The visual artists Naima Green and Sable Elyse Smith planned a gathering at their Manhattan home with guests who put them at ease — and who weren’t allowed to lift a finger.
The grande dame of New York soul food, now run by a new generation of the Woods dynasty, has been feeding the city, and its most distinguished visitors, for six decades.
For the interdisciplinary artist, watching the cycle of responses to white supremacist violence — outrage turning into apathy — is an anguish as familiar as heartbreak.
Jonelle Procope, who transformed the Harlem organization from a struggling nonprofit to an internationally recognized cultural center, will leave in June after two decades in the role.