ARTS and CULTURE
Development, Zoning Fights Fuel Push For NYC Roadmap
Jarrett Murphy |
In the new issue of City Limits, a look at the growing calls for New York to take a more comprehensive—and inclusive—approach to planning its physical future.
ARTS and CULTURE
Art Installation Measures World Oil Consumption In Skyscapers
Lauren Raheja |
When some New Yorkers look at the Empire State Building they see an emblem of the city we live in. But when New Yorker and artist Dan Tesene looks at the skyscraper, he sees petroleum.
ARTS and CULTURE
Play Reflects Rage And Resilience In Katrina's Aftermath
Lauren Raheja |
The play, written by 16 women who survived Hurricane Katrina, is being performed Monday at the Apollo Theater in Harlem to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the storm.
ARTS and CULTURE
From ‘Fun City’ to Crisis State: John Lindsay and Hugh Carey
Jarrett Murphy |
Two new books explore the legacies of a former mayor whom history maligned and a governor whose role has been all but forgotten.
ARTS and CULTURE
A Poster Child For Poverty In Harlem Speaks Back
Rachael Horowitz |
John Yant and his family were featured in the 1969 Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit “Harlem on My Mind.” Here he describes how it feels to become a representation of poverty.
ARTS and CULTURE
Hip Hop For The Deaf And The Def'
Kerri MacDonald |
Silent Mob isn’t the only deaf rap group out there. But as far as the group members know, they are the only group that performs American Sign Language hip hop.
ARTS and CULTURE
El Museo del Barrio Exhibits '60s Guerilla Artist
Lauren Raheja |
Puerto Rican-American artist Rafael Ferrer staged guerilla art actions in New York City and Philadelphia during the 1960s and now sculpts and paints.
ARTS and CULTURE
Hasidic Rapper Promotes Racial Harmony In Crown Heights
Chris Giblin |
DeScribe is not the world’s first or most famous Hassidic rapper, but he is looking to obtain a higher level of recognition for his positive sound.
ARTS and CULTURE
Bronx Museum Revisits The Civil Rights Movement
Lauren Raheja |
Two exhibits at the Bronx Museum of the Arts explore the civil rights movement — one though iconic and obscure documentary photos, the other through contemporary multi-media produced by artists born after the movement.
ARTS and CULTURE
Behind The Scenes Of An Eviction
Chris Giblin |
Most of the evictions that City Marshal Oren Varnai conducts aren’t dangerous; they’re simply “uncomfortable.”
