Many of the actors in “Common Ground” which is nearing the end of its run at the TADA! Youth Theater on May 11th, are young immigrants in a moving play about immigration. Photo: You Tube Young Actors Show Us Real Immigrants in Play “Common Ground” at TADA! Theater Fourteen New Yorkers between the ages of 11 and 18 took on a topic that often leaves our politicians and journalists disabled... News 06 May 2024 | 01:36
Romare Bearden produced his collage”The Block”, as six separate panels, exhibited together to form a continuous scene designed to evoke not just the sights, but also the sounds of Harlem—from the traffic on the street corner to the televisions blaring from open windows. Bearden himself once referred to The Block as a “collage with sound.” Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art/ Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Shore © 2024, Romare Bearden Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society NY The Met’s Harlem Renaissance Exhibit Says a Lot About the Present The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents the “The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism” exhibition, celebrating... News 28 Mar 2024 | 07:53
The play “The Movement” celebrates the kids who marched against segregation with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Birmingham, AL in 1963. Photo: Symphony Space LEAP Artists Live! Brings to Life the Nameless Kids That Marched with Dr. King in ‘63 Dr. Martin Luther King got the world to watch when he marched against segregation in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963. “The Movement”,... City Arts 22 Jan 2024 | 12:29
The three, 13-story towers at 409 Edgecombe Ave., constructed in 1917 and designed by famed architectural firm of Schwarz & Gross, dominates the neighborhood of Sugar Hill on the Upper West Side. ( Noah Augustin) Jubilation: Scaffolding Finally Torn Down after 21 Years at Landmarked Building on UWS After standing for 21 years, the dark green sidewalk shed wrapped around 409 Edgecombe Avenue in the Sugar Hill Historic... News 05 Jan 2024 | 09:33
Maestro Ken Tritle (in red jacket) directs soloist Kathryn Lewek (right). As the finale wrapped up, he took her in his arms and planted a kiss on her cheek. Handel’s Messiah Still Mesmerizing at Its Annual Sold Out Carnegie Hall Performance The Oratorio Society of New York: an all volunteer, 176 member choir that includes four solo singers a 33-piece orchestra... News 21 Dec 2023 | 06:00
What was once a vacant construction lot on the East Side of Manhattan just south of the United Nations is now a Field of Light that will come to light every night for the next year. It opened to the public on Dec. 15. Photo: Field of Light/Bruce Munro Field of Light Now Glows on East Side Building Site Where Soloviev Hopes to Build a Casino A 6.9 acre field on the East Side of Manhattan that has sat vacant since a developer bought it from Con Edison 23 years ago... News 15 Dec 2023 | 02:54
