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Queen Latifah goes back to Newark to build the homes her city needs
Long before the Oscar nomination, the Emmy and the Grammy, before “Ladies First” turned a teenager into a cultural force, Dana Owens, a.k.a. Queen Latifah, was a Newark kid learning the rhythm of her neighborhood’s corners and stoops. Decades later, she went back to those same blocks, this time carrying blueprints.
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At This New Jersey School, You Learn to Carve and Burn Designs Into Wood
Twelve years. That is how long one student has kept returning to a single New Jersey classroom to turn plain blocks of wood into art. The lessons start with something surprisingly humble. Before anyone carves a single curve, they learn how to sharpen their tools. Then come the gouges, the...
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International Indigenous Hip-Hop Festival: From the Bronx to Lima and Back
This Sunday, November 8, the International Indigenous Hip-Hop Festival returns to the Bronx, where hip-hop was born more than five decades ago. The gathering follows a year of expansion for the festival, which held its first edition in October 2025 and has since brought Indigenous artists and community together in the Bronx, Mexico City and Lima, Peru.