Video tribute honors late UMass professor Tillis
Fred Tillis playing the saxophone, one of his many talents. CONTRIBUTED/EDWARD COHEN
Fred Tillis applauding at his 90th birthday concert celebration in February 2020. ELIZABETH SOLAKA/COURTESY UMASS MUSIC AND DANCE DEPARTMENT
Published: 5/3/2021 12:06:53 PM
AMHERST When Dr. Frederick C. Tillis turned 90 in February 2020, his birthday and long tenure as music professor at the University of Massachusetts and years as Fine Arts Center director were celebrated during a live performance.
Less than a month after the third annual Bezanson Legacy Concert, the COVID-19 pandemic would curtail similar in-person events, and Tillis, director emeritus of the Fine Arts Center, would die unexpectedly on May 3, 2020.
New Grimsby food bank is already changing lives after just a week
Feed the Community, in the Fusion Centre, on Ladysmith Road, opened its permanent base on Monday, April 26
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The new food bank Feed The Community at the Fusion Centre on Ladysmith Road (Image: GrimsbyLive/Donna Clifford)
A week in and Grimsby’s newest food bank is already making a huge difference to people s lives.
Feed the Community located at the Fusion Centre on Ladysmith Road opened its permanent base on Monday, April 26.
After just one week, at least 15 families have stopped by to collect much-needed groceries – and have praised volunteers for their fantastic work
Photographer captures city s hutong history By LI HONGYANG | China Daily | Updated: 2021-05-04 09:25 Share Jia Yong in Beijing in 1998. CHINA DAILY
Over the past 37 years, Jia Yong, a Beijing resident dedicated to taking photos in hutong－the capital s traditional alleys－has been capturing and composing everyday life into pieces of art. People are more expressive than stationary objects in my photos, Jia said. People can represent times because in different eras, even only 10 years apart, people who live in the same alley would have a totally different living situation and attitude towards life.
In his alley-themed photos are residents at their doors enjoying the cool air, a deliveryman handing out the daily newspaper and a barber cutting a boy s hair.