Janaya Williams

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Harlem Arts School, Back from the Brink

Saturday, September 18, 2010

School is back in session at the Harlem School of the Arts. The afterschool program which has trained Harlem children for decades in visual arts, theater, dance, and music started its fall term on Thursday.

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Strapped NY Museums Allowed to Sell Artwork

Thursday, September 16, 2010

New York museums in dire financial straits will be allowed to sell artworks from their collections, but not to cover operating costs. The Board of Regents, which has authority over the state's non-profit museums, is loosening some restrictions on museum sales.

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LaBelle Takes the Stage in 'Fela'

Monday, September 13, 2010

On Tuesday night, singer Patti LaBelle takes the stage at the Eugene O'Neil Theater. But this time she won't be performing her own hit songs. LaBelle is taking over the role of Fela Kuti's mother, Funmilayo, in the Broadway hit, Fela!

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New York Library Branches to Open Fewer Hours

Friday, September 03, 2010

Tuesday will be the first day of reduced operating hours at some branches of the New York Public Library. The libraries are cutting hours to close budget gaps, and officials say that the reduced hours are a result of "difficult choices," and that many branches will be operating with very limited staffing.

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Cultural Groups Roll Out Campaign to Increase New York City Arts Funding

Friday, September 03, 2010

Cultural organizations launched a bold new initiative at the West Indian Day parade on Monday: the "One Percent for Culture Campaign." The goal of the initiative is to increase city funding for the arts to one percent of the budget by 2015. Right now, funding for the arts is less than one quarter of one percent of the municipal budget.

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Met Opera Brings HD Performances to 100 More US Venues

Thursday, September 02, 2010

Don Giovanni now comes with a bucket of popcorn. Four years after first taking opera productions to the movie theater, the Metropolitan Opera has announced that it is bringing its "Live in HD" broadcasts to 100 additional U.S. venues.

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Spike Lee Throws Michael Jackson A Birthday Pary in Brooklyn

Friday, August 27, 2010

Fans of the King of Pop are gearing up for the second annual party in Michael Jackson's honor this weekend. Hosted by filmmaker Spike Lee, "Brooklyn Loves Michael" is expected to draw tens of thousands of revelers to Prospect Park's Nethermead Meadow.

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A Swinging Garden Party on Governor's Island

Friday, August 27, 2010

The twenties come roaring back again this weekend on Governors Island. The fifth Jazz Age Garden Party revisits the era of bobbed-hair flappers, and dapper gentlemen, speakeasies, and hot jazz.

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Art Vendors Get Some Relief From New Rules

Friday, August 27, 2010

Restrictions have been temporarily lifted on art vendors in city parks. On Wednesday, a judge granted a restraining order preventing the Parks Department from enforcing five-week-old rules limiting the number of "expressive matter" vendors in parks.

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Legislation Regulating Art Deaccessioning Dies in Albany

Monday, August 16, 2010

Legislation intended to regulate the practice of deaccessioning has died in Albany, after it was opposed by major cultural institutions including the Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim.

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Community Gardeners Ask City for Permanent Protections

Friday, August 13, 2010

A 2002 agreement between the city and community gardeners expires next month. The Parks Department has proposed new rules, but garden advocacy groups don’t think they go far enough t...

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For Fans Of A Salsa Classic, 33-Year Wait Is Over

Friday, August 13, 2010

Fans of salsa music have been waiting a long time to hear a performance of pianist Larry Harlow's 1977 classic “La Raza Latina, a Salsa Suite," and now the song is being performed live in New York for the very first time. 

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Patti Labelle Joins Cast of 'Fela!'

Friday, August 13, 2010

Singer Patti LaBelle is joining the cast of the Broadway play Fela!

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Late-Night TV Writers Create NYC Bus Tour

Thursday, August 12, 2010

New York City's colorful characters make it “the show that never stops,” according to the television writers behind Manhattan's newest tour bus.

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NYC Holds its First International Film Festival

Thursday, August 12, 2010

“Bringing Back Glamour to New York.”  That’s the motto of the eight-day New York City International Film Festival, which kicks off tonight in Times Square.

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The Eighth Grade's Francis Ford Coppola

Tuesday, August 03, 2010

One hundred middle school students from across the city were chosen to screen a short film at the Middle School Film Festival this fall.  To prepare for the big red-carpet event, they wrote and directed their own films in the New York Film Academy’s 2-week-long summer camp.

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The Eighth Grade's Francis Ford Coppola

Tuesday, August 03, 2010

Twelve year old Alex Boukis has never seen Scarface, or The Godfather. But the film he wrote and directed, Tick Tock Paisan, is about loan sharks and ruthless gangsters.

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Community Garden Advocates Rally at City Hall

Monday, August 02, 2010

Advocates for New York City's community gardens delivered fresh produce to the steps of city hall Monday.  They delivered the fruits and vegetables in protest over the expiration of the Garden Settlement of 2002, which protected community gardens from real estate developers.  The temporary provisions expire next month.

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City Art Vendors Protest New Park Regulations

Monday, July 19, 2010

Over 100 New York City artists are expected to gather in Union Square on Monday to protest new regulations limiting the number of art vendors in Manhattan's parks.

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City Art Vendors Protest New Park Regulations

Monday, July 19, 2010

Over 100 New York City artists are expected to gather in Union Square on Monday to protest new regulations limiting the number of art vendors in Manhattan's parks.

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