The Arts

Composer Robert Maggio’s AIDS-Themed Music Packs an Emotional Punch by Chip Alfred He’s a consummate composer who’s written for dance, theater, orchestra, and choral concerts, and...

A Feature Film Takes the Pulse of AIDS, Broken Hearts & Finding God by Chip Alfred Heart Breaks Open isn’t just a film about someone’s heart...

Enchanted Evening Through Music and Composers Who Created It, a New Film Tells the Story of the AIDS Crisis by Chip Alfred It began with a chance...

MTV Steps Up the Fight Against HIV with Shuga: Love, Sex, Money by Chip Alfred You might call it the Kenyan version of Gossip Girl—a serial drama...

Singer Gibbor Green Takes the Lead in Empowering Youth by Chael Needle Gibbor Green recently dropped the Twitter-inspired “#FOLLOWME,” an ode to hash-tagging what’s important: celebrating...

The ACT UP Diaries by Mateo Wilhelm Ebert Reviewed by Rob Zukowski Created by Mateo Wilhelm Ebert, a member of ACT UP NY, the ACT UP Diaries...

hen life gives you lemons, don’t just make lemonade—get people to talk about it, too.

We're Still Here Directed by Grissal Granados & John Thompson Lucha Productions Reviewed by T.J. Banks Perhaps, someone once said, we need to follow our pain and heartbreak,...

Party Out of Bounds MTV Staying Alive Programs Make a Dramatic Impact by Chael Needle One wishes the audience of MTV’s Jersey Shore will watch Shuga, which first...

V. Anderson talks with Sade Oyinade about making educational films that kids won't laugh at I don’t remember much about the educational films I was...