Evoking Manhattan’s past with a strikingly modern vision, the Whitney Museum of American Art unveiled designs on Wednesday night for a massive, airy sculpture by David Hammons crossing into the Hudson River — a project that would be one of the largest public art installations in New York.
Read MoreIs everyone a little bit racist? And if so, what does that mean for a country that just eight years ago was trading in casual talk about a post-racial America?
Read MoreVince, the teenager with ''exuberance'', was on the verge of plunging into the waters of decadence-----being friends with Oasis, his agemate and a juvenile with questionable character---until his parents sat him down to tell him their teenage stories---how they grew---experiencing the bad and ugly sides of life but became responsible as young adults and parents. Several years later, Vince's tuned-new-leaf situation inspired him to write ''Family Tells A Story'', In Family Matters and Home Magazines.
Read MoreI saw a play the other night
on Broadway and I learned
that the stage is within me
not in front of me
Brooklyn Museum’s, We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women1965 -1985, retrospective, which closed on September 17, brings many fascinating pieces of work out from the archives to showcase a more idealistic and hopeful time.
Read MoreMeet Adrienne Su, friend of Tribes, educator, and author of poem Red Bean Soup.
Read MoreWhat of a land where people’s lives are thwarted at every turn, where prospects are determined by party status, where movements are restricted by permits, orders, and decrees, where “justice” is meted out mercilessly, and against which there is no recourse.
Read MoreI cannot bring it to the international food fest
at the middle school; it will be returned
like the tea eggs after orchestra practice.
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He calls out to all seated in silk and florals
To believe
Another life we have
Far greater and bigger than here
Read MoreAll our love goes out from Tribes to the people of Puerto Rico. Our friends at La Lucha Gallery suggest two ways to help in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria:
Read MoreWe at Tribes stand, kneel, and lock arms in solidarity with all members of the NFL who are exercising their right to free speech and protesting police brutality, violence against African Americans, and the recent words of Donald Trump.
Read MoreHaving guided America through the assassination of an American President, Roosevelt was a belligerent presence and a powerful leader on the world stage fighting for the American Way of Life. Not everybody liked the first Roosevelt though. Unusual in appearance, there are still unflattering cartoons of him, like the one on the cover, that remain to this day.
Read MoreBeau Sia, Bob Holman and Steve during a recent visit at Tribes.
Check out Beau's 37 Poems for Steve Cannon on his YouTube Channel!
Read More‘Skin me, Brer Fox,’ sez Brer Rabbit, sezee, ‘snatch out my eyeballs, t’ar out my years by de roots, en cut off my legs,’ sezee, ‘but do please, Brer Fox, don’t fling me in dat brier- patch,’ sezee.
Co’se Brer Fox wanter hurt Brer Rabbit bad ez he kin, so he cotch ’im by de behime legs en slung ’im right in de middle er de brier-patch.’
Meet Luciann Berrios - Astoria native and Tribes Poet.
Read MoreEMPIRES WILL FALL, ALTHOUGH WHICH ONES, ONLY TIME WILL TELL.
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