by Yuni Chang “I feel most colored when I am thrown against a sharp white background.” – Zora Neale Hurston Outside the quaint suburban home of an all-American white couple, an expelled member of the KKK readies himself for an explosive entrance with noose and gun in hand. When his initial targets – the Black…
by Ashia Ajani At the introduction of a Jook Songs meeting in Swing Space, everyone checks in by passing around an object – sometimes a watermelon – saying their name, their pronouns, and an honest recollection of how they’ve been doing. One member confides, “it feels really good to be in this space.” Jook Songs…
by Haylee Kushi On Tuesday, March 1st at 6:30pm, a Native Hawaiian and Black actor named Moses Goods will perform his one-man-show, Duke, at the Calhoun Cabaret. Moses Goods worked as a cultural educator at the Bernice Pauahi Bishop museum and practices both Hawaiian hula and storytelling. He studies and performs a range of performance arts,…
by Eugene Lim Looking up at Zwe Mon’s The Gaze (2013), it’s hard not to be struck by the strange proportions of its subject: a heavy-lidded woman stretched vertically across the canvas, glowering. She’s off-center; the viewer searches for balance, travelling up an elongated torso and returning to her face. But her eyes are downcast….
by Matt Thekkethala Here’s what we know: Last year, every single person nominated for an Academy Award for a performance in a motion picture was white. This year, every single person nominated for an Academy Award for a performance in a motion picture is white. This phenomenon is systemic. There are more white actors, producers,…