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Richard Hoffman: Autumn Leaves | An Improvisation after Ahmad Jamal

I know you know
as you have always known

October 22, 2023 · 7 Comments

Michael Simms: Rhythm Benders | The Musicality of American Poetry

A poem is rooted in the rhythms of pulse, breath and movement.

October 6, 2023 · 10 Comments

Video: Soft Animals by Renee Zhan

In this wildly imaginative surrealistic narrative, two ex-lovers cross paths at a train station.

September 9, 2023 · 4 Comments

Abby Zimet: Ida Wells’ Crusade To Arouse the Conscience of America

Anti-lynching agitator, muckraking journalist, fierce suffragist and orator Ida B. Wells, used the media to fight against lynching, “that last relic of barbarism and slavery,” as “color-line murder” based on “the old threadbare lie that Negro men assault white women.”

July 20, 2023 · 8 Comments

Video: I’ll Fly Away | Clara Rose and Family

I’ll fly away, oh, Glory
I’ll fly away
When I die, Hallelujah, by and by
I’ll fly away

July 16, 2023 · 3 Comments

Video: Chinyanta Kabaso | The Dazzling Diversity of African Dance

The dazzling diversity of African dance — in 14 moves

May 20, 2023 · 6 Comments

Video: David’s Voice

Through a series of intimate performances and conversations with David, his mother and others close to him, there emerges a portrait of an artist searching for his place in life.

March 18, 2023 · 4 Comments

Audio: Grateful Dead Live at Barton Hall, Cornell University, 1977-05-08

Generally considered one of The Grateful Dead’s best performances…

March 18, 2023 · 5 Comments

David Kirby: My Girlfriend Killed James Brown

“Yeah, I got bumped up to first class, and when I saw who
my seatmate was, I went back to economy and told my girlfriend,
and even though she had the flu, we switch places, and three
weeks later, James Brown is dead.”

March 16, 2023 · 8 Comments

Video: Vegan Poem

At the current turning point in our relationship with the earth, Federico García Lorca’s vision of the injustice in our mistreatment of animals is even more poignant.

February 25, 2023 · 5 Comments

Video/Audio: ‘Imbolc/Vision’ a film poem by Grace Wells

Imbolc marks the beginning of spring, and for Christians it is the feast day of Saint Brigid, Ireland’s matron saint.

February 1, 2023 · Leave a comment

Video: Unheard

Amidst the depths of despair, a grieving mother finds her voice to challenge the forces of injustice and inspire hope.

January 28, 2023 · Leave a comment

Raphael Falco: How Bob Dylan used the ancient practice of ‘imitatio’ to craft some of the most original songs of his time

Bob Dylan is both a modern voice entirely unique and, at the same time, the product of ancient, time-honored ways of practicing and thinking about creativity.

January 27, 2023 · 5 Comments

Video: Wooden Wheel | A Filmmaker’s Tender Tribute to Her Seafaring Father

Grounded by a sailing injury, Arthur still finds solace in the Irish Sea.

January 17, 2023 · 3 Comments

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