ARTS and CULTURE
NYC’s Native Groups Weigh in on the Columbus Controversy
Sharline Dominguez |
Most want the statue gone. But they see that as a beginning, not an end, of changes in how the city acknowledges and serves indigenous people.
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Crackdowns on Immigration, Arts Funding Threaten City’s Cultural Menu
Jarrett Murphy |
People who work to preserve traditional arts among the city’s immigrant communities find themselves in the crosshairs of two thrusts of President Trump’s policy: closing borders and cutting budgets.
ARTS and CULTURE
Youth Baseball Shrinking Dramatically Across the City, Threatening Leagues’ Survival
Christian Vasquez |
Leagues from the northwest Bronx to Brooklyn and Staten Island report fielding 50 to 70 percent fewer players this year as other sports, longer school days, rising fees and other factors squeeze the game.
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Video: Program Helps Artists Make Their Work a Tool for Social Change
Melissa Rose Cooper |
Artists are hoping to produce work relevant to the issues facing neighborhoods and connect with people leading the fight for change.
Art at the Limits
A Rezoning Poem: ‘Surviving in the Neighborhood’
Ijaaza EL-Nuwaubun |
‘It is a responsibility to look towards the betterment of all, living in the neighborhood.’
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Ben Carson Might Slash its Budget, but Some see Public Housing as a Work of Art
Jarrett Murphy |
NYCHA has undertaken a comprehensive effort to inventory the art it owns with the aim of making it more visible to residents and the city at large. The hope is to make the value of public housing clearer to all.
Art at the Limits
Gentrification and Homelessness: A One-Man Drama
Melissa Rose Cooper |
In a span of three weeks, Kilusan Bautista experienced the fear and rejection of being evicted, living on the street and being denied for new places to live. From that dark place, he created a one-man show exploring the human impact of gentrification and displacement. A video story by Melissa Cooper.
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Video: Music and Protest in the Trump Era
Jarrett Murphy |
A top hip-hop concert promoter, a veteran entertainment lawyer and a music journalist talk about the past and present of protest music, especially its hip-hop variety.
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Re-enter, Stage Right: Out of Prison and Into the Arts
Brooke L. Williams |
‘People tend to have a stereotyped notion of who’s incarcerated and I think when they see people presenting their lives or being creative, they have to reconsider.’
Art at the Limits
NYC’s Memorial Murals Honor Those Who’ve Gone, Then Go Themselves
Nicole Javorsky |
The walls of city buildings often become memorials to children claimed by disease, to adults taken by violence or to the victims of war or terrorist attacks. It’s a way for memories to live on, until the mural itself becomes a thing of the past.
