Mandalit DelBarco

Misty Copeland Becomes First Black Principal Dancer At American Ballet Theatre

Mandalit DelBarco

Misty Copeland has been promoted to top dancer at the prestigious American Ballet Theatre in New York. She is the first African-American female principal dancer in the company's history.

Business & Education

Actors' Equity Implements $9 Minimum Wage For LA's Small Theaters

Mandalit DelBarco

Less than a week after union members in LA overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to make small theaters pay their performers minimum wage, Actors' Equity decided to go ahead and implement it anyway.

Poet Allen Ginsberg reads his poem "Howl" outside the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., Oct. 19, 1994, before a hearing on the constitutionality of a FCC policy restricting indecent material.

Arts & Life

I Saw The All-Stars Of Our Generation Honor Allen Ginsberg's 'Howl'

Mandalit DelBarco

This year marks the 60th anniversary of Ginsberg's once-controversial poem. A group of musicians and actors put on a show in Los Angeles this week in celebration of Ginsberg and his iconic poem.