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The Baltimore August Wilson Celebration honors the epic lives of working-class Black folks
In September 2024, I sat at Mera Kitchen across from two friends, both musicians, visiting from Philadelphia. As…
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Ramadan in New York: Taraweeh Prayers in Times Square
As the sun began to set on a dark and drizzly February evening in Manhattan, hundreds of Muslims from across New York City gathered under the bright lights of Times Square for iftar and taraweeh prayers. The Taraweeh in Times Square event, organized by Way of Life SQ together with Droplets of Mercy, is an…
Bria Edwards’ figurative paintings answer the question ‘There are Black people riding horses in this area?’
For decades, Prince George’s County has been recognized as a hub of Black affluence, representing one of the oldest and largest culminations of Black wealth in the state of Maryland and in the country. Still, depictions of American leisure activities like horse riding often refute Black experience within those histories. The history of African Americans…
The Eleventh Hour
Estimated reading time: 6 minutes A quintet of stories I was excited to receive in the mail Salman Rushdie’s latest book, The Eleventh Hour, a quintet of stories (Random House, 2025). In Late, my favorite story in the collection, a retired Cambridge academic of South Asian descent wakes up one day and discovers he is…
Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival dealing with fundraising issues
The Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival may not continue after this year if it doesn’t mean an important fundraising goal by March. According to National Today, organizers of the festival say they must raise $150,000 by next month to continue operating. The deadline comes after the festival lost major sources of funding related to diversity,…
JANAC: Ancestral Messages From the Future
Visionary iconography mapping a journey across continents This week we welcome Coulibaly Adama Nanguin Abib Junior, known as JANAC, a self-taught Ivorian American artist from Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire, now based in New York City. JANAC’s visionary practice explores themes of ancestry, identity and culture through a visual language that bridges West African spiritual symbolism, contemporary…
‘Black Renaissance’ Exhibit on View at San Bernardino County Museum
The San Bernardino County Museum is hosting the “Black Renaissance” exhibit until March 1, featuring the work of 12 Southern Californian artists and a book signing event with six Black authors on February 21, in collaboration with the Southern California Black Chamber of Commerce. The post ‘Black Renaissance’ Exhibit on View at San Bernardino County…
Trunks tell Filipino immigrant stories on national stage
By Yunfei Liu WASHINGTON — A new exhibition at the National Museum of American History is bringing the life of early Filipino immigrants into the national spotlight through a collection of vintage trunks discovered in a California basement. “How Can You Forget Me: Filipino American Stories,” which opened earlier this year, moves beyond the traditional…
Art, Migration, and Belonging: Interview with Sandra Bacchi
Every new year invites us to reflect on new beginnings and learning. For this edition, I wanted to share an intimate conversation with an artist whose journey reflects transformation, identity,…
Bianca Vivion: Keeping the faith
Intersections of the sacred and the secular This week we welcome Bianca Vivion, an African American artist whose oil paintings explore stillness, devotion and interior life. Beginning her career as an essayist and cultural commentator, Vivion later became a television host on PBS, interviewing artists and public thinkers, before turning to painting as a meditative…
Tom Miller’s work is Black history, queer history, art history, and Baltimore history
I don’t remember the first time I encountered Tom Miller’s work. His early 1990s murals on North Avenue and Harford Road have always been a few miles away from where I lived. In my optimistic recollection, I imagine they are among the first art pieces I saw, perhaps just after I was born, as I…
San Francisco supervisors vote unanimously to preserve MCCLA building as Latino arts hub
San Francisco supervisors voted unanimously to preserve the Mission District’s historic Latino arts center at 2868 Mission Street, affirming the building’s future as a cultural hub amid MCCLA’s bankruptcy and a planned seismic retrofit. The post S.F. Supervisors vote unanimously to preserve MCCLA building as Latino arts hub appeared first on El Tecolote.
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