HEY, NEIGHBOR
“The play isn’t saying ‘You’re good,’ ‘You’re bad’— it’s shedding light on what gentrification does to a place,” playwright Arinzé Kene says. “I don’t want anyone to feel judged.”
BEAT IN TIME
The 1972 movie “The Harder They Come,” which follows the journey of Ivan, who hopes to become a music star and soon finds himself on the run from police, is now a piece of theater.
SELF-REFLECTION
Jeremy O. Harris’ “Slave Play” shines a light on hard truths that both black and white America would rather ignore around privilege, race, and the necessity of communal healing.
ROOM KEY
The newly renovated hotel is the quintessential blend of Martha’s Vineyard charm, warmth and relaxation.
Popping
Naeem Khan, Aliétte, Dennis Basso, Badgley Mischka, and Libertine are very different designers—but at New York Fashion Week, they were linked by vivid colors and design flourishes.
ECHOES
The brilliant play “Fairview” is a reminder of the importance and fragility of black safe spaces, and the opportunities for our moral growth—if white America is willing to listen.
GAME PLAYING
Risa Puno’s “The Privilege of Escape” tries to turn a well-known game into an examination of structural inequality. But it doesn’t spend much time addressing its central theme.
opinion
Nah. We’re Good.
Music created by black musicians has long been a barometer for shaping American culture without proper recognition.
SAFE SPACE
Part play, part group therapy, ‘What to Send Up When It Goes Down’ confronts narratives of anti-blackness in America.
TREASURE HUNTING
Paulo Coelho’s dreamlike classic has guided me like its levanter winds.