As you enter the Bleecker Street gallery it smells faintly of fresh paint. But the sight that greets you is a floor strewn with a few beaten straw mats and ragged blankets. This is the physical detritus of living through one of Africa's longest, most treacherous wars.

The Parc...

A veritable pantheon of Greek goddesses descended upon the Urban Zen Foundation on Monday as Agapi Stassinopoulos enveloped her female audience in the warmth of their tempestuous passions and myths.

Standing in the lush, high-ceilinged loft of the Urban Zen Foundation with a crackling fireplace, surrounded by urbane New...

Ever since Slumdog Millionaire stole thousands of hearts and eight Oscars this past year, the interest in Indian cinema has been rekindled in the West, with mainstream media sitting up and taking notice. Aroon Shivdasani, founding member and executive director of the Indo-American Arts Council, has been laboring towards that...