Ossie Davis

Apichatpong Weerasethakul Recalls Past Lives; Car 54 Answers the Call

Elaine May! Stacy Keach! Otto Preminger! It's the 1971 Obies!

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. May 27, 1971, Vol. XVI, No. 21 27 Receive 'Obies' for '70-'71 By Clark Whelton The 16th annual Village Voice Off-Broadway theatre awards were presented last Monday night. A crowd of 700 gathered in the Village Gate to cheer the 27 winn ... More >>

What It Was Like in NY when MLK Died

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. April 11, 1968, Vol. XIII, No. 26 A Happy Wake Ends in Tears by Michael C. D. Macdonald I was in Madison Square Garden at the Stanley Cup Playoffs when I first heard the news. With the Rangers comfortably ahead, 2-0, I turned on my tra ... More >>

'The Groundbreaking Bill Gunn' at BAM

He should have been a star

Clip Job: Burying Malcolm X

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesMarch 4, 1965, Vol. X, No. 20Burying Malcolm XBy Marlene NadleIt was a strange funeral on Saturday. At Faith Temple, Church of God in Christ, the altar was decorated with policemen. In a bronze coffin El-Hajj Malik Shabazz, wrapped in the whit ... More >>

Clip Job: Jack Newfield's Mugging!

Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJuly 9, 1964, Vol. IX, No. 38The Town Hall 'Mugging'By Nat HentoffI had been anxious to find out what had happened at Town Hall on June 15 when "The Black Revolution and the White Backlash" was discussed by Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Lorraine Hansber ... More >>

Clip Job: Jack Newfield's 'Mugging the White Liberal'

Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJune 25, 1964, Vol. IX, No. 36Mugging the White LiberalBy Jack NewfieldImagine three goldfish dropped into a fish tank filled with sharks. Or imagine Billy Budd mugged by the Emperor Jones.Then you might have some idea of the malevolent and paran ... More >>

YouTube Treasure: Dionne Warwick on a Plantation

Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJune 25, 1964, Vol. IX, No. 36Mugging the White LiberalBy Jack NewfieldImagine three goldfish dropped into a fish tank filled with sharks. Or imagine Billy Budd mugged by the Emperor Jones.Then you might have some idea of the malevolent and paran ... More >>

Africa Speaks

N.Y. film fest challenges Western view of war-torn continent

No Gorillaz at Gorillaz Show

N.Y. film fest challenges Western view of war-torn continent

The MVP of Black Cinema

At 73, the original baadasssss shows no signs of slowing down

Sapphic Lights

Straddling the zeitgeist: Sex and the City meets Queer Eye with lipstick lesbian style

Film

Straddling the zeitgeist: Sex and the City meets Queer Eye with lipstick lesbian style

Listings

Straddling the zeitgeist: Sex and the City meets Queer Eye with lipstick lesbian style

Peace Activists Planning to Disrupt Manhattan

Straddling the zeitgeist: Sex and the City meets Queer Eye with lipstick lesbian style

Defiance And The Boogie-Woogie

The State of Black Theater in New York

Theater

The State of Black Theater in New York

Harlem Renaissance

The State of Black Theater in New York

Harlem Renaissance

The State of Black Theater in New York

Crime Wave

Michael Bloomberg’s Last-Minute Mailing

Chinatown in Limbo

Will Asian Americans Ever Elect a Councilmember of Their Own?

Call and Response

Targeting Silent Rappers: A Street Fight for Justice or Hip Hop McCarthyism?