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Who hasn’t had moments of self-examination during the past year? “We had wonderful resources, and no way of sharing them,” says Cape Ann Museum’s director, Oliver Barker, recalling the time last spring when museums worldwide were forced to close. “Prior to the pandemic, we were analog,” he says. “We needed to find a way to use art, past and present, to engage people. We started by looking at what happened on Cape Ann in 1918.” Illustrating Barker’s point, one of the most striking images in “CAM (Re)Connects,” an exhibition on view now at the Pleasant Street campus, is a...

Share Ten Speed Press, an imprint of Random House, has announced the launch of a new publishing imprint with NAACP Image and James Beard award-winning author, educator, chef, and activist Bryant Terry. The new imprint, called 4 Color Books, will collaborate with the most forward-thinking and groundbreaking BIPOC chefs, writers, artists, activists, and innovators to craft visually stunning nonfiction books that inspire readers and give rise to a more healthy, just, and sustainable world for all. As Editor-in-Chief, Terry will acquire and edit two to three titles per year on a variety of lifest...

This is a roundup of current and upcoming virtual and in-person calendar events available in South Florida; includes entertainment, family, society and holiday activities.

Both Sides Now: In Conversation With Lorraine O’Grady Lorraine O’Grady outside of Manhattan’s Westbeth Artists’ Housing, where she lives and works.Credit...Tiffany L. Clark Sections Both Sides Now: In Conversation With Lorraine O’Grady On the eve of her first major retrospective, the artist talks about her past, her process and the benefit of criticism. Lorraine O’Grady outside of Manhattan’s Westbeth Artists’ Housing, where she lives and works.Credit...Tiffany L. Clark Published Feb. 22, 2021Updated March 1, 2021 rearranging them into lines of poetry, ...

From Black Wall Street To Bristol: The Past, Present and Future of Black Communities Around The World Refinery29 2/22/2021 Jessica Morgan Black folk have really gone through it this past year. Not only have we witnessed people who look like us being gunned down in their sleep, on the street or on their daily jog, but we’re also disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, the deadly virus that has swept the globe. Being Black in America, and the rest of the world, is pretty lit —but it is also overwhelming. For over 400 years, we’ve witnessed abuse, trauma, racial inequali...