South Street Seaport Museum’s monthly sea-music event Sea Chanteys and Maritime Music – the original NYC chantey sing, now made popular on TikTok – continues virtually on Sun., Feb. 6, at 2pm ET. From our living rooms and kitchens, join a round-robin of shared songs featuring members of The New York Packet and friends. Listen […]
The Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award winning musical “Jersey Boys” celebrates its 1000th performance at New York City’s New World Stages of Jan. 9, 2022. To mark the milestone, cast members from the New York, London and US Tour productions of “Jersey Boys” sent their congratulations. “Jersey Boys” stars Jonathan Cable as Nick Massi, Aaron […]
When Digital Underground co-founder and drummer Jimi “Chopmaster J” Dright learned that the City of Oakland would honor his former band and recently deceased front man and co-founder Greg “Shock G/Humpty Hump” Jacobs with a proclamation to recognize the group’s civic and artistic contribution, he was initially elated. However, upon learning he was not welcome […]
After generating millions of streams and views independently, Broward County rapper Picasso V brings his buzz to a boiling point with the new single “Distance”—available on all online streaming platforms via Global Vybz Entertainment. On the track produced by OTHELLOBEATS, melodic guitar wraps around propulsive 808s as Picasso V recalls the ups and downs of […]
Last year, Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit” became a cultural phenomenon, as evidenced by the show’s recent Emmy win. As audiences now long for a new chess-inspired story, debut author Gabriella Saab’s stunning novel, “The Last Checkmate” is here to fill that void. The novel is about a young Polish resistance worker, imprisoned in a concentration […]
Season five of Stories from the Stage, the award-winning World Channel original series hosted by Wes Hazard and Theresa Okokon, is back with timely stories from across the country and around the world that will make you laugh, cry and think. Second Chance — the first of five new episodes premiering Jan. 10, at 9:30 […]
In what might appear to be a major contradiction of sorts, civic activist Andre Taylor is reflecting on his notoriously iconic, urban culture hustler past and bringing back his alter pimp ego, “Gorgeous Dre,” with the release of his new music and video project, “Many Shades of Dre.” In what might appear to be a […]
Veteran R&B group New Edition headlines an iconic lineup with the legendary Charlie Wilson, along with special guest Jodeci, the bad boys of R&B. The Culture Tour kicks off a 30-city tour on February 16, 2022, in Columbus, Ga., with stops in Los Angeles, New York, and New Edition’s hometown of Boston. In 1983, New […]
Grammy Award-winner, songwriter, soul singer, and activist Damon Little current radio single “Stand Up” hits #1 on Billboard Gospel AirPlay chart this week. Powered by radio promotions firm By Any Means Necessary the emotionally charged song spends 44 weeks in the Top 30 making it the longest running radio single in 2021 on Billboards Gospel […]
Little Girl Blue (LGB), a musical inspired by Nina Simone’s life, written by and starring Laiona Michelle, will open Off-Broadway at the Shubert Organization’s New World Stages (Stage 5) on Feb. 28, 2022, it was announced by the show’s lead producer, Rashad V. Chambers (co-producer of American Son, Tony Award-winning Ain’t Too Proud – The […]
For filmmaker James Rutenbeck, “A Reckoning in Boston” started as an exploration of how engagement with the humanities can transform the lives of adults facing economic hardship and adverse circumstances. But after spending years among these students, Rutenbeck is forced to come to terms with a flawed film premise and his own complicity in racist […]
Emmy-winning actor Glynn Turman is coming off an incredible last year with buzz-worthy performances in Netflix’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and a Critics Choice nominated role in FX’s “Fargo” and up next, he stars opposite recent Tony Award winner Adrienne Warren in ABC’s Jay-Z and Will Smith-produced “Women of the Movement,” as Mose Wright, a […]
Featured recently on People.com about the suicide of her son and sudden death of the beloved father of her children, Emmy-winning “Young & The Restless” star Kristoff St. John, Mia St. John is a 5-time World Boxing Champion, mental health advocate named by CNN as a “Mental Health Warrior,” and now the author of a […]
To reach the widest possible audience, Theater for the New City (TNC) will offer the entire run of Ishmael Reed’s new play, “The Slave Who Loved Caviar,” for both live audiences and online viewing. Each performance will be performed and streamed live from TNC’s Johnson Theater. See schedule below. Theater for the New City […]
Viewers that tuned recently for the brand new season of the live millennial/Gen Z, mixed gender talk show “The Mix,” where no topic was off limits, and saw a ton of action from the hosts, as they discussed topics including host Romeo Miller revealing his former house worker stole a $400,000-plus watch, special guest host […]
Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson returns to MTC for the
Broadway debut of his brilliant solo play celebrating the strong,
big-hearted woman who raised him: Miss Rachel. In a 1950s boarding
house outside Buffalo, Nanny, as she was affectionately called, opened
her doors to anyone and everyone in need of kindness, hope, compassion
and care. Giving a tour-de-force performance accompanied by live music
written by acclaimed composer Bill Sims, Jr. and performed by Blues
Hall of Fame Guitarist Junior Mack, Santiago-Hudson embodies more than
20 vibrant characters, creating a richly textured reminiscence that’s
inspiring, uplifting and right at home on Broadway.
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Episode 124: Stopping The “Miseducation” With NY Edge CEO Rachael Gazdick The Trend With Justin A Williams With more than 20 years of experience in education advocacy, guest Rachael Gazdick has dedicated her career to building equity in education. As CEO of NYC’s largest school-based afterschool and summer program provider, Gazdick leads New York Edge’s mission to provide thousands of K-12 public school students with free, engaging programs that enhance their learning and help them to achieve their full potential. Gazdick and I discuss the rigors of trying to change the stigma surrounding urban education, how has NY been the perfect community for their programs and why believing in the kids and staff is always the first place we start any dialogue! Come and listen!
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