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| | | British artists recreate 'A Great Day in Harlem' photo for Black History Month | | by Tobi Thomas Oct 1, 2022 | | Project marks 40th anniversary of British black arts movement and features emerging black talent Established and up and coming black artists are to be photographed together, marking the 40th anniversary of the start of the British black arts movement, as part of a series of events for Black History Month in October. The Black Cultural Archives, based in south London, will be commemorating the occasion by paying homage to the classic 1958 A Great Day in Harlem photograph by organising a group photograph featuring black artists who were part of the original movement alongside emerging talents. Continue reading... | | | | | A Ballet of Lepers by Leonard Cohen review – violent literary beginnings | | by Toby Litt Oct 1, 2022 | | A novella and short stories from the 1950s showcase Cohen’s fascinating self-fashioning, but also a taint of bitterness Long before he wrote Famous Blue Raincoat or Last Year’s Man, Leonard Cohen already knew – with painful exactness – who he wanted to be. In a short story dating from 1957, collected here for the first time, he details his 13-year-old self’s “heroic vision” of a charismatic future persona: “I was a man in the middle-twenties, raincoated, battered hat pulled low above intense eyes, a history of injustice in his heart, a face too noble for revenge, walking the night along some wet boulevard, followed by the sympathy of countless audiences.” Swap in “mid-70s”, take off the raincoat to reveal the natty suit beneath, transport the life-bruised man from wet boulevard to centre stage, and behold the Cohen I saw perform in 2008, everything the 13-year-old Leonard might have wished for. Continue reading... | | | | | 'I am lonely': controversial book reveals Anthony Bourdain's final days | | by Edward Helmore Oct 1, 2022 | | Family and friends are upset by new biography divulging Bourdain’s moods – and texts – in the lead-up to his death “God gives us meat, but the devil sends us cooks,” Anthony Bourdain told the Observer two decades ago. He viewed the phrase as a compliment, and considered kitchens second homes for damned souls and “the degraded and the debauched”. At that moment, he was already well-known in New York, as author of the scandalous bestseller Kitchen Confidential and as chef and co-owner of Les Halles, a French brasserie on Park Avenue that for a time became the favored spot for the creative demimonde. Continue reading... | | | | | 'It's embellished, but it's a TV show': is Chicago happy with the way it's portrayed in The Bear? | | by Aimee Levett Oct 1, 2022 | | The surprise US TV hit of the summer has divided Chicagoans about the picture it paints of the city and its eateries In the back of the house at the Original Beef of Chicagoland, things are tense. Space is limited. Money is low. Bills are literally piling up. There aren’t enough pots and knives to go around. The mixer doesn’t work. The meat supplier didn’t deliver enough beef. This is the world of The Bear, the widely talked about US TV show that premiered this summer, which finally comes to the UK on 5 October on Disney+. Now UK audiences can follow the trials and tribulations of Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto, a successful yet troubled young chef who, after the sudden death of his brother, returns home to Chicago to run his family’s struggling sandwich shop. Continue reading... | | | | | |
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