2010 - Jim Caldarella, with help from local contractor Andres Brugal, and financial support from partners Gerry Beitel, Jose Lopez, Sankar Aiyar, and Adrian Kamalodeen, built a $6 million condominium in the Dominican Republic. The condo has 18 luxurious, beachfront apartments that each sold for $300,000 to $450,000 between 2008 and 2018.
Photo: William Frederking
2022 - Paige Cunningham Caldarella became an Assistant Professor at the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago.
She is a graduate of Juilliard (BFA) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (MFA); she studied at Cincinnati's School for Creative and Performing Arts; and danced for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Paige has performed with The Seldoms, Colleen Halloran Performance Group, Linda Lehovec, and Darrell Jones and Sara Hook.
Her choreography has appeared at Chicago's Cultural Center, the Krannert Center, Links Hall, the Aronoff Center, and Summer Stages Dance in Concord, Massachusetts.
Richard Barone at Carnegie Hall, NYC, 2008
2022 - Richard (Ricky) Barone released his book "Music + Revolution: Greenwich Village in the 1960s".
Ricky (Yvonne's 1st cousin) is an American rock musician who first gained attention as frontman for the Bongos. He works as a songwriter, arranger, author, director, and record producer. He has several albums as a solo artist, he tours, and he has produced concert events at Carnegie Hall, Hollywood Bowl, SXSW, and New York's Central Park. He now teaches the course "Music + Revolution" at The New School's School of Jazz and Contemporary Music.
Serving on the Board of Governors of The Recording Academy (GRAMMYs), the Advisory Board of Anthology Film Archives, and hosting the "Folk Radio" show on WBAI New York allows his voice to continue to be heard.
2024 - Boston College awarded Max the "Gabelli Presidential Scholars Program" scholarship, after he graduated from BC High School with all of the school's high honors, including "Top Ten Student."
The scholarship includes four-years tuition, room, board, summer internships, and on-site visits to foreign businesses. BC only awards this scholarship to 18 students out of the 35,000 who apply to the school each year.
