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ARTS and CULTURE

The Check In: COVID-19 and Latino Artists

By Jeanmarie Evelly | December 11, 2020

This week, City Limits’ Spanish-language reporter and editor Daniel Parra talks about the impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on Latino arts organizations in the city and nationwide.

Latino artists and COVID

City’s Latino Artists Disproportionately Impacted By the Pandemic

Latino artists and COVID

Artistas latinos impactados desproporcionadamente por la pandemia

Watch: Amid Isolation and Distance, the Sounds and Dance of New York's Soul Break Through

Across the City, Public Art Helps Memorialize and Grieve Those Lost to COVID-19

public art

Subway Art Campaign Tackles Anti-Asian Bias During COVID-19

By Nicole Javorsky | November 10, 2020

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?

By David Brand | October 13, 2020

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

By David Brand | September 22, 2020

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
polonia

How Polish Americans Marked the 40th Anniversary of Solidarity

By Wojtek Maslanka for Nowy Dziennik | September 16, 2020

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

By NY Japion | July 3, 2020

“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

By Wojtek Maslanka for Nowy Dziennik | May 26, 2020

‘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
Sundari

Voices of New York Video: Sundari, the Indian Goddess

By Kirk Cohall, Terrence Fraser and Ingmar Kuitert | May 22, 2020

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.

ARTS and CULTURE

The Isolation Booklist: What Are You Reading? What Should You Read?

By City Limits | April 9, 2020

How often can you disinfect your house? How many movies can one watch? How many journalists can you see interview their siblings? It might be a good time to crack open a book. Or seven.

ARTS and CULTURE

With Gigs Cancelled, City’s Musicians Struggle to Wait Out Pandemic

By Allison Rapp | April 9, 2020

‘New York is such a performance city, it’s the music city in my opinion,’ says Jason Loughlin, a guitarist who lives in Williamsburg. ‘How many musicians are going to be able to stay here when there’s absolutely no work and the rents are high?’

Voices of New York
Arabic Percussion Workshop

Seeking a New Rhythm: NYers Tap into Arabic Percussion

By Yara El Murr, Gus Fisher and Veerle Bos | March 10, 2020

‘I have evolved my own identity based on the different cultures I’ve been interacting with.’

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