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Salon: Like an ableist? Madonna remark lifts accessibility issue
Salon: Like an ableist? Madonna remark lifts accessibility issue
Comments from Celebration Tour stage reawaken debate over cultural tolerance of casual ableism in everyday life
Michael Eric Ross
Mar 14
NY Times: The Met comes back to Harlem
NY Times: The Met comes back to Harlem
The museum catches up to the vital lessons of the social and cultural ‘atmospheric condition’ of the Harlem Renaissance
Michael Eric Ross
Mar 8
People: Fashion icon Iris Apfel dies at 102
People: Fashion icon Iris Apfel dies at 102
Exuberant legend of personal style used color, texture and patterns “to bring some fun to life”
Michael Eric Ross
Mar 6
ARTnews: Laurie Anderson exits Visiting Professor post after pro-Palestine letter resurfaces
ARTnews: Laurie Anderson exits Visiting Professor post after pro-Palestine letter resurfaces
Position at a German university is withdrawn amid scrutiny of her views in a 2021 open letter on Palestine
Michael Eric Ross
Jan 30
El País: The year of movie conductors: From fascination to exaggeration
El País: The year of movie conductors: From fascination to exaggeration
‘Tár,’ ‘Maestro’ and a soon-to-be-released John Malkovich film confirmed cinema’s new interest in podium and baton in 2023
Michael Eric Ross
Dec 30, 2023
JRB: An excerpt from ‘Innards,’ a collection of linked Soweto stories
JRB: An excerpt from ‘Innards,’ a collection of linked Soweto stories
Magogodi oaMphela Makhene uses Soweto as a backdrop for a series of connected tales exploring lives of those who survived the savagery of…
Michael Eric Ross
Dec 30, 2023
Bloomberg: A bid to change the face of design in America
Bloomberg: A bid to change the face of design in America
The new president of the American Institute of Architects, Kimberly Dowdell, says that when it comes to improving cities, “architects can…
Michael Eric Ross
Dec 30, 2023
NYT: Rudolph Isley, singer-songwriter in a band of brothers, dies at 80
NYT: Rudolph Isley, singer-songwriter in a band of brothers, dies at 80
Vocalist in the celebrated Isley Brothers group co-wrote several of the group’s biggest (gold- and platinum-selling) hits
Michael Eric Ross
Oct 15, 2023
The Guardian: Lucius Blake, UK actor long overlooked, gets a fresh appraisal
The Guardian: Lucius Blake, UK actor long overlooked, gets a fresh appraisal
Overcoming erasure: Jamaican-born star was one of several diverse actors blotted out of British film history
Michael Eric Ross
Oct 15, 2023
CNN: Barbie Fashionista line grows
CNN: Barbie Fashionista line grows
Mattel introduces the first of the iconic toy line representing persons with Down syndrome
Michael Eric Ross
Apr 29, 2023
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