Reclaiming the Dream: The Revolutionary Martin Luther King

Martin & Malcolm

The folks at Brecht Forum are paying tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a special screening of two classic documentaries At the River I stand and The Negro Protests. If you want to remember Dr. King for the revolutionary he was, click here for more details.

"It is a crime for people to live in this rich nation and receive starvation wages." ~~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to striking sanitation workers in Memphis, March 18th, 1968

Shifting the Gaze

"Shifting the Gaze" is another great exhibit at the Jewish Museum. It's a feminist exhibit that, in the words of the curator:

...explores how social revolutions take place not only in the realm of ideas and politics, but in style and form.

You can find the exhibit on the second floor. They have some really incredible feminist artists like Joan Semmel, Louise Fishman, and Melissa Meyer.

Miriam Schapiro's "Fanfare" from 1958 was my favorite piece:

Don't forget the Jewish Museum is free on Saturdays!




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