"I'm great. I mean, to be an artist, as Nina Simone said, is to reflect the times that we're living in, and I hope I come from a long line of artists that are trying to build bridges." So noted Misan Harriman in a recent interview tied into the release of the documentary "Shoot the People," which follows the work of Harriman, an activist and photographer who rose to prominence with his cinematic images of protest movements across the world. The film paints a portrait of Harriman, who has faced death threats, while, as Hyperallergic noted recently, also exploring "the thorny politics of protest photography."

  I always thought that Paris has the best bookstores until I started the this regular feature in DART, more than 10 years ago. Year after year the evidence that Our Fair City loves books—and the people who put them on our shelves—becomes even more evident. So if it’s August, it’s time for the latest good news! Yu & Me Books is NYC's first Asian American female-owned bookstore, operating as a cozy literary haven and community hub in Manhattan's historic Ch...