Never still for long
Bettye Stull can’t seem to stay retired. She has tried twice, yet she remains a fixture at the King Arts Complex and on the Columbus arts scene in general. Stull, …
The 20 Best Movies About Money
Money, even for those who don’t work in finance, is still a part of everyday life. Every time we buy food, pay bills or go to work, we deal with …
A Celebration of African American Theatre With Reading of Trouble in Mind by Alice Childress
The Ensemble Theatre is one of seventeen African American theatres to participate in a national benefit staged play reading of Alice Childress’ Trouble in Mind, Monday, June 20, 2011. “This …
Coming full circle with the Highwaymen
Fifty years ago the idea of a white art gallery owner flying down from Atlanta to meet a group of black artists in Fort Pierce would have seemed preposterous. First …
The Black Heart of a Betrayed Daughter, Louise Bourgeois
Review by Kremena Nikolova-Fontaine. More than enough articles have been written about the famous French-American artist Louise Bourgeois (b.1911– d. 2010, aged 98), who boasts a prolific career of more …
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Making it New (Again)
In the beginning of Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down, Ishmael Reed’s hilarious parody of the dime store Western, Loop Garoo Kid offers his view of the novel as an art form: …
Rejoice & Shout
Anthony Heilbut can lay claim to knowing Mahalia Jackson better than almost anyone else living. He produced some of her seminal recording sessions, and walked away from the experience with …
An Opera of Color Grows in Brooklyn
Matt Gray, project director of the non-profitAmerican Opera Projects and Opera on Tap, is out to prove to the world just how vibrant and colorful opera actually can be. On …
Candidate Contests Election Endorsement Art
Leopardo and I am African American, Swedish, Italian, French, Native American and Chinese. I identify as multiracial.On April 18, I picked up the Daily Nexus endorsement issue. You can imagine …
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DC Black Theatre Fest Presents unFRAMED June 12-14 Read more: http://dc.broadwayworld.com/article/DC-Black-Theatre-Fest-Presents-unFRAMED
DOUBLE PLAY CONNECTIONS, DOING LIFE PRODUCTIONS, and Jane Dubin, Executive Producer are pleased to present Iyaba Ibo Mandingo’s unFRAMED directed by Brent Buell as a Spotlight Show at the D.C. …
The Root: Segregated Museums Mirror History
Natalie Hopkinson is a contributing editor toThe Root. The Anacostia Community Museum is one of the Smithsonian Institution’s grand, federally chartered Washington, D.C., museums, but it is located miles from …
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Dallas Museum of Art Announces Awards for Artists
The Dallas Museum of Art has announced its annual awards to artists, which offer grants for travel and special projects to nine individuals. Some familiar names as of late: Edward …
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Oprah as Muse: Five Unexpected Ways That the Talk Show Legend Impacted Art
On the penultimate episode of Oprah Winfrey‘s beloved television show, aired today, actor Tom Hanks tells the TV icon in a video tribute: “Your show has turned surprise into an …
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A century-old Upper East Side façade conceals the aggressively modern design of David Adjaye.
With the flamboyant orneriness that limitless wealth allows, the art collector Adam Lindemann and his wife, Amalia Dayan, have staged an act of architectural dissidence on the Upper East Side. …
New Orleans and the culture of resistance
Over five years since the catastrophe of hurricane Katrina, communities in New Orleans are still struggling to rebuild and return. Shocking images of Katrina broadcast globally continue to communicate the …
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