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the runway is like a hopper that feeds the fashion industry’s image-making machine. what is shown on the runway and who wears it goes on to influence the faces we will see in editorials and ads all over the world. … Continue reading →

On 2006, Sean P. Means, movie critic for The Salt Lake Tribune, began compiling on his blog a list of colleagues that have lost their jobs in print outlets all over the country. By the time of his last entry, … Continue reading →

Racism is something that you don’t talk about in Cuba, except in hushed tones. So when a group of artists decided to take it on in a show called Queloides (Keloids) one can imagine the reaction they would get. Queloides … Continue reading →

I heard a soft roar as I stepped onto the three story escalator. By the time my feet hit the crescent of the escalator, the soft roar had turned into an all out ear piercing noise of chatter and clanging … Continue reading →

After nearly a decade, Son Cubano, the Cuban hot spot in the Meat Packing District has relocated. The cobble stone area was left dry of ropa vieja and ceviche for a few months, but a new Cuban 24 hour restaurant … Continue reading →

If you were a iconic rock musician between the 60s and the 80s, chances are you were photographed at some point of your career by Lynn Goldsmith. From The Beatles, to The Rolling Stones, to Bob Dylan, to Bruce Springsteen, … Continue reading →

New York City’s Apollo Theater made the news in recent years mainly for holding such events as Michael Jackson’s and James Brown’s memorial services, or Obama’s fundraiser in 2007. There’s was a time though when The Apollo was a symbol … Continue reading →

Danny Stiles had 63-years on the radio and a quarter of a million records in his collection.  The 87-year-old radio deejay passed away from complications of heart problems on March 11, 2011. The “Vicar of Vintage Vinyl” left behind a … Continue reading →

Crowds headed to Washington D.C last weekend for the anniversary of one of the most controversial issues in art in the United States. They were going to a conference at the Corcoran Museum to examine the state of censorship of … Continue reading →