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...

You’ve heard the famed Billie Holiday song “Autumn In New York” (and if not, please rectify that immediately). It’s the one song I find that brings a promise of better things to come, to spark some joy for the fall season ahead. It’s what ran through my mind as I left the subway at 81st Street this ...

Maybe the one part of Blackness that others outside of it can’t comprehend is the world-building in the word-building we experience in our music. That process that reflects our culture. Something one eases into like fingers dipped in stylinggel or oil before going to weave someone’s hair into someth...

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 ...

The New York Knicks are back in the NBA Finals. Bear with me, I need to type that out again. The New York Knicks are back in the NBA Finals. It’s been 27 years since the Knicks have made it to the final playoff series of the season. 27 years is one whole generationof people that have never enjoyed t...