Gutting

I’m honored that Houses on the Moon Theatre will present me with the Leyton Award, acknowledging my commitment to shining a light on social issues and marginalized communities through theater. I’ve always seen theater as a beautiful art form and a tool to move and shape cultural change. I’m affirmed through the Leyton Award that many others like myself tread this path and imagine just futures for the coming generations. I would love it if you could join me for AMPLIFY 2024 in October. But if you can’t, won’t you please make a donation to Houses on the Moon Theater Company? They’re doing amazing things that are so much in alignment with the ideals I hold dear. https://housesonthemoon.org/amplify/

Walk with me... back in '04/'05 I was introduced to Sarah Stites. We were both "recruited" to produce a play called Gutting about a post Katrina New Orleans community. I don't think either of us thought that production experience would take almost two years! In those two years it became clear that I was a lucky duck for getting the chance to collaborate with that lovely lady. She is smart y'all! There's nothing like working with a smart artist! And looking back I'm so proud of our work together then as well as being able to call her a friend now. Thanks for your investment in my vision Sarah! Enjoy this throwback pic of the day before we opened Gutting https://www.gofundme.com/bring-things-went-horribly-wrong-to-the-community?member=2107632&fbclid=IwAR1PoIBbSLcPMD_9weKFf5LhkokBT2Xs8R_I42lh5NhtkqZbHVldkK2ctAA

Tomorrow is the big day! A lot of work has gone into this show and we would love for you to see it.

Get your tickets at:

Www.gutting2015.org/scheduleandtickets/

BREAKING: Brewer Says No With No Conditions to East Harlem Rezoning The recommendation is non-binding and doesn't kill the proposal, but sends a strong message of disapproval.

Gross

NYCHA plans to allocate new Manhattan building's floors by income We're movin’ on up to the Upper East Side — just not as high as more affluent residents in the same building.

DEMOLITION: LAST CALL FOR LENOX LOUNGE We walked by the site of the former Lenox Lounge by 124th Street on Lenox yesterday and noticed that a construction crew was on site. ...

Disgusting.
http://gizmodo.com/bidding-website-rentberry-may-be-the-startup-of-your-ni-1793940693

Bidding Website Rentberry May Be the Startup of Your Nightmares Rentberry has been operating in test cities and angering affordable housing advocates since 2016. But with its new expansion into 1,000 cities in the United States, the rental bidding website is about to p**s off a lot more people.

"There’s something about losing our homes that’s particularly grating. Humans have a natural pull to where we’re from, like umbilical cords that keep us linked to a maternal figure, a patria, something greater than ourselves; a place of where we felt safe and welcome, where we could be our full selves. To have that taken away and be made to feel like strangers in our own land is jarring and painful in so many ways."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/vanessa-martir/gentrified-brooklyn-is-no_b_6878638.html

Gentrified Brooklyn Is Not My Brooklyn I walk different after saying it. My step is a little harder, my shoulders more square, nose held higher in the air. It's a momentary self-assuredness that follows me for a spell.

Will City Hall Bow To Queens Bike Lane Racism? A plan to add bike lanes and crosswalks to 111th Street in Queens might seem like an odd opportunity for racism. And yet a few weeks ago, one local community board member embraced it. "Once Trump removes all the illegals from Corona, there won't be anybody to ride bike lanes,”...

Here Is The South Bronx's 1,300-Unit Gentrification Death Star The Bronx is New York City’s poorest borough, with neighborhoods in the South Bronx seeing their poverty rates hover persistently around 40 percent. However, over the past several years, there’s been a concerted effort to rebrand the Boogie Down, led by developers looking to boost real estate values...

Startling New Report Indicates 71% of Bronx at Risk for Displacement—The Highest in New York Region   Of 31 counties across New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut in the New York region, a report issued by the Regional Plan Association places the Bronx at the top of the list indicating that 7…

"Need a bouncy seat? Or a playgroup? Let me direct you to the Harlem4Kids.com listserv, a chatty resource that has been in place since 2006, building a community of parents and directing them to neighborhood resources like martial-arts classes and midwives.

Need a primer on gentrification and class relations? A schooling? A smackdown? Let me also direct you to the listserv of Harlem4kids, a bristling conversation where parents vent on subjects that have very little to do with children and everything to do with Harlem."
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/10/nyregion/10bigcity.html

A Clash in Harlem, via Listserv Hard feelings over class conflict in a gentrifying neighborhood are being aired in a contentious group e-mail exchange.