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263: May 2021 Local New Jersey Governments Are Making THE WHY ALICE NEEL NEVER STOPPED PAINTING — P18 INDYPENDENT #263: MAY 2021 “The End of the American Dream” by former ICE detainee Marcial Morales is MORELOS MARCIAL based on his time in the Essex County Jail in Newark, NJ. LOCAL NEW JERSEY GOVERNMENTSCOLD ARE MAKING ASMILLIONS ICE OFF OF RUNNING IMMIGRANT DETENTION CENTERS. WHAT HAPPENS ON THE INSIDE IS SHOCKING. BY AMBA GUERGUERIAN, P12 TUESDAYS 5–6 PM WBAI-99.5 FM WBAI.ORG NEWS, INTERVIEWS & MORE! THE INDYPENDENT NEWS HOUR UPCOMING SHOWS: TUESDAYS 4/27, 5/11, 5/18 & 5/25; PRE-EMPTED ON 5/4. 2 EVENT CALENDAR THE INDYPENDENT THE INDYPENDENT, INC. 388 Atlantic Avenue, 2nd Floor Brooklyn, NY 11217 212-904-1282 www.indypendent.org Twitter: @TheIndypendent facebook.com/TheIndypendent BOARD OF DIRECTORS A kaleidoscope of the human condition, MAY 10–SEP Ellen Davidson, Anna Gold, Endlessness includes scenes of a couple 9am–12am • FREE/Low cost GET Alina Mogilyanskaya, Ann fl oating over war-torn Germany, a father and PERFORMING ARTS: OUTSIDE: The Schneider, John Tarleton MAY his daughter in the pouring rain, a teenager RESTART STAGES r aanese dancing outside a cafe and a defeated army Lincoln Center is artist ayi saa EDITOR-IN-CHIEF marching to a prisoner-of-war camp. Swedish opening a giant outdoor ill e n islay all John Tarleton THROUGH MAY 2 master absurdist Roy Andersson is known for movies performing arts center that ser at the e 10am–5pm that are intricately designed, photographed and lit with will include 10 different York Botanical Garden CONTRIBUTING EDITORS EXHIBIT: GOYA’S GRAPHIC IMAGINATION deadpan comic timing. performance and rehearsal in the Bronx. Ellen Davidson, Alina Regarded as one of the most remarkable artists from the FILM FORUM spaces. Audience members Mogilyanskaya, Nicholas late 18th and early 19th centuries, Francisco Goya (1746– 209 W. Houston St., Manhattan can expect free and low- Powers, Steven Wishnia 1828) is renowned for his prolifi c activity as a draftsman ls aailale irtally at fi lr.rgfi lat cost events, an outdoor reading room and a wealth and printmaker, producing about 900 drawings and 300 endlessness) of family programming. Enjoy a concert and cabaret ILLUSTRATION DIRECTOR prints during his long career. Through his drawings and series, fi lm screenings, summer concerts, dance Frank Reynoso prints, he expressed his political liberalism, criticism of STARTING MAY 1 workshops and more. superstition and distaste for intellectual oppression in 10am–6pm, 7pm on weekends • FREE LINCOLN CENTER DESIGN DIRECTOR unique and compelling ways. OUTDOORS: GOVERNORS ISLAND Lincoln Center Plaza, Manhattan Mikael Tarkela THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART Governors Island, a 172-acre island in the heart 1000 5th Ave., Manhattan of New York Harbor, is reopening to the public. In MAY 10–NOV 14 addition to the 43-acre public park, Governors Island 6am–11pm • FREE DESIGNERS THROUGH MAY 31 includes free arts and cultural events, as well as PUBLIC ART: MAYA LIN: GHOST FOREST Leia Doran, Anna Gold, 10:30am–5:30pm • $14–$25 recreational activities. In nature, a ghost forest is the evidence of a dead Evan Sult EXHIBIT: RECONSTRUCTIONS: ARCHITECTURE AND rlyn erry r ier r e H anhattan erry woodland that was once vibrant. Maya Lin’s Ghost BLACKNESS IN AMERICA r the attery aritie iling Forest, a towering stand of 50 haunting Atlantic OFFICE MANAGER How does race structure America’s cities? MoMA’s white cedar trees, is a newly-commissioned public Amba Guerguerian fi rst exhibition to explore the relationship between MAY 8 art work at Madison Square Park. The 40-foot trees architecture and the spaces of African-American and 7pm • FREE serve as a memory of germination, vegetation and GENERAL INQUIRIES: African diaspora communities, “Reconstructions: JAZZ: KEYON HARROLD AT THE BREATHING PAVILLION abundance, and as a harsh symbol of the devastation [email protected] Architecture and Blackness in America,” presents 11 The Breathing Pavilion, Ekene Ijeoma’s public of climate change. newly commissioned works by architects, designers and sculpture, will host a series of site-specifi c musical MADISON SQUARE PARK SUBMISSIONS & NEWS TIPS: artists that explore ways in which histories can be made performances. Grammy-winning trumpeter, singer and 11 Madison Ave., Manhattan [email protected] visible and equity can be built. composer Keyon Harrold has played with artists such MUSEUM OF MODERN ART as Beyoncé, Common, Erykah Badu, Rihanna, Eminem ONGOING ADVERTISING & PROMOTION: 11 W. 53 St., Manhattan and D’Angelo. 7:30pm • $50 [email protected] THE PLAZA JAZZ: SMALLS REOPENS THROUGH OCT 31 300 Ashland Pl., Brooklyn A true New York jazz lover’s favorite, Smalls Jazz Club VOLUNTEER CONTRIBUTORS 10am–6pm • $25–$35 has featured some of the most talented players in the INSTALLATION: KUSAMA: COSMIC NATURE MAY 8–9 & 15–16 city since it opened in the ‘90s. The club is still running Linda Martín Alcoff, Eleanor Spectacular installations feature Japanese artist Time and cost TBD its fi rst sets as online streaming only but has returned J. Bader, Bennett Baumer, Sue Yayoi Kusama’s lifelong fascination with the natural PERFORMANCE: 1:1 CONCERTS to live, COVID-friendly performances for second sets Brisk, Roman Broskowski, world, beginning with her childhood spent in the Brooklyn Academy of Music curated a private outdoor at 7:30 p.m. If you’re vaxxed and able to splurge, go Emlyn Cameron, Rico Cleffi , greenhouses and fi elds of her family’s seed nursery. concert experience. In secluded corners of the Brooklyn enjoy the soundwaves. Show listings are available at Renée Feltz, Todd Fine, Her multifaceted art includes monumental fl oral Navy Yard, artists from the Silkroad Ensemble and their www.smallslive.com/events/calendar/ Lynne Foster, Esteban Guerra, sculptures that transform New York Botanical Garden’s guests from New York’s thriving music scene await. SMALLS Theodore Hamm, David 250-acre landmark landscape. Follow your unique path to a socially distant, private 130 W. 10 St., Manhattan Hollenbach, Manvi Jalan, NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN stage and discover which musician will share their Rob Katz, Kenneth Lopez, 2900 Southern Boulevard, Bronx artistry in a 10-minute, one-to-one concert. Derek Ludovici, Gary Martin, BROOKLYN NAVY YARD Farid Nassif, Teddy Ostrow, PREMIERES APR 30 lshing e rlyn Reverend Billy, Olivia Riggio, Select times TBD • $15 Natasha Santos, Steven FILM: ENDLESSNESS Sherman, Maresi Starzman, Julia Thomas, Tyrone Wallace, and Matt Wasserman. VOLUNTEER DISTRIBUTORS Erik Anders-Nilssen, Eric Brelsford, Chris & Pam May 2021 May Brown, Hank Dombrowski, Joseph Epstein, Lew Friedman, ADVERTISE IN THE INDY • GREAT RATES Priscilla Grim, Laura Kaplan, Michael Korn, Ashley • UNIQUE AUDIENCE Marinaccio, Christine Miller, • PERSONAL ATTENTION FROM US Saul Nieves, Tom O’Keefe, • FREE HIGH QUALITY DESIGN AT NO EXTRA CHARGE Caroline Rath, Norm Scott and THE INDYPENDENT Carol Smith. 212-904-1282 • [email protected] Indypendent Ad 5x7 06-23-15.pdf 1 6/23/15 1:56 PM 3 IN THIS ISSUE BROADCAST ON MORE THAN 1,300 PUBLIC TV AND RADIO STATIONS WORLDWIDE A Daily Independent Global News Hour with Amy Goodman and Juan González STAGE LEFT, P4 Off-Broadway theater workers fi ght for their labor rights and win. REEFER GLADNESS, P5 How New York won the dopest marijuana legalization law in the country. 9/11 LEGACY, P6 The last publicly-owned parcel of land at DEMOCRACYNOW.ORG the World Trade Center site could provide an oasis of affordable housing. Tune In Live Every Weekday 8-9am ET WHO PLANS THE CITY?, P7 • Audio, Video, Transcripts, Podcasts Corey Johnson wants to change how NYC land use decisions are made. Critics hear • Los titulares de Hoy (headlines in Spanish) the ghost of Robert Moses stirring. • Find your local broadcast station and schedule ERASE THE TEST, P8 It will be a lot easier for public school • Subscribe to the Daily News Digest students to avoid participating in standardized tests this year. And that’s a Follow Us @ DEMOCRACYNOW good thing. STRINGER THEORY, P9 City Comptroller Scott Stringer has embraced NYC’s ascendent left in recent years. Will it embrace his run for mayor? MANHATTAN DA RACE, P10 The race to be the next Manhattan DA is wide open. Will the three decarceral Join us to celebrate the life of candidates cancel each other out? THE BUSINESS OF DETENTION, P12 Three Democratic-run counties in northern FRANCES New Jersey earn millions running ICE detention centers inside their jails. They want to keep it that way. GOLDIN THE VAXX OF LIFE, P16 Once you’re vaccinated, who’s ready for activist and literary agent a hug? who died last year, LEFTIST AT THE MET, P18 at an online memorial. Alice Neel believed everyone deserved everyone deserved a great portrait, not just the rich. Now, her work is on display at the Met. BEWARE THE MAGA TRAP, P20 Superstar economist Thomas Piketty warns of the perils of inequality and false Date and time: solutions proffered by right-wing nativists. Saturday, May 15, 2021, SPREAD THE WEALTH, P21 at 2:00 p.m. EST. The U.S.’s vast riches will never be widely shared until we overcome a system based 2021 May on zero-sum racism, says Heather McGhee. The event will be live-streamed on YouTube: EDUCATION FOR LIBERATION, P22 Queer Studies should be about liberation bit.ly/CelebrateFrancesGoldin THE INDYPENDENT not accommodation, a CUNY prof writes in his new book. If you cannot make it at that time, the link will remain REVEREND BILLY’S REVELATIONS, P23 active and you can watch it at your convenience. Tips for rebuilding trust and openness after a year’s lockdown + how to make learning fun again for your child 4 LABOR SUE BRISK VICTORIOUS: Genevieve Beller let an eannette lt ste SUPPORT ressinals r age ity in the Theater District.
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