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Updated 4 hours ago What to Know For 12 hours a day a section of Driggs Avenue at Russell Street is supposed to be closed to through traffic as part of the city's Open Streets program --  but the barricades have disappeared. A video from a neighbor captured a man in a truck with an Amazon logo taking the barricades and driving off. The barricades stolen were part of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Open Streets program -- an initiative developed at the height of the pandemic to create more open space adjacent to parks which were being flooded with people eager to get out of their apartments.

What was it about Bessie Smith that made such an impression on you? I think she’s simply the best. I think all the blues singers at the time – Clara Smith, Ma Rainey, Ethel Waters – would have acknowledged that she was the queen of the blues; her tempo, her timing, her understanding of the blues. She wrote a lot of her own blues. Ma Rainey taught her a lot of the ropes, but Bessie was technically, and in every which way, better than any of her contemporaries. And I think Bessie’s life captures us. Alas, we all do love a tragic death. We all like to think, ‘What would have happ...

'Ma Rainey's' Screenwriter Ruben Santiago-Hudson: 'Black Women Were Revolutionary' Ruben Santiago-Hudson, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail But in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” we tell the story of this singular icon, Ma Rainey. More from Variety She was a giant in her field and her time. What a lot of people don’t understand about the 1920s is that there were at least 100 blues women recording records — from Paramount to Columbia and with the smaller record labels. Great women like Ida Cox, Clara Smith and Victoria Spivey were recording. In their own right, they were giants. In the �...

Houston County schools honor employees for 30-plus years of service Listen to the content of this post: PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Houston County Board of Education honored employees who have served 30, 35, or 40 years in its school district.  This is according to a news release from the board of education. The district celebrated these individuals during a recognition ceremony Tuesday. The honorees listed have dedicated years of service to the children of Houston County.  40 Years of Service 35 Years of Service Barbara Studstill, School Nutrition Program 30 Years of Service John C...