The New York Times – Travel:
In her 60s, she hit the open road on a hulking Harley-Davidson and found a new area of academic research: bikers, and in particular, women bikers.
Author: Alex Williams
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The Beatles’ ‘Let It Be’ Film Will Stream After 54 Years on Disney+
The New York Times – Music:
Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s unloved — or misinterpreted? — 1970 documentary, the source for Peter Jackson’s “Get Back,” will stream on Disney+.
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Casey Benjamin, Free-Spirited Saxophonist, Dies at 45
The New York Times – Music:
A musical voyager who wouldn’t be limited by genre, style or even instrument, he brought exuberance to the Robert Glasper Experiment and other groups.
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Lorraine Graves, Pioneering Harlem Ballerina, Dies at 66
The New York Times – Music:
Tall and commanding, she dazzled audiences as a principal dancer for the groundbreaking Dance Theater of Harlem for nearly two decades.
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Gylan Kain, a Founder of the Last Poets and a Progenitor of Rap, Dies at 81
The New York Times – Music:
He spun gripping portraits of the Black experience starting in the 1960s with the seminal Harlem spoken-word collective, lay a foundation for what was to come.
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Monica Hickey, Doyenne of Bridal Gowns, Dies at 100
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
As the director of salons at Henri Bendel, Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue, she spent decades outfitting brides-to-be for their grand ceremonies.
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Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez, the Diva of ‘Diva,’ Dies at 75
The New York Times – Music:
A soprano who rose from South Philadelphia to the opera houses of Europe, she was memorably seen and heard in a 1981 film considered a paragon of cinematic style.
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Dick Waterman, Promoter and Photographer of the Blues, Dies at 88
The New York Times – Music:
A “crackpot eccentric Yankee” from Massachusetts, he revived the careers of long-forgotten Southern artists during the blues boom of the 1960s.