"Between Riverside and Crazy" is a Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by New York playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis ("The Get Down"). It's the story of a retired policeman contemplating life and death as he faces eviction from one of the last rent-controlled apartments on Riverside Drive in the Upper West Side. It premiered at the Atlantic Theater Company in 2014 and won the 2015 … [Read more...] about Between Riverside and Crazy Goes to Broadway
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Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival 2022 is Back in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
The 30th Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival 2022 is on Meadow Lake in Flushing Meadow Corona Park, Queens on Saturday-Sunday, July 30-31, 2022. Free. This is a Chinese heritage festival, but the Chinese Diaspora is everywhere in the world, so this is really a multicultural festival. Latins can be Chinese descent too and the culture is familiar to many East and Southeast Asians. … [Read more...] about Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival 2022 is Back in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
African Diaspora International Film Festival Sees Contemporary Africa Through African Eyes
The African Diaspora International Film Festival 2021 is virtual at nyadiff.org over Memorial Day Weekend, from Friday, May 28 to Monday, May 31, 2021. $7 (pay what you can). An All Access Pass is $65 Films can be screened in the U.S. and U.S. colonies. This is a really interesting film festival because it screens films from countries we don't hear about much in New York … [Read more...] about African Diaspora International Film Festival Sees Contemporary Africa Through African Eyes
World Music Institute, Flushing Town Hall & the NY Gypsy Festival Join the Global Music Month World Music Festival
For Global Music Month, fifteen world music presenters join forces in a virtual music festival on globalmusicmonth.org from August 29 through October 1, 2020. Countries & Bands These are culture groups, not necessarily the location of the band. For example, Banda de los Muertos is a Mexican banda band from Brooklyn. Oy Vey! Africa Angola Vivalda … [Read more...] about World Music Institute, Flushing Town Hall & the NY Gypsy Festival Join the Global Music Month World Music Festival