‘I believe if we want to preserve SoHo, we must rezone within reason. To address the disjointed policies and permits that currently cause headaches, but also to save the stunning landmarked buildings at the heart of this debate.’
ARTS and CULTURE
Artistas latinos impactados desproporcionadamente por la pandemia
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Artistas latinos reportan: mayores pérdidas económicas, mayor desempleo, en mayor medida han visto su salud o la de su familia afectada directamente por el coronavirus y en un mayor porcentaje no tienen seguro médico.
Art at the Limits
Watch: Amid Isolation and Distance, the Sounds and Dance of New York’s Soul Break Through
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An organization that fosters traditional dance from the city’s many ethnic groups is taking its work, and the movements and music of its performers, online.
Art at the Limits
Across the City, Public Art Helps Memorialize and Grieve Those Lost to COVID-19
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In lieu of a centralized memorial, artists and everyday New Yorkers are creating temporary monuments to honor the people—disproportionately immigrant, working class, Black and Latino—who have died in a diffuse crisis with no clear end in sight.
public art
Subway Art Campaign Tackles Anti-Asian Bias During COVID-19
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From the start of the city’s coronavirus crisis in February 2020, the city’s Commission on Human Rights received more than 566 reports of discrimination, harassment, and bias related to COVID-19, 184 of which were anti-Asian in nature.
Art at the Limits
Could a New ‘New Deal’ Put Artists to Work Shaping the City?
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Eight decades ago the government responded to economic disaster with jobs programs that also beautified public spaces. It might be time for another one.
Age Justice
NYC’s Older Adults Find Community in Remote Art Programs
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Amid the fear and isolation of the pandemic, art discussions, history lectures and even new virtual ukulele lessons stimulate memory and keep older adults connected.
ARTS and CULTURE
How Polish Americans Marked the 40th Anniversary of Solidarity
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The 1980 August Agreements were the breaking point in the contemporary history of Poland and the harbinger of what followed: the downfall of the communist system in Eastern Europe.
Homepage Featured
Japanese Artist Paints George Floyd Mural in Manhattan
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“I was filled with sadness. I didn’t know what to do,” the street artist told NY Japion. “I looked for a space to create art.”
churches
With Parishioners’ Pictures on Pews, Polish Church Hosts Virtual Masses
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‘A mass said to the familiar faces feels so much different than one said to a bare camera,’ says the pastor at Holy Rosary Church in Jersey City.
A Portrait of New York
Voices of New York Video: Sundari, the Indian Goddess
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Sundari is originally from Guyana and currently resides in Far Rockaway, Queens. She has been performing since 2012 after being discovered at the Raj Kumari Cultural Center, where she was the first Indo-Caribbean/Guyanese drag queen to perform in a non-LGBTQ+ musical production in Queens.