 Hi, art lovers! | | |  | Amanda Parris is the host and executive producer of the CBC Gem series For the Culture. (CBC) | | | February is Black History Month, and as CBC celebrates Black voices and stories across the network, there are a few programming highlights that might be of special interest to anyone who lives for arts and culture. (That’s you!)
First, there’s theatre! The PlayMe podcast has an audio production of Trey Anthony’s famed play, ‘da Kink in My Hair. (Part 1 will be available to stream on CBC Listen this Wednesday.) CBC Books has compiled 40 must-reads by Black Canadian authors, and over on CBC Music, The Block will be paying tribute to trailblazers in Black Canadian music every Tuesday and Thursday this month. (They’ve already aired a segment on Eleanor Collins, Canada’s First Lady of Jazz. Listen!) If it’s film and TV you’re looking for, CBC Gem is stacked with options, but I’ll highlight this curated collection, which includes acclaimed international series, Oscar-winning films, at least one CBC Arts project you might have missed — plus the new show I was telling you about last week: For the Culture with Amanda Parris. The entire season is now online, and before you press play, listen to Amanda talk about the series on Commotion (the convo begins around the 15-minute mark), and maybe bookmark this companion reading list, too. | | | | | And because we promised you eye candy ... | | | | |  | Kosisochukwu Nnebe | | Last weekend, I singled out an episode of For the Culture — the one about restitution. And when I came across Kosisochukwu Nnebe’s Instagram the other day, I was immediately reminded of Amanda’s museum visits in London to discuss the Benin Bronzes. Kosisochukwu moved to Canada from Nigeria as a little girl, and using her home country's ancient artifacts as a jumping-off point, she's made supersize versions of kids' hair accessories out of solid bronze. According to her website, she’s planning to continue the series. The goal: “a full burial chamber with artifacts representative of experiences of Black girlhood and womanhood across time and space.” Wow. | | | | |  | Aaron Jones | | Chariot by Aaron Jones. In Toronto? Aaron’s co-presenting an exhibition with Tiffany J. Sutton as part of Harbourfront Centre’s Kuumba festival. It’s up through Feb. 29. | | | | |  | Gio Swaby | | Seeing You Through Her and Me: Verneisha by Gio Swaby. The Toronto artist shared this one on Instagram last week with some news: the piece has been acquired by the Brooklyn Museum in New York. | | | | |  | Hanna Lee Joshi | | It’s been a minute — roughly 1 million, actually — since Hanna Lee Joshi debuted this CBC Arts logo design. So what’s new with the Vancouver artist? She’s showing this painting at the Red Envelope Show at Harman Projects in New York, an annual exhibition that brings dozens of international artists together to celebrate Lunar New Year. It opens Feb. 10. | | | | |  | Nicole Jang | | Also opening on Feb. 10: Vancouver’s Get Lucky Art Show, which will return after a long pause for its third edition. Similar to the event happening in New York, the exhibition features original artwork on hundreds of red envelopes. These paper-cut dragons are by local artist Nicole Jang. | | | | |  | HBO | | | | | In Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero, directors Carlos López Estrada and Zac Manuel put the star’s singular story on screen. | | | | |  | Warner Bros. | | | | | Anne T. Donahue used to be obsessed with awards season, but now it just bums her out. | | | | |  | CBC | | | | | | | Luke Gilford pays tribute to a great American subculture in his new film, National Anthem. | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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