A long road Europe’s Romanies have a mostly horrible time. But they are thriving in America Sep 16th 2010 | NEW YORK TOMMY’S International Sports Café, Inc, a makeshift social club on 657 East 189th Street in New York’s Bronx, would repay a visit from those Europeans who see their continent’s Romanies (also known as […]

CALL them Gypsies, Romanies or Roma, they represent Europe’s biggest social problem and a stain on its claim to be a superpower at least in terms of the welfare of its citizens.

Marcel Pavel will play on August 14th at The Alex Fund Summer Gala.

Ethan Hawke Talks Charity July 30, 2010 Ethan Hawke has talked to Variety about his work with a very special charity, and how his mother inspired him in his humanitarian work. The actor has opened up about how his mother, Leslie Hawke, wanted him to donate some of his income from his 1989 film Dead […]

Long heralded but never actually taking place, the reform of the Romanian education system, vital as it is, might just become reality this time if Parliament, which is currently debating a draft education bill, approves it.

Leslie Hawke: Finding Her Mission Halfway Around the World A few years back, Leslie Hawke was in a rut. By all outward measures, she had a good life. She had successfully raised her son, Ethan, the movie star and novelist. She had survived two divorces; various intersecting ca­reers as an Internet publisher, textbook editor, and […]

Angel in a strange land Three years after leaving a comfortable life in Manhattan to join the Peace Corps, Leslie Hawke hasn’t had time to look back (PEOPLE, June 17). “We’re busy!” says Hawke, who directs a program in Bacau, Romania, that provides training and jobs to poor Gypsy mothers so their children don’t have […]

On the sunny side of the street Abandoned by their own, Romania’s homeless children need support and self-belief to survive their hard-knock lives in the ghetto. And with the help of a movie star’s mother and a Scottish socialite, they’re glimpsing a hopeful future, say Eloise Napier. It’s 5am and the streets are empty, save […]

Three years ago, at the age of 48, Leslie Hawke had one great source of pride: her actor son Ethan, married to actress Uma Thurman and a young father himself. Beyond that, Leslie—twice divorced, dissatisfied with a long—running romance and bored with her job as a Manhattan Internet publishing executive-felt she didn’t have much to […]

The 1960’s ended 35 years ago, but don’t tell that to Leslie Hawke, 52. In 2000 this Ft. Worth native left her well paying management position at a high flying tech company to join the Peace Corps at an age when most people who can afford it are contemplating early retirement.