[https://hyperallergic.com/709232/required-reading-565/](https://hyperallergic.com/709232/required-reading-565/) "This week, Vice Media helps the Saudi Arabian regime, Hollywood's favorite NYC locations, the reality behind why celebrities are talking up NFTs, a Pacific island nation welcomes _...Read More_

"Standing at the crossroads of music, technology, and performance, DJs played a critical role in maintaining musical stimulation as thousands of people joined the livestreams of DJs seeking to remain artistically visible in the midst of a _...Read More_

Natasha Stagg on contemporary nightlife. "A good party requires a sense of urgency, heightened by secrecy, and during recent years, it’s been hard to keep anything a secret. Even if parties are illegal or exclusive, they are surveilled by _...Read More_

[https://hyperallergic.com/642213/nyfa-emergency-grants-for-nyc-artists-with-disabilities/](https://hyperallergic.com/642213/nyfa-emergency-grants-for-nyc-artists-with-disabilities/) >"Applications for the New York Foundation for the Arts grant open May 4."

>"Its owner, a nurse living on the Upper West Side, flagged a worker at the Metropolitan Museum’s information desk. “Listen, nobody calls me back. I _...Read More_

>"A coalition of moms across the city launched an impromptu, grassroots fight to keep their children in school. “Something, or someone, influenced the mayor. Frankly, we’re _...Read More_

A final word on the Mission Chinese story to put everything in context.

"We talked to Rachel Kauder Nalebuff about the politics of care, mourning, and her new book, Stages: On Dying, Working, and Feeling."

[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaye_holud](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaye_holud) Bengali marriage ceremony culture. Gaye holud (Bengali: গায়ে হলুদ lit. "yellow/turmeric on the body") is a ceremony observed mostly in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent (comprising _...Read More_

Wow love articles and initiatives like this one! [#apply](/culture/new/apply) [#femme](/culture/new/femme) [#music](/culture/new/music) [#NYC](/culture/new/NYC) 🎧 The grant, which goes up to $20,000 per project, can specifically be used to fund an EP, album, or video.