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Time Out
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time Out
Explore the fascinating NYC history of the sari at a new history exhibition opening this fall
Most people associate the sari with its South Asian origin. The New York Historical adds another layer to the garment's story by unearthing how the sari—and those who wear it—made New York City its home in a new exhibit opening soon. " The New York Sari: A Journey Through Tradition, Fashion, and Identity" opens September 12 and runs through April 2026. This exhibition traces the path of the sari from the Indian subcontinent to NYC, going from exotic object of trade to a tradition embraced by many communities. The sari holds many different identities; whether it be within consumer empires, dance and performance or explorations of gender and identity, museum officials explained. By way of trade, colonialism and migration, the sari has a worldwide history. It is often recognized by its draping style and is customizable in its pattern, fabric and color. The 21st century sari reflects regional tradition, specific cultural identity and personal expression. More often than not, the sari is worn in instances that reflect reinvention, such as rituals, milestones and womanhood. "'The New York Sari' illuminates how a centuries-old garment continues to shape identity, artistry and community-building across our city," Louise Mirrer, president of The New York Historical, said in a press release. "This exhibition is a celebration of the sari's complexity—not only as a textile but as a powerful cultural symbol shaped by trade, migration and personal expression. By centering voices from across the diaspora, we invite all New Yorkers to consider the rich histories woven into the fabric of everyday life and how a single garment can hold memory, spark dialogue and foster belonging in a city as dynamic as New York." This exhibition is a celebration of the sari's complexity. Expect to see over 50 objects, photographs and ephemera on display at the exhibition, including a bedcover or wall hanging (palampore), circa 1720-40; a 1984 photograph by Eugene Gordon capturing South Asian migrants; and Chitra Ganesh's 2018 linocut series "Sultana's Dream." The show was curated by Salonee Bhaman, Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Women's History and Public History, along with Anna Danziger Halperin, director of the Center for Women's History. This exhibition is truly for everyone, with families being able explore using a dedicated family guide and kid-friendly programming, including a special Family Day in the fall.
New York Post
05-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Christie Brinkley admits she's a ‘fool for love' despite four failed marriages
Christie Brinkley is no stranger to love. The legendary supermodel, who has been married four times, admitted she's a 'fool for love' in a candid new interview with the New York Times. Advertisement In her conversation with the outlet, she spoke in detail about her divorces, and whether she's willing to open her heart again. 'I'm too trusting,' she admitted when asked about what she's learned from her marriages. 'I'm a fool for love. That love takes work. Sometimes you need to rely on experts. I wish I could have found ways to save some; I wish I hadn't married others.' Brinkley's first husband was artist Jean-François Allaux – the two wed in 1975, when she was 21 years old. They divorced in 1981, and four years later she married Billy Joel. Brinkley and Joel divorced in 1994, and that same year she married real estate developer Richard Taubman. She divorced him a year later, and a year after that she married architect Peter Cook. She was with him until their contentious divorce was finalized in 2008. She told the New York Times, 'I always believed in soul mates. I thought I had four of them. Now I'm not sure. Maybe I had my two soul mates with Jean and Billy. Maybe I rushed out of my marriage to Jean. Maybe I should have tried to make it work longer with Billy. I did start to wonder if maybe it's me – if I was unlovable.' Advertisement 5 Christie Brinkley speaks at the Women's Health Lab at the New York Historical on May 19, 2025. Getty Images for Hearst Magazines When asked, she clarified, 'I'm not unlovable, but the relationships I was in made me feel unloved. I have enough self-esteem to know that in the right arms, I'm lovable. And I wasn't loved correctly. One loved my money more than me. Another loved his drink more than me. Another loved young women more than me. And in my first one, I loved my freedom more than him.' Her first husband, Allaux, was the one she said she left for her 'freedom.' She said that with him, it was 'love at first sight,' and while their marriage was successful for years, it was a 'slow dissolve.' 'I got married too young. I started to feel constrained and regretted being tied down,' she admitted. Advertisement 5 Christie Brinkley and Billy Joel were married from 1985 to 1994. Getty Images In her recently released memoir, 'Uptown Girl,' Brinkley explained that she'd met Allaux when she was just 19 years old. She'd moved to Paris to become an artist and met him soon after, and after six years of marriage, she wrote, 'I started to wonder what else – and who else – might be out there.' In the time since she'd met him, she'd 'changed considerably, transforming from a girl from Malibu bound for Paris with only a backpack, paints and bohemian ideals to a top model with two mortgages, an endless zeal for adventure, and one big career.' 5 Brinkley and Joel divorced in 1994, and that same year she married real estate developer Richard Taubman. Getty Images Advertisement Joel is the ex-husband she claimed 'loved his drink more than me' – the singer has been open about his past struggles with addiction, and Brinkley wrote in her memoir that 'booze was the other woman.' She said of their marriage, 'When you become the bad cop, it's over. If we had been older when it happened, maybe we could have figured it out.' In an April interview with Brinkley explained that her relationship with Joel was the most difficult to write about in her memoir because they're still friends, but she said he gave her his blessing. 'He said, 'Just say what you need to say,'' Brinkley said. 'And I think that's part of his healing, so I applaud him for all of that. It takes a lot of courage.' As for the ex who 'loved my money more than me,' Brinkley referred to third husband Taubman. 'Ricky was a larger-than-life character who married me for my money,' she claimed. 'Our relationship was complicated by the fact that I was pregnant, and I wanted to make the right decisions. The relationship came on the heels of my divorce from Billy, which I was devastated about.' In 'Uptown Girl,' she wrote that after their son Jack was born, she had a session with her therapist and made the choice to give their marriage one more shot. She took Jack from New York, where she'd delivered the baby, back home to Taubman in Colorado, and she claimed that when she arrived, he asked her for money. 'That's when I knew that this was not nor could it ever be love or even a real relationship: it was usership, manipulation, and at its worst, emotional torture,' she wrote. 'I booked a flight back to New York.' 5 Christie Brinkley and then-husband Peter Cook speak with Mayor Michael Bloomberg in Bridgehampton, NY on Aug. 31, 2003. Advertisement When she arrived, she said Taubman called her and told her 'I'm going to walk away from you and the baby' just like her biological father did to her. After that phone call, she filed for divorce. Finally, the one who 'loved young women more than me' refers to Cook, who had an affair while married to Brinkley. 'I was married to a stranger who had other lives. I had three children. I wanted to protect them from the fallout and from their life being blown apart. The divorce lasted for years. It was agonizing.' Brinkley filed for divorce from Cook in 2006 after finding out that he'd been having an affair with his teenage assistant. The divorce proceedings took place in open court, and at one point in her testimony, she sobbed, saying, 'I felt like the man who I was living with, I just didn't know who he was… anymore. Who is he? Who is this man who comes down and sits at the dining room table and acts like he's been at work?' per ABC News. 5 Christie Brinkley at the screening of '99 Homes' at Guild Hall in East Hampton, NY on July 26, 2015. Scott Roth/Invision/AP Advertisement In her memoir, she called her relationship with Cook 'one of the most tormented experiences I've ever had.' Brinkley is a mother of three: daughters Alexa Ray, who she shares with Joel, and Sailor, who she shares with Cook, as well as son Jack, who she had with Taubman but who was later adopted by Cook. The model confessed the thing she regrets most is 'Not being able to sit with an open photo album with my husband and go, 'Look, remember this? Remember the kids?'' Advertisement Despite everything, Brinkley admitted to the New York Times that she's still open to the idea of finding a partner. 'Everything I've been through, all the pain, the stupidity, I would do it again because I believe in love,' she shared. 'I think it would be sad not to. I'm not sure I want to give up the freedom I have now. It gets harder to meet people and harder to trust. It would take a special person to get me to want to share my life. I have made peace without having it. I have been making it through without a man for a lot of years. I don't need a person to make me happy. I'm happy.' She added, 'But I have so much happiness in me, I would love to share it with someone I love.'
Perth Now
18-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Michael Kors and husband Lance Le Pere join American LGBTQ+ Museum board of trustees
Michael Kors and Lance Le Pere have joined the American LGBTQ+ Museum board of trustees. The fashion icon and his husband are "thrilled" to be joining the museum at a vital time, with the inaugural physical site due to open in autumn 2027 at the New York Historical, where it will take up 5,000 square feet of gallery space. Michael and Lance said in a joint statement: "We are thrilled to join the board of trustees and be a part of such a historic endeavour. "It's more important than ever to preserve and celebrate LGBTQ+ history and culture. Our community has such a rich history and so many stories to tell.' The American LGBTQ+ Museum was founded in 2017, and has since preserved, celebrated and investigated the history and culture of members of the LGBTQ+ community. Ben Garcia - who serves as the museum's executive director - added: "We are honoured to have Michael and Lance join our board. "They bring an enormous amount of expertise in philanthropy at a local and global scale, and we are excited to have their incredible leadership, dedication and generosity on our side." Michael and Lance have lived in New York City for a long time, and are keen supporters of many philanthropic causes, including NYC-based God's Love We Deliver, which since the late 1980s has provided medically appropriate meals to people with critical illnesses. Back in 2013, the Michael Kors company launched the Watch Hunter Stop campaign in support of the United Nations World Food Programme, while Michael is also a goodwill ambassador for the WFP. He previously told the Vancouver Sun newspaper: "In the late '90s, when I started going to Paris for CELINE, I started travelling back and forth and I realised, we're all in this together. 'It's empathy for your neighbour — not just here across the street, but also for your neighbour around the world. "It seemed that the one thing, unfortunately, that was a problem everywhere around the world, was the idea of nutrition and hunger.' The couple have also supported other local, national and global charities, ranging from the Roundabout Theatre Company, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and the NAACP to Planned Parenthood, the World Wildlife Fund and the New York Restoration Project.
New York Times
29-04-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
N.Y.C. Museum Celebrates the Nation's 250th Anniversary
Good morning. It's Tuesday. Today we'll look at exhibitions that the New York Historical is planning for the nation's 250th anniversary. We'll also get details on a contentious town hall with Representative Mike Lawler, one of the most vulnerable Republicans in the House. If you happen to have a pair of platform shoes — vintage, from the 1970s — the New York Historical might want to borrow them. The New York Historical, formerly the New-York Historical Society, is preparing six exhibitions for the nation's 250th anniversary next year. New York will be a major character in all six because the nation's democracy began in New York, where the man who had been first in war became the first head of the newfangled federal government. An exhibition opening in the fall will present Revolutionary-era documents from the New York Historical's collection. Another exhibition, opening in February of next year, will spotlight the little-known or unknown achievements of women before, during and just after the Revolutionary War. The New York Historical is also beginning 'On Our 250th,' a digital campaign with a coalition of history museums. People can go here to write a birthday wish to the United States ('What are your hopes for America's future and our democracy?'). It's not a place to be prolix: Each message is limited to 250 characters, or about 50 words. One of the six exhibitions, called 'You Should Be Dancing,' won't look back to 1776. Its focus will be the nation's bicentennial in 1976 — and prompted that search for period items like platform shoes. 'That's what you do in a museum — you get the authentic stuff of history,' said Louise Mirrer, the president and chief executive of the New York Historical. 'We've got lots of authentic stuff, but we are missing a couple of items.' She also hopes to find a pair of shorts like the ones Dustin Hoffman wore in 'Marathon Man,' the thriller that came out that year. She did not mention hunting down the diamond that Laurence Olivier was forced to swallow at gunpoint in the movie. She said the idea for 'You Should Be Dancing' came from the historian Ted Widmer, who was a speechwriter in the Clinton White House and later was a senior adviser when Hillary Clinton was secretary of state. 'He said, 'Wouldn't it be interesting to look back at what we were doing in 1976?'' Mirrer recalled. It was the disco era, which led to the title of the exhibition. The bicentennial played out months after The Daily News wrote one of the most unforgettable headlines of all time: 'Ford to City: Drop Dead.' Those five words told how the administration of President Gerald Ford saw New York and its financial troubles. 'If you were a pessimist, you might have seen it as New York's lowest point,' Mirrer said. 'This is a great lesson for today. Obviously New York is in a different place than where it was 50 years ago, but a lot of people are feeling pessimistic on many, many levels. It's good to remember that this country manages to pull itself together every time it has a challenge that seems insurmountable. It manages to transcend the pessimism and enjoy a rebirth.' She then looked back to the New York Historical's own founders, 11 men who started the organization in 1804. They had lived through the Revolution, when New York was mostly occupied by the British. 'You could have said the city will never amount to anything,' she said. 'Philadelphia and Boston were more important cities at the time, but New York was central in many ways. And if you looked around you in 1804, the ordinary person would not have felt very hopeful about the American experiment or the city's ability to become what it became.' But the 11 founders were 'consistently optimistic about the future,' so much that they decided to collect and preserve the history of the Revolution, she said. My colleague Winnie Hu says that another new exhibition, 'CityWorks,' at the New York Hall of Science, serves as an ode to the resilience of cities in a different way. 'CityWorks' goes deep into the often overlooked physical and human infrastructure that keeps cities going. The exhibit draws on real-life New York City data, from traffic counts and subway ridership to maps of flood areas. 'CityWorks' opens on Saturday. A warm, sunny day, with temperatures near 80. Showers and wind from 11 to 14 miles per hour are expected late in the evening, with temperatures in the mid-60s. In effect until May 26 (Memorial Day). The latest New York news A rough night for a Republican's town hall Representative Mike Lawler didn't take the advice of Republican leaders, who told House members not to hold town hall meetings with constituents amid anger at the Trump administration. My colleague Nicholas Fandos writes that no one expected a love fest, but Lawler faced shouts, groans and mockery as he sparred with voters. Even he seemed surprised by the first clash of the evening, over the Pledge of Allegiance. Some people in the audience inside a high school auditorium groaned when he suggested reciting it. The group stood and said the words, but some indicated that the Pledge had come to ring hollow. 'Authoritarian,' one man yelled, apparently referring to President Trump. 'Support the Constitution,' another man said. So it went for two hours as Lawler, one of the most vulnerable Republicans in the House, faced criticism on everything from tax cuts to how brightly the room was illuminated. He told the audience to disregard a budget blueprint he had supported that called for $2 trillion in spending cuts, including possible reductions for Medicaid. 'That is as good as the paper it's written on,' he said. And, in a session that often turned combative, he got a rare round of applause when he defended the use of vaccines and criticized Trump's health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has cast doubt on the efficacy of vaccination. 'The fact is, where I disagree, I have no problem saying it and pushing back against the things they are saying,' Lawler said. Close calls Dear Diary: New York City dog owners have their regular routes. For years, mine began with a right turn out of my Yorkville building. One evening, I decided to turn left. My terrier tugged to go right, but my tug won out. A few steps into our walk, I heard a tremendous thud behind me. I turned to see an air-conditioner that had tumbled from a window several stories up onto the sidewalk just on the other side of my building's front door. A young man stood nearby facing me. He had stopped short in time to watch the heavy metal crash down at his feet. I walked toward him and stopped, with the air-conditioner between us. His face was ghostly pale, as I imagined mine was. A woman rushed out of the building. 'Oh my god!' she cried. 'My air-conditioner! I opened my window and didn't realize it was keeping the unit in place!' 'Or, perhaps,' the young man said, 'that's yours.' He pointed toward a second air-conditioner on the ground a few feet away. 'Oh no!' the woman said. 'Mine hit another one on the way down.' — Sylvie Farrell Illustrated by Agnes Lee. Send submissions here and read more Metropolitan Diary here. Glad we could get together here. See you tomorrow. — J.B. P.S. Here's today's Mini Crossword and Spelling Bee. You can find all our puzzles here. Geordon Wollner and Ed Shanahan contributed to New York Today. You can reach the team at nytoday@ Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox.
New York Times
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
An Exhibition Explores Whether the Red Scare Has Lessons for America Today
For those who wonder if history repeats itself, an upcoming show at the New York Historical, may provide some insight — and a warning. 'Blacklisted: An American Story,' highlights a dark chapter in American history by focusing on two decades of attacks on political leftists and suspected Communists in Hollywood that resulted in destroyed careers, jail terms and pitted many in the entertainment industry against one another. Perhaps there are lessons to be learned. Or, at the very least, 'Blacklisted' may provide something to think about, which is the goal of the exhibition. The exhibition 'is a way to remind people of a time when questions were raised about who is an American and of citizenship,'' said Louise Mirrer, president and chief executive of the New York Historical, in an interview. 'We are asking the same questions today that were there at the genesis of the Blacklist era. This exhibit could not be more relevant and timely.' 'Blacklisted,' which runs from June 13 to Oct. 19, focuses on what became known as the Red Scare. For decades, starting after World War I and returning with greater fury in the 1940s and 1950s, a variety of politicians, government officials and agencies began to root out many individuals for their leftist beliefs and — correctly or not — Communist sympathies. It wasn't hard to find people to attack. The hardships of the Depression in the 1930s led to a growth in membership in the Communist Party in America by those seeking a different economic system. But as the Soviet Union changed from being a World War II ally to a Cold War enemy in the years that followed, hundreds of leftist activists in the 1930s were now under suspicion. The New York Historical (formerly known as the New-York Historical Society) exhibition focuses on the Hollywood blacklist, when actors, writers, musicians and others in the entertainment industry were targeted and often lost their jobs for their real or suspected ties or sympathies to the Communist Party or their refusal to aid government and Congressional investigations by identifying others. 'People are now asking questions about which books can be given to the young,'' said Mirrer, 'or what films can be circulated and what is taught.'' She added, 'It's important to remind people of the things that happened in the past and encourage them to think about today.' For Mirrer, the blacklist era is not in the distant past. 'I remember as a youth in the 1960s, that my mother had many friends targeted by HUAC,'' said Mirrer, referring to the House Un-American Activities Committee, which investigated suspected Communists. 'There were whispers of people who had lost their jobs or had their lives ruined or fled to Canada.' An earlier version of the exhibition was shown in 2023 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles and was developed in coordination with the Jewish Museum in Milwaukee. It has been expanded in the last two years with around 50 new items added. While the exhibition touches on the anti-Communist campaign by Senator Joseph McCarthy, it focuses mainly on the HUAC hearings, which predated McCarthy's later hearings in the Senate. There are about 150 objects in the exhibition highlighting a number of themes, among them the 1947 HUAC hearings, in which Hollywood actors were forced to testify either about their own political activities or those of others. The exhibition will examine those who named names and those who resisted. It shows how blacklisted writers were forced to write under other people's names, how Broadway served as a refuge for many blacklisted artists and how the blacklist era was finally broken. On display will be photos, posters, film clips, costumes and newsreels from the HUAC committee hearings along with personal narratives from those blacklisted and from film executives and members of Congress. In addition, the show will feature subpoenas from HUAC, telegrams, documents and other personal items. Such Hollywood names as Paul Robeson, Elia Kazan, Lillian Hellman, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Lee Grant and Orson Welles are among those featured — for better or worse. One section of the exhibition looks at 'the Hollywood Ten,'' the left-wing screenwriters and directors who refused to answer questions before HUAC and were later jailed in 1950 for contempt of Congress. Prominent among them was the screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, who wrote such films as 'Roman Holiday,' 'Exodus' and 'Spartacus,'' some under a false name and others uncredited at the time. His uncredited work won two Academy Awards. Some items on display came from descendants of blacklisted actors and writers, among them drawings that Mr. Trumbo's daughter sent him while he was in prison. Other items come from Columbia University, the University of Pittsburgh, the New York Public Library and Carnegie Hall. 'It was exciting to reach out to families and descendants to incorporate so many personal items in the show,'' said Anne Lessy, curator of the show. Lessy added that the exhibition shows a 'Red Scare that goes beyond McCarthyism.' The daughter of the actor John Garfield lent an original portrait she made of her father as well as a number of movie posters. His acting career was cut short following his refusal to name names when called before the committee. He was, effectively, blacklisted and later died of a heart attack at age 39. Julie Garfield recalled, in an interview, how her father and her family were constantly followed by F.B.I. agents. The agents even came to the family home after her father's death, which she blames on the stress of that era. While her father was accused of being a member of the Communist Party, he never was. 'We want to show people how awful and messed up the country was,'' said Garfield, who is an actress and teacher. 'And how it was intimidated by one or two people who were allowed to ruin the lives of people. People were destroyed because of their beliefs.' In terms of lessons that the exhibition may impart, Mirrer outlined a dark side and a more hopeful one. 'I would like people to know that there were people of great courage who took the view that American democracy was of the utmost importance and had to be sustained,' she said. 'They saw to it, and the period came to an end. ''
