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“If the city is to remain a global leader in arts and culture, it must rethink its approach to helping cultural organizations and creative businesses thrive.”

ByAnne del Castillo

ByB.J. Jones 0Comments

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Nov 2022

ARTS and CULTURE Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

Community Choirs, Discount Studio Space: How Should NYC Reboot the Arts Sector?

City Limits is looking to speak to artists and arts groups across the five boroughs to get a better sense of the challenges they’re facing, and how government policies can…

ByMariam Hydara

ByJeanmarie Evelly 2Comments

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Apr 2022

ARTS and CULTURE Economy Government Podcasts

City Watch: Council Arts Chair Urges NYC to Boost Budget in ‘Cultural Capital of the World’

Brooklyn Councilmember Chi Ossé wants to commit 1 percent of New York City’s budget to the arts sector, which shed more than 208,000 jobs during the early months of the…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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May 2021

Education Government News

Immigrant Parents Press DOE for Culturally Responsive Curriculum in Schools

Last week, a group of organizations demanding a more culturally diverse curriculum in New York City public schools took to the Department of Education’s (DOE) Lower Manhattan headquarters seeking to…

ByFernando Martínez for El Diario 1Comment

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Feb 2021

ARTS and CULTURE Opinion

Opinion: Supporting NYC’s Immigrant Arts Ecosystem Through Crisis and Beyond

‘Yet while immigrants now account for nearly one-third of all artists in the city and play an essential role anchoring New York’s position as a global leader in contemporary culture,…

ByEli Dvorkin

ByLaird Gallagher 0Comments

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Nov 2020

ARTS and CULTURE Video

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

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.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Nov 2019

Video

Voices of NY Video: A Cambodian Temple in Bedford Park

Every year at the end of October, the Cambodian community of New York city gathers in their Bronx temple to pay their respects, in keeping with their Buddhist faith.

ByJuliette Essink

ByNeeltje Walgien 0Comments

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Jan 2019

ARTS and CULTURE

Group Uses Dance to Tackle Serious Subjects For Kids

‘What makes a healthy dance is often the same thing that makes a healthy relationship. Communication, patience, equity — without those a dance falls apart.’

ByKara Jillian Brown 0Comments

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Oct 2017

ARTS and CULTURE

NYC’s Cultural Plan Spurs Disabled Artists in Fight for Roles and Respect

Artists with disabilities say efforts at inclusion in the process behind and language of the de Blasio administration’s CreateNYC plan were welcome. Now they want to see efforts to make…

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

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Mar 2017

Housing and Homelessness