Durban, South Africa — “In the early days we were painting on two-by-one Masonite boards,” said Iain Robertson, a Durban-based graffiti artist who goes by the name Ewok. “That’s how we would do exhibitions as graffiti artists … we’d built our own walls. And this…
Pedro Rodriguez and Paul Socolar remembered a march they attended almost 50 years ago: the March for a Bicentennial Without Colonies in 1976. They created the July 4th Sin Colonias Coalition to commemorate the march with others who saw its significance and began hosting events in the Greater Philadelphia area.
Minneapolis, MN — Inside Wax World, Rosa Garcia’s South Minneapolis record store, the DJ known as Madre Rosa reflects on DJ-U, a program built from turntables, community, and care. After losing its funding, the free program that trained more than 100 non-binary artists of color…
Surviving wars in Sudan and Gaza, Palestinian-Sudanese poet Ahmed Sarsour shares the inspiration behind his poetry.
Minneapolis, MN — Making music and caring for community has always been a symbiotic relationship for Rafael Gonzalez, aka Tufawon (two for one), a Minneapolis-based rapper, singer and producer. He says that he’s had a knack for turning lived experiences into sound, and his latest…
The fight for nightlife goes on as Boycott Room, a group of DJs, organizers and activists that have been calling for a coordinated boycott of the event series and video platform Boiler Room took another stand with protests and a counter-rave on July 10 and…
