Culture
“Porgy and Bess”: Gershwin – You is my man now!
May 5, 2014Inspired by a newspaper clipping about a true-life crime, this perennial classic takes place in Charleston's fictionalized Catfish Row .
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Noir genre fiction from L.A.
May 5, 2014Think "Stonewall," and you conjure up images of gay and trans bar patrons in Greenwich Village who finally had seen enough of police brutality and, and fought back in June 1969.
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“Roberta’s Fire”: Homophobia, hate, redemption in a Texas town
May 5, 2014I had some mind-traveling to do in reading "Roberta's Fire," by Texas songwriter-singer-journalist Kelly Sinclair.
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A triumphant must-see show about Paul Robeson
May 2, 2014Daniel Beaty doesn't miss a beat in his one-man tribute to African American Paul Robeson, the son of a runaway slave who went on to become an actor, activist and Renaissance Man.
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Workers Unite Film Festival opens May 9 in NYC
May 1, 2014New York City is the home of many film festivals. Most don't highlight the lives of working people, although some have working people as characters.
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