April 2011 Blog Posts (10)

I filmed this song with Siobhan at one of her favorite places in New York.  Black Bear Brooklyn is a vintage store in Prospect Heights where she felt right at home singing her heart out.

According to this New York Times article, the hugely popular exhibition, "Arts in the Street", at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in…

I caught up for a New York minute with musician, composer and producer (and Guggenheim fellow!) Cristian Amigo at the Travers Park playground in our neighborhood of Jackson Heights, Queens, on a cold day in April 2011... check out the video to find out what Cristian would do if he was mayor of New York!

Chameleon Project- TCK Arts in the Community from Alaine Handa on Vimeo.

For more information about Chameleon project please visit http://tckcckahdanceproject.blogspot.com

Longtime Culturalista Matt Jones has a new CD out called "The Devil's in This Whiskey" with his new project, Brooklyn's Two Cent Revival. The album mixes "folk-tinged Americana and classic country elements…

In this "A Minute With...." segment, we filmed the founder of Graffiti Tours New York in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bushwick.  Visit Gabe's site to experience the tour yourself and watch this video to learn more about Gabe.

This wonderful project by Alexander Chen, www.mta.me, has been my soundtrack all day. The artist explains the project as such: "at …

The Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei has not been heard from since he was detained while leaving China for Hong Kong.  Although Ai Weiwei himself has gone missing his work Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads will launch in May at the Pulitzer Fountain at Grand Army Plaza near Central…

Holi is a festival of great importance for Hindus. On this day, year after year, we celebrate the triumph of good over evil. According to legend, Holika was invited by Hiranyakashipu, the devil, to get rid of his son, Prahlad, who was a true Vishnu devotee. HIranyakahipu ordered Holika to burn Prahlad. She took the young boy and sat on a burning pyre, but fortunately, she was burnt to ashes, and Vishnu saved Prahlad. Hindus worship Vishnu on this day and welcome the onset of…