Three days after my birthday, I stood in the midst of a searing art installation in the middle of Soho and shed some tears. And I was perfectly fine with it. Let me back up a bit to explain what work of art brought me to this point, by getting a little personal.I’m in the last year of my forties, an...

August 1st. The date that sends some into panic during summer, compelling them to drive themselves crazy with all the things they feel they haven’t done for the summer. I always felt like that was foolish because summer ends sometime in September officially. I wasn’t really thinking about that as I ...

It’s a fact that jazz is one of the most understated and overpowering art forms that the United States - and specifically, Black Americans - has ever produced. Music that is GUARANTEED to make you feel something, no matter your background or where you’re from. Anda that’s true wherever it takes hold...

If you mention Jamel Shabazz to New Yorkers who are with it,their tone turns to one of admiration and respect. Shabazz has been one of the best visual curators of a New York City that so many who are Black and Brown recall vividly, a time when the city was pulsating with the sounds of a new music an...

Yes, we are now in the month of March, where spring begins its wary walk into our lives with temperatures that make you have more energy along with the sunlight. It is a snap reminder to breathe with intention, after February and Black History Month. March is also Women’s History Month in the United...