Kristina Libby,
The Floral Heart Project on the Brooklyn Bridge. Photo by Erica Reade Images @ericareadeimages/Floral Heart Project @lightvslight.
New Yorker Kristina Libby began placing heart-shaped flower wreaths in prominent sites across the city last April, when the first wave of the pandemic was at its terrifying height.
“I laid a heart because I was grieving and I wanted to do something to recognize our losses,” the artist said in a statement. “Community matters now more than ever, and one way we can grow community is by grieving together.”
The project has since blossomed into something greater. On March 1, volunteers created
Bassam Saba, Renowned Proponent of Arabic Music, Dies at 62
A skilled multi-instrumentalist, he co-founded the New York Arabic Orchestra and directed Lebanon’s national conservatory of music. He died of complications of Covid-19.
Bassam Saba, a skilled violinist trained in Western music, also played the nay (an Arabic flute), the Western flute and the lute-like oud.Credit.Ghada Ghanem
By Kareem Chehayeb
Published Dec. 29, 2020Updated Jan. 8, 2021
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Bassam Saba, a prominent Lebanese musician who promoted Arabic music in the West before going home late in his career to take over Lebanon’s national conservatory, died on Dec. 4 in Beirut, Lebanon. He was 62.
Carol Sutton, a Stage and Screen Actress Devoted to New Orleans, Dies at 76
Ms. Sutton brought characters to life on the stage, on television and in movies like “Steel Magnolias.” She also mentored young people in her local theater community. She died of complications of Covid-19.
Carol Sutton at the World Premiere of “Poms” in Los Angeles in 2019.Credit.Willy Sanjuan/Invision, via Associated Press
Dec. 14, 2020
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Carol Sutton, an actress who was featured in films like “Steel Magnolias,” “The Big Easy” and “The Pelican Brief,” and who was devoted to the theater community in her native New Orleans, where she was a fixture on the city’s stages for a half-century, died on Thursday at Touro Infirmary there. She was 76.