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Meet the Men Who Invest in Women Entrepreneurs
- By Riva Richmond
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Male investors who make it part of their investment strategy to fund women-led firms are a rare breed. Will their outsized returns convince more men to join in and help close the gap in women’s access to capital? Whenever Adam Quinton hears, once again, about the paltry sums…
Polina, A Little Light in Dark Times
- By Angela Bonavoglia
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POLINA — A FILM co-directed by Valérie Müller and her husband, French choreographer Angelin Preljocaj — is just what I needed at this time of cultural and political peril. I’m always tense. I worry. But in worse times than these — well, maybe not worse — I’ve…
A DIVA Simply Singing Like No Other
- By Jeremy Lentz
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TO PUT INTO words the extraordinary light and vision that is Sheryl Lee Ralph is not easy. A singer, actress, humanitarian and activist, Ralph has been performing for decades; and in her cabaret show, A DIVA Simply Singing, that premiered this summer at New York City’s Metropolitan Room,…
Q&A With Civia Tamarkin, Director, Birthright: A War Story
- By Melanie Breault
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BIRTHRIGHT: A WAR STORY is a feature length documentary that examines how women are being jailed, physically violated and even put at risk of dying as a radical movement tightens its grip across America. The film tells the story of women who have become collateral damage in…
The Resurgence of Women of a Certain Age in Arts & Entertainment
- By Jeremy Lentz
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ALTHOUGH HILLARY CLINTON may not have broken that glass ceiling in November, we nevertheless are seeing a surge in women of a certain age breaking new boundaries and shattering records. However, politics and culture don’t always follow the same trajectory. Pop music singers, Broadway divas…