Dancers Gather to Celebrate Pandemic Art at Bessie Awards

[ad_1] The pandemic has brought much of the performing arts world in New York to a standstill, starting last year. But he couldn’t stop the dancers from pursuing their passions: at home, in parks, on rooftops and on street corners. Independent artists, choreographers and performers gather on Monday night for the annual Bessies, or New …

Finalists Announced for This Year’s National Book Awards

[ad_1] A food memoir examining a mother’s schizophrenia. An author’s book tour and a novel about growing up as a Black boy in the Southern countryside. Poem honoring immigrants who drowned while trying to cross the Rio Grande. These are some of the 25 finalists for the National Book Awards, which the National Book Foundation …

National Endowment for the Humanities Awards Covid Aid Grants

[ad_1] The New York Public Library, the USS Constitution Museum in Boston and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation in Charlottesville, Va. are among more than 300 new Covid relief grant beneficiaries announced Monday by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Grants totaling $87.8 million, supported by $135 million in funding allocated to the foundation under the …

Not awards or entitlements, Delta fear Americans

[ad_1] The Delta variant was the main reason why people decided to get vaccinated against Covid-19 this summer and why many said they would take supplements when they were available. The Kaiser Family Foundation’s latest monthly survey on vaccine attitudes, Released Tuesday morning. But the survey said nearly three-quarters of unvaccinated Americans look at boosters …

“Moulin Rouge!” and ‘Heritage’ Wins Top Awards at Tony Awards

[ad_1] It was the first Tony Awards in 27 months. It followed the longest Broadway closing in history. It came during a pandemic that has already killed 687,000 Americans, and the theater industry, like many other sectors of society, is grappling with intense demands for racial equality. The Sunday night Tony Awards ceremony was different …