Jon Kalish

The late Hasidic composer Ben Zion Shenker sings, wearing a yarmulke and holding a mic, at a male-only sing along known as a kumzits that took place in an Orthodox neighborhood in Brooklyn. Jon Kalish hide caption

Tetiana Lytvynenko and her 9-year-old daughter Darina, seen at the Ukrainian Museum in New York City, are living rent-free with a family in Brooklyn, where they cook borsht and crepes for their hosts. Jon Kalish hide caption

Director Bing Liu (center) with his mother and half-brother. Bob Bolen hide caption

Fingerstyle guitarist, singer and music producer Stefan Grossman. Sergio Kurhajec hide caption

In Town Destroyer, the debate over a mural leads to an outpouring of activism and opinions about how to look at art and how to confront racism in America. Fatosh Arabacioglu hide caption

The Metropolitan Atlanta Community Band is gearing up for its first concert in more than two years. Maude King hide caption

Cantor Yoel Kohn. Tatiana McCabe hide caption

Alyosha Levstein's father was a prominent jazz musician who played with Duke Ellington, and his grandfather was a beatnik in St. Petersburg who recorded several albums. Jon Kalish hide caption

When Black Boys Die, a gunplay written and directed by William Electric Black. Jonathan Slaff hide caption

Mazel Tov Cocktail Party's influences are global, but the sound they create is uniquely their own. Laura Carbone/Kathleen Tagg hide caption

Several pyramids in the morning light in the royal burial grounds in Meroe, Sudan. Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York hide caption

A typical sight during the 2019 Village Halloween Parade in New York City. Theo Wargo/Getty Images hide caption

Toots Hibbert, of Toots and the Maytals, performing in London in 1980. David Redfern/Redferns hide caption

Bob Fass, longtime radio host for WBAI, died Saturday. His show, Radio Unnameable, aired for more than 50 years. Jon Kalish hide caption

Wednesday, April 21, 2004 DOONESBURY © G. B. Trudeau. Reprinted with permission of ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION. All rights reserved. ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION hide caption

"The Writing On The Wall" art installation projects writings by incarcerated people onto the sides of buildings, such as The New York State Supreme Court Building, above. Chemistry Creative hide caption

The whole family came along to drop Kent Garrett off at college in fall 1959. He's pictured above in Harvard Yard with his sister, aunt and mother. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt hide caption

The Archive of Contemporary Music in New York, which houses more than three million recordings dating back to the 1920s, is leaving its longtime Manhattan home due to rising rents. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Irving Burgie at his home in Queens in 2017. Burgie, who rewrote the lyrics to the traditional Jamaican song "Day-O," died Friday at the age of 95. Susan Watts/NY Daily News via Getty Images hide caption