Make no mistake: butter yellow is alive and well at Maria McManus. In fact, for this year’s resort collection, the gentle, but bright color was a welcome addition to the collection’s otherwise muted palette. The color has been quite trendy for quite some time now, but the designer wasn’t looking towards her social media feeds…
Pope Leo XIV has added another woman among the ranks of the Roman Curia, naming the president and chief operating officer of EWTN’s news division as prefect of the Dicastery for Communication. Maria Montserrat “Montse” Alvarado was named the dicastery’s prefect on June 2, the first time a non-consecrated laywoman has been appointed to such…
María Nieves Rego, who with her dance partner and onetime husband, Juan Carlos Copes, formed a duo that, despite their often painful personal relationship, helped spark a tango revival in Argentina that spread worldwide, died on April 19 in Buenos Aires. She was 91. Her death was announced by the Argentine Association of Actors and…
At a ceremony last night, Aspen Words announced the winner of their annual Aspen Words Literary Prize, which awards $35,000 to “a work of fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary issue and demonstrates the transformative power of literature on thought and culture.” This year’s winner is Maria Reva, for her debut novel Endling. The AWLP jury…
