I’ve set up a series of tabs to organize this blog - please post accordingly. Instructions about using the blog are found in posts categorized under “using the blog” - so check them out.
To embed video clips, copy the “embed code” from the original website (ex. youtube). In the blog dashboard, select “add new” post. Switch to the “HTML tab” and paste the video embed code into the window. Save draft and click publish.
If you want to check the video, font format, etc…, click “preview” before publishing.
The video should embed similarly to this:
Hi everyone - Post your comments on the film by going to the “Discussion Posts” tab (top of screen), selecting “Cities in Film” from the dropdown menu and clicking “edit this entry” at the bottom of the page.
You will come to the “back end” of the blog. You are registered as an editor so you can access this area and change content. Add your comments to the top of the editing box, title your entry with a “header 2″ font (you see a dropdown menu with paragraph, click there), and put your name in bold at the end.
Then click “save draft” and publish. If you forget the final steps…it won’t save your entry.
Made between 1982 and 1984, the photographs in Broken Glass: Photographs of the South Bronx by Ray Mortenson focus on the burned out, abandoned, and razed structures of entire city blocks in the South Bronx, documenting the aftermath of a widespread urban economic crisis that plagued the United States in the 1970s. Putting the political, economic and social causes for this collapse aside, Mortenson’s photographs consider the land and loss in human terms. They project a haunting silence, reminding us that these neighborhood streets were cradles of the community, lined with the homes of individuals and families. Hints of a once prosperous district are revealed in Mortenson’s work through a stark black-and-white portrayal of what remained. The exhibition is generously supported by the Marlene Nathan Meyerson Family Foundation.
More information at: http://www.mcny.org/exhibitions/current/photographs-of-the-South-Bronx.html
Join Majora Carter, founder of Sustainable South Bronx and president of the Majora Carter Group, for a presentation on the revival of the South Bronx in the aftermath of the devastation of the 1970s and 1980s. Born, raised, and currently residing in the South Bronx, Majora Carter has worked tirelessly to restore her community to health and environmentally sustainable productivity. Her work has earned her a MacArthur Foundation “genius” award and many other honors. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Broken Glass: Photographs of the South Bronx by Ray Mortenson and Growing and Greening New York: PlaNYC and the Future of the City.
For information, tickets and reservations:
http://www.mcny.org/public-programs/all/The-Rebirth-of-the-South%20Bronx.html