Mamela Nyamza Opens 5th Queer New York International Arts Fest
Queer New York International Arts Festival Opens with Mamela Nyamza
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The Movement Revisited: 651 Arts and Universes set it off with The Black Panthers and Young Lords
With the Occupy Movement arising in the wake of the financial crisis, finally calling attention to income disparity and economic inequality, we’ve become familiar with the idea of the 99% vs. the 1%. Every day we see a new video on the Internet, a new
FLY: Five First Ladies of Dance
Last weekend took us to the Kumble Auditorium for 651 ARTS’ FLY: Five First Ladies of Dance, a remarkable evening of dance by “women of a certain age”. All the performances were wonderful and I was particularly moved to see these women moving with such
Culturally Specific Contemporary Art
Claudia LaRocco gets a great quote Georgianna Pickett in her Times article “Autumnal Choreographers in Full Bloom at 651 Arts“: “One of the tenets that 651 is built on,” Ms. Pickett said, “is that black artists are important contributors to contemporary culture. It’s not like
In This Place
Downtown darling Ain Gordon got a commission from LexArts in Kentucky to create a show about Lexington. His research led him to discover the fascinating story of Samuel and Daphney Oldham who, in 1830, were the first free African-Americans to build their own home in
Down In The Delta, in BKLYN
By the way, if you haven’t heard about this yet, you should definitely check out 651 Arts upcoming festival The Mississippi Delta Heritage Project which has tons of great events and performances going on in BKLYN from May 28 to June 7. (They actually had