Anya Firestone, Tour Guide and Star of ‘The Real Girlfriends of Paris,’ on ‘The Art of Drinking’
Anya Firestone leads what she calls “cou-tours” around Paris: Tours tailored to the clients’ interests, be they dinosaurs, drag queens or booze.
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A New Museum of African American History Opens in Charleston
The International African American Museum, in a former slave port, is about more than slavery. It’s about survival and resilience.
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Lefferts Historic House Has a New Message: New York Had Slavery, Too
Reopening after years of restoration, the Lefferts Historic House in Brooklyn now also acknowledges the enslaved people who lived and worked there.
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How the Head of the Universal Hip Hop Museum Spends His Sundays
For Rocky Bucano, who fell for the music after buying a Salt-N-Pepa CD in 1986, his work in the Bronx “doesn’t feel like work.”