A Portrait of New York
Voices of New York Video: A Hairbraider’s Journey
Noëlle Lilley, Anna Livia De Kort and Julia Vriend |
‘In Harlem, hair isn’t just a style; it’s a way of life.’
A Portrait of New York
Voices of New York Video: Sundari, the Indian Goddess
Kirk Cohall, Terrence Fraser and Ingmar Kuitert |
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.
Voices of New York
Seeking a New Rhythm: NYers Tap into Arabic Percussion
Yara El Murr, Gus Fisher and Veerle Bos |
‘I have evolved my own identity based on the different cultures I’ve been interacting with.’
wildlife
The Squirrel Next Door: A Wildlife Sanctuary in Clinton Hill
Adelaida Espinoza and Mary Conlon |
The New York State Department of Conservation grants licenses to those wishing to aid injured or abandoned wildlife.
ARTS and CULTURE
The Children of Mother Earth: Carnaval in ‘Ecuayork’
Ariel Goodman, Dion Balfoort and Sammie Leermakers |
Far from the mountains of the Ecuadorian Andes, families from the region gathered recently to celebrate Carnaval at Sisa Pakari, an Ecuadorian cultural center in the heart of Queens, which is commonly referred to as “Ecuayork” for the fact that Ecuadorian immigrants comprise the largest Latino group in the borough.
