Painting on a white face and slipping on a wig, BJJ (Matthew Hancock) transforms himself from a present-day Black playwright to a plantation owner from 1859. G...
Even if you don’t know the word "stan," you know what a stan is. You know about the people who go wild for their favorite artists on social media and are alway...
Cherríe Moraga’s "Native Country of the Heart" is a mother-daughter story and the story of a time and a place. Most trenchantly, though, it’s a rumination on memory....
Sixteen years ago, Ko-Hsin Fan found herself sobbing over her restaurant’s giant wok. It was Thanksgiving Day. The chef had walked out in a fit of anger after a dispute with the sous chef.
She had to step in and take over the kitchen. “I had no idea what I was cooking,” she says, “my tears just drop and drop from my eyes, mixing with my sweat. I was counting every second of that day.”
The restaurant was fully booked for Thanksgiving, which had a set menu, but as of 9 A.M. on the morning of, Fan did not even know how to start a restaurant stove. Servers hid in the kitchen, afraid to tell customers what was happening behind the dining room. Her sous-chef couldn’t help, as he was busy with slicing Peking duck. Angry customers ran into the back and demanded their food or a manager to explain the situation. Fan was hopeless. “At one point, I told my servers it’s okay not to take the money for that night because I failed them.”...
Giuseppe Verdi was an Italian opera composer born in the 19th century. Kendrick Lamar is a Pulitzer-prize-winning rap artist from Compton. At first glance, these two artists have nothing in common. However, when their music is closely examined, we can find a number of similarities between these two musical geniuses. This audio piece explores the commonalities between Verdi's Rigoletto and Kendrick's DAMN....
Good hair. I mean what is that exactly? And where did it come from? It’s complicated. The simplest way to explain the politics of good hair to those who are not African-American is through the field vs. the house concept. ...
