How to Survive Layoffs, Lincoln Center's 'American Songbook' Series, Ariana DeBose in Concert, Legacies of the Great Migration

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Apr 5, 2023

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We've all seen the news reports: Spotify, Vox, Meta...layoffs are happening everywhere. If you've been laid off or if layoffs are looming at your company, we'll speak to career coach Rob Barnett about how to get back on your feet professionally, as well as get advice for how to manage your money in the meantime with Lynnette Khalfani Cox, aka The Money Coach.

Running through the month of April, Lincoln Center's "American Songbook: A Place You Belong" concert series celebrates four historic NYC music institutions of yesteryear: the Savoy Ballroom, Palladium Ballroom, Cafe Society, and Paradise Garage. Lincoln Center chief artistic officer Shanta Thake and George C. Wolfe, the writer and director who helped conceive the series, join us to preview.

Oscar-winning, BAFTA-winning, and Tony-nominated performer Ariana DeBose will perform the music of Dionne Warwick, Stephen Sondheim, ABBA, and more as part of her original solo concert, titled "Authenticity," debuting the Lincoln Center series, "American Songbook: A Place You Belong." DeBose joins us to preview the show and discuss her career.

A new exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum explores the effects of the Great Migration on the sociopolitical makeup of the United States. The show is called, A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration, and is on display through June 25. Kimberli Gant, curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, joins us to talk about the exhibition alongside Joshua Guild, associate professor of history and African American studies at Princeton Univer.

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