Montclair Jazz Festival 2017
MONTCLAIR — The lawn at Nishuane Park came alive with the sounds of horns, saxophones and singing on August 12
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Art
Sixty pianos installed on the streets of NYC
New York’s streets are about to become a lot more musical. The arts nonprofit Sing For Hope is once again
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young African Immigrant
The novelist Yaa Gyasi and the artist Toyin Ojih Odutola — both born in Africa and raised in the same
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A Basquiat Sells for ‘Mind-Blowing’ $110.5 Million at Auction
Joining the rarefied $100 million-plus club in a salesroom punctuated by periodic gasps from the crowd, Jean-Michel Basquiat’s powerful 1982
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British Artist Who Has Autism Draws Entire Cities From Memory
This Autism Awareness Month, familiarize yourself with this gifted artist. Stephen Wiltshire isn’t your average artist ― he can draw
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In Our Cities: Photographer Tiffany Hobbs Finds Beauty in South Central LA
Courtesy of Ebony Magazine Ice Cube. Issa Rae. Crenshaw. Russell Westbrook. Boyz in the Hood. Each of these has one thing
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Must-see exhibits opening in New York City
This well-preserved mummy from Roman-era Egypt can soon be viewed at the “Mummies” exhibit at the American Museum of Natural
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James Baldwin, In His Own Searing, Revelatory Words: ‘I Am Not Your Negro’
James Baldwin is having a posthumous resurgence, but we are so in need of his words at this moment that
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Kerry James Marshall’s “Mastry” is Masterful
Photos and text By Ryan Anderson Sunday morning November 13, 2016, with the furor of the election of Donald Trump
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The best Martin Luther King Day events in NYC
Honor the civil-rights leader’s legacy with a slate of performances, talks and tours during these epic MLK Day events If
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