By Jim Bessman

New York, New York

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APAP|NYC+ 2021 Conference goes virtual in looking past pandemic

Normally there would be thousands of international attendees gathered at New York’s Hilton Hotel Midtown for the annual Association of...

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'Mr. SOUL!' documentary recounts timely story of historic PBS Black arts/culture series

As the poster says, before Oprah and Arsenio, there was Ellis Haizlip. Haizlip, who died in 1991 at 61, is the “Mr. SOUL!” of the new...

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Dame Diana Rigg--An appreciation

ITV News tribute to Diana Rigg Men of a certain age on both sides of the Atlantic paused yesterday when word spread that Dame Diana Rigg...

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'Alaska's fiddling poet' Ken Waldman readies fifth and sixth volumes of his acclaimed &#

Ken Waldman performs his "Trump Sonnets" prior to his 2019 appearances at the PortFringe festival in Portland, Maine. The coronavirus...