Feb 10

The Prince Street House Tuesday, February 9, 2010 – West Oakland Beat “The Prince Street House,” located on Prince Street in Berkeley’s south end, is filled with messy-hair-sporting, big-glasses-wearing, thrift-store-junkie type kids drinking cheap wine. Milling around the collection of paintings, photographs and other mixed media, Anthony Fonda instructs the crowd to go ahead and [...]

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Feb 05

Gotta be “Fonda” the Tigers Wednesday, November 11, 2009 – Herb Smith – Democrat Argus Caruthersville, MO — Something had to give going into Monday night’s second-round playoff game between the Caruthersville Tigers (10-2) and Crystal City (7-5) at Hopke Field.  The Hornets came in averaging 46 points per game in its last four contests, [...]

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Jan 25

BmoreArt BmoreArt is dedicated to showcasing and reviewing the visual arts in Baltimore. Thursday, January 21, 2010 Recent Works at the John Fonda Gallery Friday, January 29 www.leahcooper.com www.juliebenoit.com Opening Reception: Friday, January 29, 6-8 p.m. John Fonda Gallery 45 West Preston Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Located at Theatre Project Hours: M-F Noon-4 p.m. or [...]

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Jan 25

Faith & Finance: A Boom in Religious Funds SmartMoney Magazine by Daren Fonda, Published December 22, 2009 What if Jesus were a stock picker? It’s a question more investors seem to be asking these days. At a time when investors’ confidence in the markets has been shaken—even after the big rally of 2009—experts say a [...]

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Nov 08

Bright Idea: The Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb From the April 2008 Conservationist By Shannon Brescher Shea Since its creation by Thomas Edison in Menlo Park, New Jersey in 1879, the light bulb has undergone a number of changes. Many of the innovations that make the incandescent bulb what it is today came out of General [...]

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Nov 08

Lightning Strikes – Suffolk County From the August 2007 Conservationist By Lt. Ken Didion ECOs Vernon Fonda and Jason Curinga were checking fishermen at a popular spot in Shoreham as a thunderstorm approached. The officers had separated in order to complete their checks before the storm arrived. ECO (Environmental Conservation Officer) Fonda was talking with [...]

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Oct 20

The book, “Famous Frisians in America” is now available for purchase.  There are 8 pages on the Fonda Family which detail the history of Jellis Douw Fonda, who emigrated from Amsterdam to New Amsterdam in about 1650.  It provides some ideas on his origins in Holland including some new angles on how he came to [...]

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Jul 01

Exhibits — Lorenzo Fonda: A Retrospective (a past event… for the archives) The Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute are cosponsoring an exhibition of artwork entitled “Lorenzo Fonda. A Retrospective.” The exhibit will be on display at the Italian Embassy until July 6, 2007. Maestro Fonda was born in Piran, Istria, in the [...]

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Jun 30

The pre-club: Old Precinct finds a niche Thursday, June 25, 2009 By Katie Libecco Sometimes one-night stands turn into something more. Youngstown, OH -  It certainly did for Old Precinct, a new downtown bar.  Manager T.J. Parker says the owner, Mike Fonda, 52, used to run a deli at the Phelps Street location but closed [...]

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Oct 15

Mind Games The Harvard Crimson – October 15, 2008 When the Harvard Quiz Bowl team was winning national championships in the mid-1990s, its leader, an English graduate student named Jeffrey G. Johnson, was the stuff of legends. It was rumored that he had read 10,000 books, and that watching him take in a volume was [...]

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