiss the Girl” and Rapunzel’s hair brought to life by flowing silks.

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VFW service officer available to help veterans at Sen. Baker’s offices

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State Sen. Lisa Baker, R-Lehman Township, invites veterans to schedule a free appointment to meet with a VFW service officer at her Dallas and Nanticoke offices.

Baker encourages veterans of all ages and from all service eras to utilize the Pennsylvania Veterans of Foreign Wars Service Officer Network to receive free information and assistance for government benefits. This assistance may include VA healthcare, compensation, pension, education and dependent benefits. Surviving spouses can also use these service officers at no charge to learn about their eligibility for VA benefits.

“Veterans are the heart and soul of America, and we appreciate their many sacrifices to make this nation a beacon of freedom and hope,” Baker said. “During challenging economic times, many veterans continue to need our assistance. I encourage any veteran or spouse with questions regarding benefits to schedule a time to meet with a service officer.”

Dallas office

Appointments are available at the Dallas office, 22 Dallas Shopping Center, Memorial Highway, on the second Friday of every month. The VFW service officer will be available for scheduled appointments on Friday, Oct. 10.

All veterans, not just VFW members, can request appointments between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.

To schedule an appointment at this location, call 570-675-3931.

Nanticoke office

A VFW service officer will be available at the Nanticoke Office, 50 N. Walnut St., Suite 105, Nanticoke, on Wednesday, Oct. 15.

Appointments are available on the third Wednesday of every month.

All veterans, not just VFW members, can request appointments between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.

To schedule an appointment at this location, call 570-740-2432.

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