ARTS and CULTURE
UNSEENAMERICA
T. Adams |
Photos and Stories by Workers; Edited by Esther Cohen; Regan Books; $39.95.
ARTS and CULTURE
OBJECTS OF THEIR AFFECTION: EXHIBIT
OFFERS WINDOW INTO IMMIGRANT LIVES
Laura Silver |
New installation at Lower East Side Tenement Museum gives immigrants a chance to express themselves through personal artifacts, stories, drawings and collage.
ARTS and CULTURE
BEHIND THE VEIL
T. Adams |
A new exhibit of photographs taken by Afghan women living in New York highlights their struggles and successes. City Limits visits the show, now up at the Queens Museum.
ARTS and CULTURE
BEYOND BARBECUE: PUBLIC HOUSING FAIR GETS SERIOUS
Rachel Breitman |
Parkside Houses’ annual street fair is a time for revelry and relaxation. But this year, it was also an opportunity for activists to educate the community on keeping kids out of jail.
ARTS and CULTURE
ELECTION SPECIAL: NEWS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS
City Limits |
Community newspaper and freelance reporters from around the city offer the inside scoop on the Sept. 14 primary.
ARTS and CULTURE
MO' MONEY, MO' PROBLEMS
Cassi Feldman |
RNC update: Why did Russell Simmons’ Hip-Hop Summit Action Network back out of the Still We Rise march?
ARTS and CULTURE
HIP-HOP MOGUL SIMMON'S PHAT CARD SLIMS WALLETS
Matt Pacenza |
He may be marketing it as a weapon in the “war on poverty,” but Russell Simmons’ new banking card will actually make consumers poorer.
ARTS and CULTURE
IF I HAD A MILLION DOLLARS … I’D BUY THE COMMODORE
Elizabeth Olsson |
The Commodore, the last of the string of vaudeville theaters that once lined Brooklyn’s Broadway, is for sale. Local residents are asking the city to landmark the building before it, too, becomes history.
ARTS and CULTURE
A YOUTHFUL FORCE
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Some of the nation’s youngest organizers lost a leader on October 1 when Lisa Yvette Sullivan passed away.
ARTS and CULTURE
MAXIMUS PROTECTION
Kathleen McGowan |
Welfare-to-work contractor Maximus is vetting new hires for any conflicts of interest–something they know about all too well.
