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Last night, Harlem shined brightβΌοΈ We officially relit our iconic marquee marking the first major public milestone in the institutionβs relaunch of our famed theater restoring a symbol that has welcomed generations of artists and audiences to 125th Street.
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Last week, I spent several days at the @SchomburgCenter, going through photographs of James Baldwin as part of my work as a consultant for a forthcoming exhibition curated by the phenomenal Karen Van Godtsenhoven.
One of the highlights was this snapshot of Baldwin and Toni Morrison in Saint-Paul-de-Vence. Unlike the carefully staged portraits that helped construct Baldwin's public image, this photograph feels deeply personal. It wasn't made for publication. It looks like the kind of photograph that might have been processed at a local drugstore and tucked into a family album.
Here are two of the most important American writers of the twentieth century, not performing literary celebrity, but simply enjoying one another's company. There is something wonderfully ordinary about it.
As I think through Baldwin's self-fashioning, this photograph reminds me that public intellectuals are not made through ideas alone. Their lives are sustained by friendships, intellectual communities, chosen families, and private moments of joy. Sometimes a casual photo can reveal more than a professional headshot.
Happy 80th birthday New York Knicks πππππππππππππππππππππππππππ
On this day in 1946 Madison Square Garden was granted a pro basketball franchise