Alicia Graf has “been discovered not once but twice, is a dynamic young star capable of driving normally sober New York dance critics into paroxysms of delight. The first discovery came when she performed as a teenager with Dance Theater of Harlem in the late 1990’s. Now she is at it again in her first year with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater…”
Tag: 12.22.05
The “Angriest Black Man In America”?
Aaron MacGruder’s Boondocks comic strip runs in 300 American newspapers. “Taking on the prevailing American mainstream, as well as the establishments of both the liberal left and black America, has made his strip popular, but it must make him lonely. With so few black and leftwing voices out there, how does he balance the demands of the under-represented constituencies of which he considers himself a part, and the demands of his cartoon?”