Thank you D. Silverman for the lovely profile piece in the August 2024 Village View! villageview.nyc/2024/08/04/i...
Around 25 years ago a newly-licensed tour guide, Eric K. Washington, led groups around Seneca Village for the New-York Historical Society. For those not familiar with it: Seneca Village exists toda…
Honored to share upcoming @nypl panel with Susannah Cahalan, "Tracing Lives: Biography Research at the Library." Free. Wed., May 15, 5:30-7:30pm. Limited seating. Register here: www.showclix.com/event/nypl-g...
The Vartan Gregorian Center for Research in the Humanities invites you to an evening at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building dedicated to biography research and the Research Library's vast collectio...
R.I.P. Faith Ringgold (October 8, 1930 – April 13, 2024) www.nytimes.com/2024/04/13/a...
A champion of Black artists, she explored themes of race, gender, class, family and community through a vast array of media and later the written word.
Happy Birthday, Leontyne Price! (February 10, 1927) 🥂 youtu.be/p33DFVVPvoU?...
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R.I.P. Chita Rivera (January 23, 1933 – January 30, 2024) www.nytimes.com/2024/01/30/t...
Appearing in scores of stage productions, she dazzled audiences for nearly six decades, most memorably starring as Anita in “West Side Story” and Velma Kelly in “Chicago.”
@biographersintl is now taking applications for its 4th annual Frances "Frank" Rollin Fellowship, awarding $5,000 to two writers working on an exceptional biography-in-progress about an African American subject. Entry deadline: Feb 1, 2024. Apply here: biographersinternational.org/award/the-fr...
$5000 for an Exceptional Biography-in-progress About an African American Subject