NYC’s New Museum Triennial and Pan African Artists Today
In the world of art museums, the biennial and triennial exhibitions generate a lot of buzz. These art survey shows bring together a variety of... Read More
Ellen Levitt
Happy Birthday Renaissance Man and Media Master Gordon Parks
🍾Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks, born November 30, 1912, was known as a photojournalist. However, he also wrote books on photography, memoirs and fiction. In... Read More
Birthday Greetings Unbought and Unbossed Shirley Chisholm!
🎂Shirley Anita (St. Hill) Chisholm, born November 30, 1924, in Brooklyn, New York contributed to our society as an educator, politician and activist. A woman... Read More
Happy Birthday Keep the Faith Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
🎂We commemorate the birthday of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., who was born November 29, 1908 in Connecticut, but moved when very young to Harlem with... Read More
Baby, Baby, It’s Berry Gordy’s Birthday
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🍾Berry Gordy, born November 28, 1929, is best known as the founder of Motown Records. A proud native son of Detroit, Berry (actually Berry III)... Read More
Happy Birthday Little Willie John You Gave Us Fever
🎂William Edward John (aka Little Willie John)(born November 15, 1937) in Cullendale, Arkansas, but moved to Detroit as a youngster, with his parents and nine... Read More
Ozier Muhammad’s Photographs at the Keith De Lellis Gallery
In late October, Ozier Muhammad began our conversation at the Keith de Lellis Gallery in midtown Manhattan by contemplating his college years. “One of my professors suggested... Read More
Birthday Greetings Star Trekkie Whoopi Goldberg
🍾Whoopi Goldberg, (aka Caryn Elaine Johnson), born November 13, 1955, in Manhattan — her growing up turf was in a housing project in the Chelsea section... Read More