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From the ferry, it looks like a sculpture. However, walk a bit further along the plank-lined path and a greater functionality comes into view. The eye-catching, waist-high structure encrusted in colorful mosaic tiles is actually a public water fountain, the first of its kind in Fire Island Pines. STAR Fountain is the brainchild of artist TM Davy, and it also serves as the centerpiece of Trailblazers Park, a new permanent public space which opened in the Fire Island Pines Harbor this past July. Depicted on STAR Fountain in vibrant shades of brown, gold and blue are Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia ...

Arts, entertainment, and fun in DC, Maryland, and Virginia July 28-31. Check out a video game exhibit, a number of festivals, and more things to do.

Arts, entertainment, and fun in DC, Maryland, and Virginia July 25-31. Dance to live music, watch the Citi Open, and more things to do this week.

Various state projects and freeways and parks. last, year a chicago suburb of evanston famously became one of the first cities to issue operations to his own black residents. they were not direct payments. they came in the form of housing grants of up to $25,000. to be awarded to 16 residents for home repairs or property costs. however, that was only phase one of a historic plan to distribute $10 million to evanston's black community. joining me now is robin route simmons. she spearheaded that project in evanston, and was a former alderman of the city's fifth ward. also with this is doctor rob...

As the fight for reparations for the descendants of enslaved African Americans stalls at the federal level, state and local officials are taking matters into their own hands. California’s Reparations Task Force released a 500-page report detailing the harms done to Black residents. The report made recommendations ranging from reforms in policing to housing grants for Black families that were forced from their homes to make way for various state projects like freeways and parks. Last year, the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois famously became one of the first cities to issue reparations t...