Tag Archives: Culture (Arts)

The New York Times 2:10 am on January 15, 2022
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Terry Teachout, Arts Critic With a Wide Range, Is Dead at 65

He called himself a “well-informed amateur,” and he wrote about everything from bluegrass to ballet.

#books-and-literature, #conservatism-us-politics, #culture-arts, #deaths-obituaries, #music, #teachout-terry-1956-2022, #theater, #wall-street-journal

The New York Times 10:00 am on January 12, 2022
Tags: Authority and Freedom: A Defense of the Arts (Book), , Culture (Arts), Perl, Jed,   

Does Art Have to Be Relevant? One Prominent Critic Says No.

The composer John Adams reviews a new book by Jed Perl, “Authority and Freedom: A Defense of the Arts.”

#authority-and-freedom-a-defense-of-the-arts-book, #books-and-literature, #culture-arts, #perl-jed, #social-conditions-and-trends

The New York Times 11:05 pm on January 7, 2022
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My Dinner With Sidney Poitier

He was the epitome of Black dignity, Black beauty, Black pride and Black power.

#black-people, #culture-arts, #movies, #poitier-sidney

The New York Times 8:00 pm on January 7, 2022
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The Vitality of Black Criticism

Before his death, Greg Tate spoke with four other critics at the Pop Conference about the need for Black writers to face down racist institutions and take the lead in cultural conversations.

#black-people, #brooks-daphne-a-1968, #culture-arts, #davis-thulani, #morris-wesley-1975, #music, #smith-danyel, #tate-greg-author, #writing-and-writers

The New York Times 5:29 am on December 31, 2021
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A Hare and an Inheritance, Once Hidden, at the Jewish Museum

Lovers of Edmund de Waal’s book can get close to that netsuke in a compelling show of objects that endured across a century of violence, discrimination and dispossession.

#art, #arts-and-antiquities-looting, #culture-arts, #de-waal-edmund, #diller-scofidiorenfro, #diller-elizabeth, #jewish-museum-manhattan-ny, #jewish-museum-vienna, #jews-and-judaism, #manhattan-nyc, #morisot-berthe, #museums, #paris-france, #politics-and-government, #vienna-austria

The New York Times 10:00 am on December 29, 2021
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A Story of Love and Obsession

At home with James Fenton, the English poet, journalist and critic, and Darryl Pinckney, the African American novelist and playwright, in their obsessively, deliriously embellished house in Harlem.

#amis-martin, #architecture, #black-people, #books-and-literature, #content-type-personal-profile, #culture-arts, #fenton-james, #harlem-manhattan-ny, #historic-buildings-and-sites, #interior-design-and-furnishings, #new-york-review-of-books, #pinckney-darryl, #poetry-and-poets

The New York Times 4:00 pm on December 26, 2021
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bell hooks and the Power of Talking Back for Black Women

Ms. hooks understood that voice and language are how marginalized people humanize themselves to themselves.

#black-people, #culture-arts, #discrimination, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #gender, #hooks-bell, #women-and-girls, #writing-and-writers

The New York Times 4:00 pm on December 26, 2021
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It Was bell hooks Who Taught Me How to ‘Talk Back’

Ms. hooks understood that voice and language are how marginalized people humanize themselves to themselves.

#black-people, #culture-arts, #discrimination, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #gender, #hooks-bell, #women-and-girls, #writing-and-writers

The New York Times 5:36 pm on December 23, 2021
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The Artists We Lost in 2021, in Their Words

Some artists held the spotlight for generations. Others left us lamenting careers cut short. Here is a tribute to those we lost this year.

#abloh-virgil, #actors-and-actresses, #adnan-etel, #allen-joseph-c-1933, #asner-ed, #avian-bob, #banes-lisa, #carle-eric, #cleary-beverly, #culture-arts, #death-and-dying, #dmx, #dodgion-dottie-1929-2021, #downey-robert-sr, #dukakis-olympia, #floyd-carlisle, #fracci-carla, #gensler-art-1935-2021, #grodin-charles, #hickey-dave, #hooks-bell, #leachman-cloris, #liu-hung, #lopez-yolanda-1942-2021, #macdonald-norm, #mccrory-helen, #mcmurtry-larry, #music, #plummer-christopher, #scarlett-liam, #sondheim-stephen, #two-thousand-twenty-one, #tyson-cicely, #upson-kaari-1972, #van-peebles-melvin, #walter-jessica, #williams-michael-kenneth, #writing-and-writers, #young-dolph-1985-2021

The New York Times 5:23 pm on December 20, 2021
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Arts Groups Bet Big on Holiday Programming. Will Children Come?

Children 5 and over must now have proof of vaccination to see shows and visit museums. As Covid-19 surges, arts organizations are trying to welcome their youngest audience members safely.

#american-museum-of-natural-history, #cendrillon-opera, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #culture-arts, #metropolitan-opera, #museums, #new-york-city-ballet, #opera, #vaccination-and-immunization, #vaccination-proof-and-immunization-records, #youth

The New York Times 5:20 pm on December 12, 2021
Tags: , , , Culture (Arts), , Flash of the Spirit: African and Afro-American Art and Philosophy (Book), , , Thompson, Robert Farris   

Robert Farris Thompson, ‘Guerrilla Scholar’ of African Art, Dies at 88

He revolutionized the study of the cultures of Africa and the Americas by combining art history with anthropology, sociology and ethnomusicology.

#africa, #art, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #culture-arts, #deaths-obituaries, #flash-of-the-spirit-african-and-afro-american-art-and-philosophy-book, #music, #rap-and-hip-hop, #thompson-robert-farris

The New York Times 5:08 pm on December 11, 2021
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 Cultural Elites Need to Look Beyond Their Noses

Confined to our own bubbles, we are less informed about people who lead entirely different cultural, social and political lives.

#cultural-elite, #culture-arts, #internal-sub-only-nl, #news-and-news-media, #social-conditions-and-trends, #social-media, #television, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 8:30 pm on December 9, 2021
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Best Art Books of 2021

The art critics of The Times select their favorites from this year’s crop of art books.

#art, #art-institute-of-chicago, #arts-year-in-review-2021, #black-reconstruction-collective-art-collective, #books-and-literature, #capitoline-museums, #cleveland-museum-of-art, #culture-arts, #gardner-isabella-stewart-museum, #hauserwirth, #high-museum-of-art, #museum-of-modern-art, #museums, #new-york-public-library, #photography, #race-and-ethnicity, #sculpture, #two-thousand-twenty-one

The New York Times 4:00 pm on December 9, 2021
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N.Y.C. Arts Organizations Awarded $51.4 Million Dollars in Grants

The Department of Cultural Affairs is awarding $51.4 million in grants to more than 1,000 nonprofit arts and cultural groups that are seeking to rebound from the pandemic.

#city-council-nyc, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #cultural-affairs-department, #culture-arts, #finances, #guggenheim-solomon-r-museum, #metropolitan-opera, #museums, #new-york-city, #new-york-philharmonic, #ninety-second-street-y, #politics-and-government

The New York Times 1:31 am on December 9, 2021
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Interest in Stephen Sondheim’s Music, Books and Shows Soar After His Death

Fans have been streaming his music, buying his books, and trying to get in to see his shows, with a new revival of “Company” opening this week on Broadway.

#assassins-play, #company-play, #culture-arts, #follies-play, #into-the-woods-play, #merrily-we-roll-along-play, #music, #sondheim-stephen, #theater

The New York Times 6:23 pm on December 6, 2021
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A Kennedy Center Honors With the Presidential Box Used as Intended

Former President Donald J. Trump did not attend the tribute, but President Biden was on hand as Bette Midler, Joni Mitchell, Berry Gordy, Justino Díaz and Lorne Michaels were honored.

#biden-jill-tracy-jacobs, #biden-joseph-r-jr, #culture-arts, #diaz-justino, #emhoff-douglas-c, #gordy-berry-jr, #harris-kamala-d, #kennedy-center-honors, #kennedy-john-f-center-for-the-performing-arts, #michaels-lorne, #midler-bette, #mitchell-joni, #quarantine-life-and-culture, #saturday-night-live-tv-program, #trump-donald-j, #wonder-stevie

The New York Times 8:25 pm on November 27, 2021
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Alice Waters Helps a Museum Cater to the Tastes of Art Lovers

A new restaurant at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles is the latest effort to try to reach visitors’ hearts through their stomachs.

#academy-museum-of-motion-pictures, #asian-art-museum, #berkeley-calif, #boba-guys-inc, #california, #chefs, #chez-panisse-berkeley-calif-restaurant, #culture-arts, #hammer-museum, #los-angeles-calif, #lulu-los-angeles-calif-restaurant, #meyer-danny, #modern-the-manhattan-ny-restaurant, #museums, #philbin-ann, #restaurants, #tinterow-gary, #waters-alice

The New York Times 9:02 pm on November 23, 2021
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Revitalizing Black Neighborhoods by Preserving Their History

Developers are repurposing deteriorated structures in historically significant areas in an effort to incorporate spaces for the arts, affordable housing and small businesses under one roof.

#affordable-housing, #area-planning-and-renewal, #atlanta-ga, #black-people, #buildings-structures, #culture-arts, #historic-buildings-and-sites, #memphis-tenn, #oakland-calif, #real-estate-commercial, #restoration-and-renovation, #united-states

The New York Times 12:00 pm on November 23, 2021
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Hayao Miyazaki Prepares to Cast One Last Spell

No artist has explored the contradictions of humanity as sympathetically and critically as the Japanese animation legend. Now, at 80, he’s coming out of retirement with another movie.

#animated-films, #content-type-personal-profile, #culture-arts, #holiday-issue-2021, #howls-moving-castle-movie, #japan-earthquake-and-tsunami-2011, #miyazaki-hayao, #movies, #my-neighbor-totoro-movie, #porco-rosso-movie, #princess-mononoke-movie, #studio-ghibli, #suzuki-toshio, #takahata-isao, #world-war-ii-1939-45

The New York Times 3:41 pm on November 15, 2021
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If Remote Work Empties Downtowns, Can Theaters Fill Their Seats?

Since the pandemic, San Francisco has embraced work-from-home policies. Now venues and concert halls are wondering if weeknight audiences are a thing of the past.

#classical-music, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-reopenings, #culture-arts, #magic-theater, #opera, #quarantine-life-and-culture, #san-francisco-calif, #san-francisco-arts-commission, #san-francisco-ballet, #san-francisco-opera, #san-francisco-symphony, #telecommuting, #theater, #war-memorial-opera-house

The New York Times 5:23 pm on October 31, 2021
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New York’s Irish Arts Center Upgrades to a ‘Flagship Hub’

The $60 million building in Hell’s Kitchen, which will present theater, dance, music and more, is scheduled to open in December.

#culture-arts, #dancing, #ireland, #irish-arts-center, #irish-americans, #new-york-city, #theater

The New York Times 9:00 am on October 19, 2021
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What a Museum Wants to Be in the 21st Century

The Denver Art Museum, responsive, interactive and fashion-conscious, transforms its headquarters into the institution that current-day curators dream of.

#architecture, #art, #culture-arts, #denver-colo, #denver-art-museum, #museums

The New York Times 3:17 pm on October 15, 2021
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Concert Halls Are Back. But Visa Backlogs Are Keeping Musicians Out.

Visa delays are causing tumult in the classical music industry, leading to a wave of cancellations just as live performances are finally returning.

#academy-of-st-martin-in-the-fields, #andsnes-leif-ove, #boris-godunov-opera, #boston-symphony-orchestra, #classical-music, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #culture-arts, #dausgaard-thomas, #metropolitan-opera, #new-york-philharmonic, #seattle-symphony, #state-department, #tan-dun, #travel-warnings, #united-states, #visas

The New York Times 11:00 am on October 15, 2021
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The Visionary Community of the Harlem Y.M.C.A.

In the early 20th century, the building became a meeting place for many of the writers, artists, actors and activists who defined a new and vibrant Black culture.

#black-people, #books-and-literature, #culture-arts, #ellison-ralph, #harlem-manhattan-ny, #hughes-langston, #hurston-zora-neale, #locke-alain-leroy, #the-greats-2021, #writing-and-writers

The New York Times 5:13 pm on October 13, 2021
Tags: , Authority Collective, , Broadside Press, Culture (Arts), , , , , Sanchez, Sonia, , ,   

The Creative Collectives Finding Strength in Numbers

Born out of the American civil rights movement, Black artists’ coalitions thrived in the 1960s and ’70s. Now, a new generation is discovering their power.

#art, #authority-collective, #black-people, #broadside-press, #culture-arts, #new-york-city, #nineteen-hundred-seventies, #nineteen-hundred-sixties, #poetry-and-poets, #sanchez-sonia, #the-greats-2021, #united-states, #writing-and-writers

The New York Times 9:00 am on October 12, 2021
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The Passion of Questlove

The musician, producer and archivist is driven by one thing: a mission to spread the joy of Black music.

#black-people, #content-type-personal-profile, #culture-arts, #music, #pop-and-rock-music, #rap-and-hip-hop, #soul-train-tv-program, #summer-of-soul-or-when-the-revolution-could-not-be-televised-movie

The New York Times 9:11 pm on September 16, 2021
Tags: , Culture (Arts), , , , Mason, Leslie S, , , Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire (1911), , Village Voices (Exhibit)   

Interactive Shadowboxes Breathe Life Into the Legacies of Village Artists

“Village Voices,” an interactive outdoor exhibition, honors Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Jackson Pollock and more.

#art, #culture-arts, #east-village-manhattan-ny, #greenwich-village-manhattan-ny, #historic-buildings-and-sites, #mason-leslie-s, #new-york-city, #noho-manhattan-ny, #triangle-shirtwaist-factory-fire-1911, #village-preservation-nonprofit, #village-voices-exhibit

The New York Times 9:23 pm on September 13, 2021
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Curtains Up! How Broadway Is Coming Back From Its Longest Shutdown.

Determined to reopen, crews are dusting off spotlights, dancers are relearning steps, and everyone is testing, testing, testing as theater seeks to rebound from the devastating pandemic.

#aladdin-play, #albee-edward, #australia, #bareilles-sara, #black-lives-matter-movement, #carney-reeve, #chicago-play, #contact-tracing-public-health, #cordero-nick, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-delta-variant, #coronavirus-reopenings, #costumes, #culture-arts, #de-blasio-bill, #dear-evan-hansen-play, #diller-barry, #england, #exercise, #fans-persons, #george-floyd-protests-2020, #girl-from-the-north-country-play, #hadestown-play, #hall-mark, #hamilton-play, #harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child-play, #heating-ventilation-and-cooling-hvac, #jagged-little-pill-play, #lackawanna-blues-play, #mason-luba, #mcdonagh-martin, #mcnally-terrence, #midtown-area-manhattan-ny, #moulin-rouge-the-musical-play, #mrs-doubtfire-play, #music, #new-york-city, #pass-over-play, #quarantine-life-and-culture, #race-and-ethnicity, #roth-jordan, #rudin-scott, #shutdowns-institutional, #the-lion-king-play, #theater, #theaters-buildings, #times-square-and-42nd-street-manhattan-ny, #vaccination-and-immunization, #van-hove-ivo, #waitress-play, #whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf-play, #wicked-play, #workplace-hazards-and-violations

The New York Times 7:45 am on September 11, 2021
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Adam Pendleton Is Rethinking the Museum

“Who Is Queen?” at MoMA is the artist’s most personal and ambitious show yet, exploring how we might live beyond labels in American society. “I want to overwhelm the museum,” he said.

#art, #baraka-amiri, #black-lives-matter-movement, #black-people, #culture-arts, #freedman-jill-1939, #halberstam-jack-1961, #lee-robert-e, #monuments-and-memorials-structures, #moten-fred, #museum-of-modern-art, #museums, #pendleton-adam, #richmond-va

The New York Times 9:00 am on September 10, 2021
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Met Gala 2021: Everything You Need to Know

Who gets to go, what they might wear and how to watch.

#costume-institute, #culture-arts, #dress-codes, #eilish-billie, #fashion-and-apparel, #ford-tom, #gorman-amanda, #met-gala, #metropolitan-museum-of-art, #museums, #osaka-naomi-1997, #parties-social, #wintour-anna, #your-feed-fashion

The New York Times 2:23 pm on August 25, 2021
Tags: , Culture (Arts), , Farm Aid Festival, , Our Shared Future: Reckoning With Our Racial Past, ,   

Smithsonian Begins Two-Year Racial Justice Initiative

“Our Shared Future: Reckoning With Our Racial Past” will begin with a livestreamed program Thursday and expand to communities across the country.

#bunch-lonnie-g-iii, #culture-arts, #education, #farm-aid-festival, #museums, #our-shared-future-reckoning-with-our-racial-past, #race-and-ethnicity, #smithsonian-institution

The New York Times 4:22 pm on August 20, 2021
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‘The Opposite of Airlines’: When Larger Audiences Require Fewer Seats

Yes, the comfy chair. The War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco put in roomier seats just in time to try to lure audiences back from the couches they got used to during the shutdown.

#chairs, #classical-music, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #culture-arts, #dancing, #furniture, #geffen-david-hall-manhattan-ny, #height-stature, #hudson-theater-manhattan-ny, #koch-david-h-theater, #lyric-opera-of-chicago, #opera, #quarantine-life-and-culture, #san-francisco-calif, #san-francisco-ballet, #san-francisco-opera, #shilvock-matthew, #theater, #theaters-buildings, #war-memorial-opera-house, #weight

The New York Times 11:00 am on August 20, 2021
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The Black Artists Leaving America

Building on the legacy of luminaries such as James Baldwin and Josephine Baker, many Black creatives are seeking out new possibilities abroad.

#americans-abroad, #art, #baker-josephine-1906-75, #baldwin-james-1924-87, #black-people, #culture-arts, #discrimination, #race-and-ethnicity, #simone-nina, #united-states

The New York Times 9:00 am on August 19, 2021
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Why Some in This Neighborhood Oppose a Museum Dedicated to Their Culture

In Chinatown, anti-gentrification protesters are furious over funding granted to a museum that they say doesn’t represent their community.

#chinatown-manhattan-ny, #chinese-food-cuisine, #chinese-americans, #culture-arts, #demonstrations-protests-and-riots, #gentrification, #jing-fong-manhattan-ny-restaurant, #landlords, #maasbach-nancy-yao, #manhattan-nyc, #museum-of-chinese-in-america, #museums, #new-york-city, #renting-and-leasing-real-estate, #rikers-island-prison-complex

The New York Times 12:00 pm on August 17, 2021
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The Immortal Myth of the Unicorn

Over centuries, the legendary creature has become woven into the cultural imagination — and still fascinates as a symbol of the untamed.

#culture-arts, #greek-civilization, #harry-potter-fictional-character, #my-little-pony-movie, #myths-and-mythical-creatures

The New York Times 9:00 am on August 13, 2021
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A Shape-Shifting Woman Plays All the Parts

Across three cities on bus shelters and a giant billboard, Martine Gutierrez, the artist, performer and provocateur, asks what it means to be a woman in these times.

#art, #content-type-personal-profile, #culture-arts, #discrimination, #gutierrez-martine-photographer, #public-art-fund, #race-and-ethnicity, #transgender-and-transsexuals, #whitney-museum-of-american-art, #women-and-girls

The New York Times 2:00 pm on August 10, 2021
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Elizabeth Banks Swears By Rob Reiner and Finger Sandwiches

The actress, Hollywood power player and host of a new sex and sexuality podcast discusses classic sitcoms, summer at Tanglewood and the revelation that is canned wine.

#actors-and-actresses, #banks-elizabeth, #content-type-personal-profile, #culture-arts, #my-body-my-podcast-radio-program

The New York Times 4:09 pm on July 16, 2021
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Ford and Mellon Foundations Expand Initiative for Disabled Artists

The foundations are adding $5 million to the Disability Futures program, which will continue through 2025 with two more classes of 20 fellows each.

#culture-arts, #disabilities, #ford-foundation, #mellon-foundation, #philanthropy, #scholarships-and-fellowships, #united-states, #united-states-artists

The New York Times 9:02 pm on July 8, 2021
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Tomashi Jackson Harvests Histories From the Land of Plenty

For “The Land Claim” at the Parrish Art Museum, she digs deep into the suppressed stories of communities of color in the Hamptons.

#art, #culture-arts, #hamptons-ny, #jackson-tomashi, #museums, #parrish-art-museum, #watermill-center

The New York Times 4:30 am on June 22, 2021
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‘I Needed It’: A Well-Timed Outdoor Theater Opens on Little Island

The island’s first performances, by Broadway Inspirational Voices choir, were post-pandemic catharsis for both the singers and the audience.

#broadway-inspirational-voices, #casel-ayodele, #coronavirus-reopenings, #culture-arts, #diller-barry, #gospel-music, #little-island-manhattan-ny, #mcelroy-michael-1967, #music, #new-york-city, #quarantine-life-and-culture, #rashad-phylicia, #theater, #von-furstenberg-diane, #watts-daniel-j

The New York Times 8:29 am on June 18, 2021
Tags: , Anthony, Troy (Composer), Bell House (Brooklyn, NY, Bar), , , Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, Culture (Arts), , , Roy Wilkins Park (Queens, NY), , , , ,   

Juneteenth: 7 Events for Celebrating the Holiday in New York

On Saturday, many of the city’s cultural venues are holding performances and parties to mark the emancipation of enslaved African Americans.

#ailey-alvin-american-dance-theater, #anthony-troy-composer, #bell-house-brooklyn-ny-bar, #black-people, #brooklyn-childrens-museum, #brooklyn-conservatory-of-music, #culture-arts, #juneteenth, #new-york-city, #roy-wilkins-park-queens-ny, #satterfield-stephen, #shed-manhattan-ny, #summer-of-soul-or-when-the-revolution-could-not-be-televised-movie, #thompson-ahmir-questlove, #weeksville-heritage-center-brooklyn-ny

The New York Times 9:00 am on June 16, 2021
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New York Is Getting $22 Billion in Federal Aid. How Should It Be Spent?

Business leaders warn the mayor that an influx of aid could be squandered on short-term programs that won’t help the unemployed.

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The New York Times 10:24 pm on June 11, 2021
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In Rome, an Apartment Rich in Color and History Opens to the Public

One of the leading figures of Italian Futurism, Giacomo Balla turned his home into proof of his idea that art should live in all things.

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The New York Times 1:18 pm on June 4, 2021
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Far From Paris, the Pompidou Plans an Outpost in Jersey City

Out: the Metro and the Seine. In: the PATH and the Hudson. The Pompidou Center plans to open its first North American satellite museum in a renovated industrial building.

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The New York Times 10:28 pm on June 3, 2021
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Greenwood Rising Links Tulsa’s Tragic History to Today’s Struggles

Throughout the South, fluid new museums serve as memorial markers too. Greenwood Rising follows a neighborhood’s history into the present.

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The New York Times 6:59 pm on June 3, 2021
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N.Y.C. Pride 2021: Check Out These Events

The march on June 27 will be mostly virtual. But not to worry: There are plenty of in-person events, performances and celebratory exhibitions throughout the city this month.

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The New York Times 6:51 pm on June 1, 2021
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In Compton, a School That Paved the Way for Generations of Black Artists

Between 1969 and 1975, the Communicative Arts Academy was a vital hub for a community largely excluded from Los Angeles’s cultural institutions.

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The New York Times 6:08 pm on May 31, 2021
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Lines Never Felt So Good: Crowds Herald New York’s Reopening

Museums broke attendance records, movie theaters sold out and jazz fans packed clubs on a rainy Memorial Day weekend that felt far removed from the prior year’s pandemic traumas.

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The New York Times 10:39 pm on May 28, 2021
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National Endowment for the Arts Funding Would Rise Under Biden Plan

The president’ calls for a 20 percent increase in the national arts budget, a departure from the Trump administration’s efforts to eliminate the agency.

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The New York Times 6:55 pm on May 27, 2021
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Overlooked No More: Si-lan Chen, Whose Dances Encompassed Worlds

As a dancer and choreographer, she sought to represent a broad range of ethnic groups, but audiences often sexualized and exoticized her by focusing on her mixed race.

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