Islam is in the air from Barack Obamas big speech, to a festival in New York this month of Muslim arts and ideas. Among those voices are five young women artists who have a show at the Museum of Contemporary African Diaspora Art in Brooklyn. In this video, artists Fariba Alam, Safaa Erruas, Nsenga Knight and Mahwish Chishty share a bit about their installations, which will all be on view through September 13th, 2009 at MoCADA.
Debra Messing, Blythe Danner, Tracie Thoms plus more celebs perform in staged readings to benefit WET.
The New York City’s Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting presented “Women in Entertainment Production,” a panel discussion at Hunter College that conferred on career opportunities for women in the entertainment industry. The panel was moderated by Associate Commissioner Julianne Cho, followed by a Q&A session, and the panelists were comprised of female executives in New York City’s entertainment industry.
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The women debate the fine points of being single versus having a boyfriend.
