Meryl Meisler documents the collision of 2 NYC worlds in Light Work exhibit
Wendy Wang | Staff Photographer
A compilation of Meryl Meisler’s photographs from her book “A Tale of Two Cities: Disco Era Bushwick” is on display at Light Work until July.
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Despite being assigned the novel multiple times as a young teenager, Meryl Meisler never fully finished “A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens. She hadn’t even read it all the way through until she named her first book after it.
“A Tale of Two Cities: Disco Era Bushwick,” published in 2014, showcases Meisler’s collection of street photography from her time as a public school teacher in Brooklyn and the wild nightlife images of New York City in the 1970s. An exhibition of archives from Meisler’s first book, titled “Meryl Meisler: Best of Times, Worst of Times,” went on display at Light Work on March 22 and will run until late July.
Light Work exhibit ties historical Black figures with modern abstract art
Sydney Bergan | Culture Editor
Turner created photographs that contain images of Frederick Douglass – “Seen #1” (left) and “Seen #2 – which represent his timeless legacy and relevance today.
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Black historical figures such as Frederick Douglass and Martin Luther King Jr. peer out at viewers from behind layers of paper and shadows. The photographs, taken by photographer Aaron Turner, mix historical images with modern abstract photography, all in black and white.
Live music, cardboard sled races, Ithaca Chili Cook-Off: 13 things to do in CNY
Updated Feb 17, 2021;
The year’s shortest month is winding down and no matter what your interests, you should be able to find something to do this weekend.
Live music will be at Coleman’s and Sharkey’s on Friday night, there will be cardboard sled races at Skaneateles Ski Hill, and you can be a judge at Ithaca’s Chili Cook-Off.
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Will Thierfelder drives the Vestal, NY Starbucks sled down the hill at a race in 2014 at the Four Seasons Golf and Ski Center in Fayetteville