Jean-Léon Destiné exhibition and life celebration planned for Harlem

Jean-Léon Destiné (1918-2013)

Life Celebration--Saturday, June 15

1pm Mass at St. Charles Borromeo Church, 211 West 141st Street, Manhattan (212-281-2100)

4pm Exhibition at The Schomburg Center, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard, Manattan

(NW 135th Street and Lenox Avenue)

6pm Performance at The Schomburg Center's Langston Hughes Auditorium

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The New York Times obituary from January 30, 2013:

Jean-Léon Destiné, Dancer, Dies at 94

by Margalit Fox

Rituparno Ghosh, Bengali Film Director, 49

Rituparno Ghosh, Bengali Film Director, Dies at 49
By Haresh Pandya, The New York Times, June 3, 2013

Newly-independent Dance/NYC steps off with a video campaign

Kudos to Dance/NYC's Lane Harwell for getting this story into the New York Times's Media and Advertising section:

Bringing New York City Dance Into the Limelight
by Stuart Elliott, The New York Times, June 3, 2013

New album and Broadway projects for Sting

Sting to Release a New Album in September
by James C. McKinley Jr., The New York Times, June 4, 2013

Mandawuy Yunupingu, 56

Mandawuy Yunupingu, Australian Musician and Educator, Dies at 56
The Associated Press, June 4, 2013

Checking out Allison Miller. (Thanks, Toshi!)

When I said I wasn't sure I knew who Allison Miller is, Toshi Reagon dropped this video into her Facebook Timeline. And that's what friends are for.

BTW, things get even better: Miller, Reagon and the incredible, Bessie-winning tap artist Michelle Dorrance are cooking up something together for this summer at Jacob's Pillow! See here.

William Demby, 90

William Demby, Author of Experimental Novels, Dies at 90
by William Yardley, The New York Times, May 31, 2013