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fromHyperallergic
1 week ago

Billie Holiday Comes to Queens

At her Upstate New York home, feminist performance artist Linda Mary Montano opened the door for writer Taliesin Thomas wearing a "devotional chicken costume" - words I never thought I'd see in that order. The rest of their conversation is just about as unexpected, zany, and charmingly bizarre as you'd expect. You simply must read it.
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fromTime Out New York
1 week ago

A new Billie Holiday monument is going up in Queens: check out the proposed designs

Six finalist monument designs honor Billie Holiday with reflective, sculptural, and abstract approaches for installation in Queens.
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fromFuncheap
6 months ago

Stella Heath Quartet: The Billie Holiday Project (Mountain View)

The Stella Heath Quartet's Billie Holiday Project recreates intimate 1940s concert-hall atmosphere with evocative storytelling and song, celebrating Billie Holiday's haunting voice and complex legacy.
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