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Performance
In Anthology: Crown Heights, Staging the Weight of History
From riots to gentrification, a new production reflects on the evolution of the central Brooklyn neighborhood through oral history, dance, and music. Samuel Feldblum asks, when aggregating narratives, whose story is actually being told?
Finding New York in West Side Story
How did a musical that contains virtually nothing of New York come to represent the city?
Nowhere but the Bronx: A Trail Marks Cultural History
Casita Maria’s Elaine Delgado and Christine Licata describe the sites, markers, and programs of the South Bronx Culture Trail and pay homage to the area's exceptional cultural history.
Preoccupied with Place, Musician Gabriel Kahane Plays the City
Singer-songwriter and composer Gabriel Kahane describes the way architecture, literature, and historical research inform his compositions and why he's drawn to storytelling tied to place.
Mandala Roundabout: Walking Columbus Circle with Karen Finley
Performance artist Karen Finley actively reimagines Columbus Circle through the conceptual and geometric elements of the mandala.
Black Radical Weeksville
Jonathan Tarleton explores how the Weeksville Heritage Center is leveraging Crown Heights’ and Bed-Stuy’s storied pasts, local assets, and arts and culture to catalyze a community in the midst of shifting neighborhood dynamics.