In another installment of our “Summer in the City” series, we go to the home of Yankee Stadium and the birthplace of hip hop: The Bronx! We speak to ET Rodriguez, freelance arts and culture writer for the Bronx Times, who gives us a rundown of the top things to do, see and eat in the borough. Plus, we take your calls.
There’s a community exhibition currently on view at the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL) in Jamaica, Queens, that is showcasing the work of over forty emerging local artists. Free Your Mind is on view through September 1, and curator and organizer Shenna Vaughn joins us in studio alongside two Queens-based artists who have work on view, Lisa D. Wade and Natali Barbee-Bravo.
Biz Markie, who died in 2021 from complications from diabetes, was the beatboxing, clever with a joke MC who influenced generations– either through his early days with the Juice Crew to his stint in the children’s show “Yo Gabba Gabba.” A new documentary explores his life story. We speak to director Sacha Jenkins and Biz’s wife, Tara Hall about “All Up In The Biz.”
The new Broadway dance-pop opera “Here Lies Love” explores the figure of Filipino First Lady Imelda Marcos and her place in relation to the corruption and human rights abuses of her husband Ferdinand Marcos’s presidency. We’re joined by Jose Llana, the actor who plays Ferdinand, as well as Annie-B Parson, who was responsible for choreographing the immersive show, which features a shifting stage and encourages audience members to move and dance as part of the production.
This episode is guest-hosted by Arun Venugopal.
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