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Katherine Dunham: Revelation (2024), a newly created work by Mickalene Thomas, is an homage to Katherine Dunham, a choreographer who held a doctorate in anthropology, known to Alvin Ailey and many others as the matriarch of Black dance.
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American artist Karon Davis (b. 1977) brings to life historical and allegorical figures in her signature white, wrapped plaster sculptures. Immersed in her parents’ worlds of theater and ballet as a child, Davis’ installations merge memory and scenes from the stage with historical events, mythology, and ongoing socio-political concerns. For her High Line, commission Davis created Curtain Call a larger-than-life bronze portrait of a ballerina taking her final bow after a performance.
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JoJo Siwa is a 19-year old singer/dancer who dresses like she’s 10. She also makes $2 million a year doing YouTube videos and has her own breakfast cereal. Yes, I just typed that. JoJo’s cereal is officially called Strawberry Bop and, as you can see by the photo on the box, it is (mostly) Pink. The crunchy, corn-puff-based cereal reportedly has a flavor similar to the  Strawberry Shortcake Cereal. There are also reports that eating it will turn your poop pink. TMI.
Photographed in the Lot Less Closeout Store on West 14th Street, NYC
September 14 2009: Actor and classically trained dancer Patrick Swayze, star of the blockbuster films Dirty Dancing and Ghost has passed away in Los Angeles after losing his two year batter with pancreatic cancer. He was 57.
