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When he asked Frederick Douglass to the White House, did he serve snacks? "We did offer some refreshments, perhaps tea and bread." Tea and b...

From the day she was born, her father was determined to make her a musician: "When I was brought home, my father piped classical music throu...

The Lutheran Bishop of New York esteems the subway. "It doesn't discriminate based on age, race, gender identity, religion, lack of religion...

The Lutheran Bishop of the Metropolitan New York Synod has a complex and nuanced view of God but unbridled affection for His son: "I'm a big...

These veterinarians enjoy their work. He says, "I'm always excited when someone from exotics says, 'Hey, do you have time tomorrow? We need...

After a lifetime as a lighting designer for theater and dance, much of it working with gels, she received this honor: "There was a color tha...

The chief theater critic of the New York Times is a model of sophistication, but she didn't begin that way. "I was an extremely nerdy, very...

Having received many awards, this actor and playwright says that winning need not be so great nor losing so dreadful. "Some people can win s...

This Harlem fashion icon owns more than 600 hats. "There were times I would leave my house, get down the hill, and recognize it's the wrong...

His research on the neuroscience of aesthetics suggests that people crave the human touch. "If they think something is made by a person, the...

This scholar says, "What made American fashion different is that it was to be wearable, comfortable, practical." But not on the red carpet a...

I'm reluctant to declare an artist a success or failure. This Syrian-born composer and clarinetist has a better characterization: doing well...

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine is an Episcopal church and more, says its Dean. "I have Jewish, Hindu, Muslim friends who pray here, be...

As portrayed by Michael Boriskin, director of Copland House. "I decided from the time I was in my mid-twenties that there was no such thing...

Can architecture be witty? At that scale? At those prices? This architect ponders. "It can certainly be smart, and it can do unexpected thin...

This playwright directed his When the Hurly Burly's Done in Kyiv. "It's about six young women putting on a play in the middle of a war, to b...

The leader of the Willie Mae Rock Camp describes a device she uses to teach girls about blues and STEM: "It is a collision of culture and te...

"There are only two reasons to be a journalist," says this one, "To bear witness—to see things that your viewers or readers or listeners can...

As head of NYC's Economic Development Corporation, he guided massive projects. "I knew in my twenties that I wanted to be in urban economic...

"My father was a pastor. My grandfather was a pastor. My great-grandfather was a pastor." Why didn't this composer go into the family busine...
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