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After a decade, friendly hair care businesses team up
BY PATRICK ROCCHIO
Two friendly competitors
have joined their hair styling
businesses together in
an arrangement that they
say should benefit their
customers.
For more than a decade,
Christie Macli and Francesca
Falciano had their
own salons, Christie’s Body
Shoppe at 3189 East Tremont
Avenue and Falciano’s
Creative Images, diagonally
across the street from
one another in Waterbury-
LaSalle.
What could easily have
been a recipe for fierce rivalry
instead became a deep
professional respect that led
to a rewarding friendship.
After Falciano sold her
salon, Macli offered her a
chair at her salon, which
she accepted without batting
an eye.
“We hit it off right away
when we met ten years ago,”
said Macli, reflecting on the
time when Falciano came
across the street and introduced
herself shortly after
purchasing Creative Images.
“It was meant to be. After
ten years we are now working
together,” said Macli.
“The clients love her, and we
are very happy that Francesca
is here.”
Falciano said that she
and Macli quite often
discussed business, and
shared advice and trade information
over the years.
“I felt really comfortable
coming here,” said
Falciano, adding that even
her customers are really
excited.
“They are able to enjoy
additional services like
waxing and eyebrows,”
said Falciano, adding that
she previously worked
mostly alone in her own
business, and now is in a
beautiful space and feels
part of a small ‘family’ at
the salon.
In 2009, Macli and Falciano
teamed up in a charitable
effort to provide prom
hairdos and manicures to
several lucky Lehman High
School students, according
to a Bronx Times article.
For more information
about Christie’s Body Shoppe,
a full service unisex salon,
call (718) 293-4360.
Back in 2009, Christie Macli (l.) and Francesca Falciano donated
prom haridos and manicures to several lucky Lehman
High School students.
Today, Macli (l) and Falciano are teaming up to provide high
quality hair care to the community at Christie’s Body Shoppe.
Photo courtesy of Christie’s Body Shoppe / Francesca Falciano
Emmy nominations for BronxNet’s animated series
BronxNet’s animated series
‘Get to Know the Bronx’ has
earned two 2019 Emmy Awards
nominations from the New York
chapter of the National Academy
of Television Arts and Sciences.
The animated series is in
the running in the Graphics Arts
and Community Public Service
(PSA) Series categories. The series,
which was also nominated
for Emmys in 2018, is in competition
with entries from WNBCTV,
Channel 13, WPIX-TV and
others.
‘Get to Know the Bronx’ provides
detailed historical information
and cultural highlights
related to Bronx places and people.
Recent episodes highlight
City Island and Woodlawn cemetery.
The series, made up of one
minute-plus episodes has also
featured Bronx treasures such as
Orchard Beach, Bronx Parks, Poe
Cottage, the Bronx Zoo, and the
Piccirilli Brothers – a Bronx family
of stone carvers who crafted
the Lincoln Memorial’s Abraham
Lincoln statue and other great
works in the early 1900s.
BronxNet animator Aria Feliciano
produces ‘Get to Know
the Bronx’ under the guidance
and support of BronxNet graphics
designer Christine Mariani
and director of Creative Services
Marisa White. An alumna of Lehman
College, Aria honed her
graphic design and animation
skills while interning at Bronx-
Net and later advanced to a position
as animator.
“I’m truly humbled and honored
to be nominated for New York
Emmys for the second time, on behalf
of BronxNet. The Bronx has
a lot of history and places of interest
and I hope our PSAs interest
people enough to go through the
same rabbit holes I have. I want
to thank BronxNet and everyone
I work with for being supportive
and helping me get to this point. I
am truly grateful and excited for
what comes next,” said Feliciano.
BronxNet executive director
Michael Max Knobbe commented,
“We present the New York Emmy
nominated animated series ‘Get
to Know the Bronx’ on BronxNet
to bring you important and fun
information about our home borough.
We’re particularly proud
of Aria Feliciano, the gifted artist
animating the series. Aria
started at BronxNet as a student
learning broadcast design, and
she has excelled as part of our
team of award winning professionals.
Congratulations to Aria
and the entire team on this welldeserved
honor.”
Catch ‘Get to Know the Bronx’
episodes on BronxNet channels
67-Optimum and 33-Fios or watch
them anytime at https://www.
bronxnet.org/your-bronx/articles/
get-know-the-bronx/
BronxNet is the independent
not-for-profi t organization serving
the people of the Bronx with
media production training, access
to technology, and television
channels. BronxNet programs
six channels – 33, 34, 35, 36, 37
and 38 on the Verizon Fios system
and six channels – 67, 68, 69,
70, 951 and 952 – on the Optimum
system in the Bronx. BronxNet’s
ultra-local programming helps
connect the Bronx with the world
while our training programs and
partnerships are a part of community
development through media.
For more information visit:
www.bronxnet.org.
(l-r) George Hulse, EmblemHealth vice president and senior advisor to CEO; Fernanadez and Johnny Cobos, EmblemHealth Medicare
sales manager welcomed everyone to the event. All Photos by Fernando Justiniano
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