BIOGRAPHY
Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1940 where she passed away in 2015. Her art is included in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH; JP Morgan Chase Art Collection, Columbus, OH; National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, OH; Newark Museum, Newark, NJ; Richmond Art Museum, Richmond, IN; Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, OH; and Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH among others. In 1991, she received an honorary master’s degree from CCAD. In 2002, she was awarded an honorary Doctorate from Ohio Dominican University. In 2003, she received a commission to create a monumental work for the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, OH. In 2004, Robinson was honored with a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship Award. The Columbus Museum of Art organized the major retrospective, Symphonic Poem: The Art of Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson in 2006. The exhibition later traveled to the Brooklyn Museum, the Tacoma Art Museum, Toledo Art Museum, and other venues nationwide. A comprehensive catalogue documents this important multi-venue museum exhibition. In 2015, Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson bequeathed most of her estate in Trust to the Columbus Museum of Art. In 2020-2021, the Columbus Museum of Art presented Raggin’ On: The Art of Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson’s House and Journals, an exhibition and accompanying catalogue highlighting seven decades of Robinson’s art and writing.
EDUCATION
1981
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (studied bookmaking and papermaking)
1960
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (studied art history and philosophy)
1957-1960
Columbus Art School, Columbus, OH
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024-2025
Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson: Character Studies, Fort Gansevoort, New York, NY
2023
Composing Communities: The Work of Aminah Robinson, Denison Museum, Denison University, Granville, OH
2022
Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson: Sankofa, ACA Galleries, New York, NY
2021
Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson: Masterworks, Hammond Harkins Galleries, Columbus, OH
2020-2021
Raggin’ On: The Art of Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson’s House and Journals, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
2019
We’re All Here! The Art of Aminah Robinson, Houston Museum of African American Culture, Houston, TX
Love, Aminah: Celebrating a Friendship, Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, OH
Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, The Ohio State University Faculty Club, Columbus, OH
Columbus in Cuba/Cuba in Columbus, Columbus, OH
Ríos Intermitentes (Intermittent Rivers), 13th Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba
2016
The Presidential Suite, Hammond Harkins Galleries, Columbus, OH
2015
Aminah Robinson Memorial Exhibition, ACA Galleries, New York, NY
Aminah at 75: The Continuing Story, Hammond Harkins Galleries, Bexley, OH
2013-2014
Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson: Songs from the New Millennium and Other Works, ACA Galleries, New York, NY
2013
Aminah Robinson: Journey from Blackberry Patch to Poindexter Village, Hammond Harkins Galleries, Bexley, OH
2012
Songs for a New Millennium, 1812 – 2012: Works by Aminah Robinson Celebrating the Columbus Bicentennial, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Chronicles of the Village: Songs for the New Millennium, 1200 AD – 1812, Hammond Harkins Galleries, Bexley, OH
2011
Street Talk and Spiritual Matters: Aminah’s Mount Vernon Avenue, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
2010
Aminah Robinson: Voices that Taught Me How to Sing, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
2009
The Stories of Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson: From Poindexter Village to Today, Hammond Harkins Galleries, Bexley, OH
2008
Aminah as Printmaker: The Graphic Works of Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, Hammond Harkins Galleries, Bexley, OH
2007
Along Water Street: New Work by Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH; Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, OH; Decorative Arts Center of Ohio, Lancaster, OH; George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, Springfield Museums, Springfield, OH (traveling exhibition)
The Stories of Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, Hammond Harkins Galleries, Bexley, OH
2006
Lyrical Transformations of the Soul: The Life and Work of Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, ACA Galleries, New York, NY
2005
Sacred Pages: Aminah Robinson in the Holy Land, Hammond Harkins Galleries, Bexley, OH
2004
The Art of Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile
2002-2007
Symphonic Poem: The Art of Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus OH; Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH (traveling exhibition)
2000
Aminah at Sixty: A Celebratory Exhibition, Hammond Harkins Galleries, Bexley, OH
1997
A Street Called Home and Other Book Works, The Thurber Center Gallery, Columbus, OH
Yet Still We Rise: African American Art in Cleveland and Columbus, 1920-1970, Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH
Precious Memories, Hammond Harkins Galleries, Bexley, OH
1992
Walking with Aminah (The Perspectives Series 1), John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI 1990 Pages in History: The Art of Aminah Robinson, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
1989
The Life and History of Hog Hammock: Contemporary Sculpture and Drawing by Aminah Robinson, Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, CA
Unwritten Love Letters, Otterbein College, Westerville, OH
1988
Aminah Robinson: The Sapelo Series 1983-87 Women's Building Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1985
Aminah Robinson: Recent Work (Sapelo Series: Part 1), Kathryn Markel Gallery, New York, NY
A Walk Through the Past, A Way of Life, Slowly Passing Away: Hog Hammock Community, Sapelo Island, Georgia (Sapelo Series: Part 2), Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
1984
Aminah Robinson: Painting and Sculpture, Akron Museum of Art, Akron, OH Poindexter Village Series: Part 1, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Aminah in Poindexter Village: Part 2, Esther Saks Gallery, Chicago, IL
1982
Pages in History, Part 1, Otterbein College, Westerville, OH
Pages in History, Part II, Franklin University, Columbus, OH
1980
Afrikan Pilgrimage: The Extended Family, Kojo Photo Art Studio, Columbus, OH
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
We The People: Kandy G Lopez, Aminah Robinson, ACA Galleries, New York, NY
2023
Artists: Nora Musu, Aminah Robinson, Chantal Stone and Shelbi Toone, Elijah Pierce Gallery, King Arts Complex, Columbus, OH
2021
Storytellers: Faith Ringgold + Aminah Robinson, Ringling College Galleries, Sarasota, FL
Storytellers: Faith Ringgold + Aminah Robinson – Deland, ACA Galleries, New York, NY
A Black Perspective, ACA Galleries, New York, NY
2020
Tell Me Your Story, Kunsthal KAdE, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2019
art , Matanzas, Cuba
2018
Kindred Spirits: The Art of Elijah Pierce and Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Storybooks & Other Narratives: Aminah Robinson and Faith Ringgold, Hammond Harkins Galleries, Columbus, OH
2017
3 Artists, Hammond Harkins Galleries, Columbus, OH Women, Art and Fibers: Contemporary Responses to Abolition and the Journey North, University Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA
2016-2017
On Such a Night as This: A Celebration of African American Art, ACA Galleries, New York, NY
2016
Us Is Them, The Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH
2014
Social Art in America: Then and Now, ACA Galleries, New York, NY
Stories and Journeys: The Art of Faith Ringgold and Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, Mattituck Museum, Waterbury, CT
2013-2014
Classless Society Tang Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2013
TEXTURES: The Written Word in Contemporary Art, ACA Galleries, New York, NY
Stories and Journeys: The Art of Faith Ringgold and Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, Opalka Gallery, Russell Sage College, Albany, NY
Generations, Museum of Fine Arts, The College of Visual Arts, Theatre, and Dance, Florida State University, FL
2010
Shared Stories: Works by Aminah Robinson and Faith Ringgold, Hammond Harkins Galleries, Bexley, OH
Women Call for Peace: Global Vistas, Art League, Bonita Springs, FL; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE; JWayne Stark University Center Galleries, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY (traveling exhibition)
Two Black Women: Faith Ringgold and Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, ACA Galleries, New York, NY
2009
VanGo! All Around the World: People & Places in Art: The Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
2007
Art in Embassies, Belgrade, Serbia Art in Embassies, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
2002
Connections: Ohio Artist Abroad, Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH
1999
Art for Community Expression: Twentieth-Century Anniversary Celebration, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH
Selected Works by Lorna Simpson and Aminah Robinson, Susan B. Stein Shiva Gallery, The Joseph Papp Public Theatre, New York, NY
1998
Masterworks by 20th Century African American Artists, Springfield Museum of Art, OH and Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH
1996
Master Printers and Master Pieces, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
1995
New York Stories: An Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
1994
The Music Box Project, On the Table, Inc., New York, NY; Equitable Gallery, New York, NY; Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH; Center for Fine Arts, Miami, FL (traveling exhibition)
1992
Will/Power: New Works by Papo Colo, Jimmie Durham, David Hammonds, Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds, Adrian Piper, Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1990
Separate But Equal: Ohio Women Artists, Riffe Gallley, Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, OH; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.; Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH (traveling exhibition)
Contemporary American Folk, Naïve, and Outsider Art: Into the Mainstream? Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, OH
1989
Stitching Memories: African-American Story Quilts, Williams College Museum, Williamstown, MA; Studio Museum of Harlem, New York, NY; Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (traveling exhibition)
1988
Influences from the Untaught: Contemporary Drawings, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
1987
Three Voices from the Black Experience: Works in Three Dimensions, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL American Policy: Edgar Heap of Birds, Alfredo Jaar, Aminah Robinson, Nancy Spero, Cleveland State University Art Gallery, Cleveland, OH
1986
The Arts and African Life: A Past in the Present, Trenton State University, Trenton, NJ The Book Made Art: A Selection of Contemporary Artists' Books, Joseph Regenstein Library, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1985
Books as Sculpture, Robeson Center Gallery State University of New Jersey, Rutgers, NJ
1983
Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
1982
Selections: Six in Ohio, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
AWARDS, GRANTS, AND FELLOWSHIPS
2011
Legends and Legacies Award Recipient, King Arts Complex, Columbus, OH
2004
MacArthur Fellowship “Genius Award”, Chicago, IL
2002
Honorary Doctorate from Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, OH
1998
Ohio Arts Council Visual Arts Travel Fellowship, Israel
1997
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY
1991
Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship Honorary Master’s Degree, Columbus College of Arts and Design, Columbus, OH
1989
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Grant Fellowship
1987
Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship
1984
Ohio Governor's Award for the Visual Arts
1980
Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship
1978
KUUMBA Black Liberation Award in the Visual Arts, Malcolm X College, Chicago, IL
RESIDENCIES
1989
Artists in Residence, PS1 summer residency, New York, NY
COMMISSIONS
2003
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, OH (mixed media textile)
1993
The Columbus Foundation Celebrates 50 years commission, Columbus, OH
History of Early Springfield, Clark State Community College Performing Art Center, Springfield, OH
1990
Columbus Metropolitan Library, Columbus, OH (mural painting)
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Art in Embassies Collection, U.S. Department of State Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
Clark State Community College Performing Arts Center, Springfield, OH
Columbus Foundation, Columbus, OH Columbus Metropolitan Library, Columbus, OH
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH Grant Medical Center, Columbus, OH
Greater Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, OH
Huntington National Bank, Columbus, OH
JP Morgan Chase Art Collection, Columbus, OH
King Arts Complex, Columbus, OH
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, OH
Newark Museum of Art, Newark, NJ
Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, OH
Ohio Otterbein College, Westerville, OH
Ohio University, Baker University Center, Athens, OH
Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business, Columbus, OH
Richmond Art Museum, Richmond, IN Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, OH
Robert J. Shiffler Foundation, Dayton, OH
Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, OH
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
PUBLICATIONS
2020
Maciejunes, Nannette V., et al. Raggin’ On: The Art of Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson’s House and Journals. Columbus: Columbus Museum of Art, 2020.
2017
Genshaft, Carole Miller. Aminah's world: an activity book and children's guide about artist Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson. Columbus: Columbus Museum of Art, 2017.
2010
The Ragmud collection: Books by Aminah Robinson. Toledo: Toledo Museum of Art, 2010.
2008
Genshaft, Carole Miller. Along Water Street: new work by Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson. Columbus: Columbus Museum of Art, 2008.
2002
Channing, Susan R. Connections: Ohio Artist Abroad. Columbus: Ohio Arts Council, 2002.
Symphonic Poems: The Art of Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson. Columbus: Columbus Museum of Art in association with Harry N. Abrams, 2002.
2000
Battle-Lavert, Gwendolyn. The Shaking Bag. Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman & Company, 2000. (illustrated book)
1999
Bonowitz, Marvin. Mt. Vernon Avenue: Jewish Businesses in a Changing Neighborhood, 1918- 1999. Columbus: Columbus Jewish Historical Society, 1999.
1998
Coleman, Evelyn. To Be a Drum. Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman & Company, 1998. (illustrated book)
1997
A Street Called Home. San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1997. (illustrated book)
Precious Memories. Bexley: Hammond Harkins Galleries, 1997.
1996
Master Printers and Master Pieces. Kaohsiung City: Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, 1996.
1995
King-Hammond, Leslie, ed. Gumbo Ya Ya: Anthology of Contemporary African -American Women Artists. New York: Midmarch Arts Press, 1995.
Rosen, Michael J. The School for Pompey Walker. San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1995. (illustrated book)
1994
Fox, Mem. Sophie. San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1994. (illustrated book)
Gould, Claudia, et al. The Music Box Project. New York: On the Table, Inc., 1994.
1993
Will/Power: New Works by Papo Colo, Jimmie Durham, David Hammonds, Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds, Adrian Piper, Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson. Columbus: Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University, 1993.
1992
The Teachings. San Diego: Harcourt, Brace, Javanovich, 1992. (illustrated book)
Rosen, Michael J. Elijah's Angel. San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1992. (illustrated book)
1991
Kelm, Bonnie G. Kunstforum International, Outside USA, March-April, 1991.
1990
Metcalf, Eugene Wesley and Gary Joseph Schwindler. Contemporary American Folk, Naïve, and Outsider Art: Into the Mainstream? Oxford: Miami University Art Museum, 1990.
Roberts, Norma, ed. Pages in History: The Art of Aminah Robinson. Columbus: Columbus Museum of Art, 1990.
Rogers-Lafferty, Sarah, et al. Separate But Equal: Ohio Women Artists. Columbus: Ohio Arts Council, 1990.
1989
Grudin, Eva Ungar. Stitching Memories: African-American Story Quilts. Williamstown: Williams College Museum, 1989.
1988
Aminah Robinson: The Sapelo Series 1983-87. Los Angeles: Women's Building Gallery, 1988.
Influences from the Untaught: Contemporary Drawings. New York: The Drawing Center, 1988.
1987
Desmett, Don. American Policy: Edgar Heap of Birds, Alfredo Jaar, Aminah Robinson, Nancy Spero. Cleveland: Cleveland State University Art Gallery, 1987.
1986
Abt, Jeffrey. The Book Made Art: A Selection of Contemporary Artists' Books. Chicago: University of Chicago Library, 1986.
Watson-Jones, Virginia, ed. Contemporary American Woman Sculptors: An Illustrated Biographical Directory. Phoenix: Onyx Press, 1986.
1984
Aminah in Poindexter Village. Chicago: Esther Saks Gallery, 1984.
1983
Bishop, Anna S., ed. Beyond Poindexter Village PT. II “Heroes” of the Blackberry Patch. Columbus: Public Library of Columbus and Franklin County, 1983.
1982
Selections: Six in Ohio. Cincinnati: Contemporary Arts Center, 1982.
Bishop, Anna S., ed. Beyond Poindexter Village: “The Blackberry Patch”. Columbus: Public Library of Columbus and Franklin County, 1982.
1980
Afrikan Pilgrimage: The Extended Family. Columbus: Kojo Photo Art Studio, 1980.
PRESS
2024
“We the People: Kandy G Lopez and Aminah Robinson.” Art Plugged. September 4.
2023
“Editors’ Picks for Things to See and Do Around Columbus in May.” Columbus Monthly. May 2.
“Work of Columbus artist Aminah Robinson on display at Denison Museum.” Newark Advocate. February 23.
2022
Hamlar, Deidre. “Late professor 'left a hole in my heart,' showed what can be done in a short time.” The Columbus Dispatch. September 4.
2021
Dean, Terrance. “The power of Aminah Robinson: She captured 'Black love' living in plain sight.” The Columbus Dispatch, October 28.
Stamberg, Susan. “Buttons, beads and bravado: Celebrating the simple joy in Aminah Robinson's art.” NPR WNYC. October 1.
Opam, Kwame. “Overlooked No More: Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, Whose Art Chronicled Black Life.” The New York Times. February 26.
Fugate, Marty. “Artists become storytellers in Ringling College show.” Sarasota Herald-Tribune. February 5.
Sharp, Sarah Rose. “Immerse Yourself in the Vibrant Bricolage of Aminah Robinson.” Hyperallergic. January 8.
2020
Cascone, Sarah. “The Late Artist Aminah Robinson Dedicated Her Life to Recovering America’s Lost History. At Last, She’s Finding a Bigger Audience.” Artnet News. November 30.
“Aminah Robinson exhibition at Columbus Museum of Art gives intimate view of beloved artist.” The Columbus Dispatch. October 3.
Valentine. Victoria L. “Columbus Museum of Art Announces Faith Ringgold, Kellie Jones, and Curlee Raven Holton Will Select Artists for 2020 Residency Honoring Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson.” Culture Type. February 8.
2016
Sharp, Sarah Rose. “A Sprawling Show of Artists as Social Critics.” Hyperallergic. March 16.
2013
Griffin, Amy. “On exhibit: Opalka gallery showcases Faith Ringgold and Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson.” Times Union. January 30.
2012
Yates, Christopher A. “History Re-Imagined.” The Columbus Dispatch. April 29.
2011
Yates, Christopher A. “Avenue to Past.” The Columbus Dispatch. May 29.
Eckert, Kristy. “The Soulful Sage.” Capital Style. March-April.
2010
Gilson, Nancy. “Public Gets Its First Peek at Book Set by Robinson.” The Columbus Dispatch. November 28.
Lane, Tahree. “‘Ragmud Collection’ 22 Years in the Making.” The Blade. November 17.
2008
Kotwal, Kalzaad. “Milestone Installation Speaks Boldly to the Heart.” The Columbus Dispatch. August 17.
Yates, Christopher A. “Prints Reveal Other Facet of Robinson.” The Columbus Dispatch. March 30.
2007
Mayr, Bill. “Fabric of Community.” The Columbus Dispatch. July 1.
Litt, Steve. “'RagGonNons' Made from 'Hogmawg'.” ARTnews. January.
2006
Mayr, Bill. “Museum Plans Space for Favorite of Storytellers.” The Columbus Dispatch. December 3.
Ponnekanti, Rosemary. “Tapestries of Life.” The News Tribune. September 26.
Somerstein, Rachel. “Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, Brooklyn Museum.” ARTnews. Summer.
Glueck, Grace. “Visions of Africa and Ohio, in All Sorts of Materials.” The New York Times. February 24.
Rice, Robin, and Carole Genshaft. “The Art of Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson.” Women’s Art Journal. Autumn. 2005 - Winter 2006.
2005
Star, Ann. “Genius at Work.” Columbus Monthly. September.
2004
Albrecht, Brian E. “A World of Whimsy and Wonder.” The Plain Dealer. October 31.
Mayr, Bill. “$500,000 Grant Recognizes a Columbus Treasure.” The Columbus Dispatch. September 28.
2002
Hall, Jacqueline. “A Body of Work Worth Exploring.” The Columbus Dispatch. December 22.
Gilson, Nancy. “Aminah.” The Columbus Dispatch. December 8.
Thompson, Lynne. “Woman of the Cloth.” Ohio Magazine. November.
2000
Hall, Jacqueline. “Aminah Truly an Original.” The Columbus Dispatch. February 27.
1997
Hall, Jacqueline. “A Bounty of Pleasures.” The Columbus Dispatch. December 14.
1992
Mallet, Kay. “The Art and Spirit of Aminah Robinson.” Columbus Alive! December 10-24.
1989
Chenfeld, Mimi Brodsky. “Aminah Robinson: One Artist's Ties to Folklife and Folk Art.” The Clarion: America's Folk Art Magazine. New York: Museum of American Folk Art, Summer.
1988
Miller, Maureen E. “Storyteller: The Creative Process of Aminah Robinson.” Acclaim. Fall.
1987
Ware, Jane. “The Magician of Poindexter Village.” Ohio Magazine. June.
1985
Smith, Mary Polites. “Art is Alive and Well and Living in Columbus.” Columbus Homes & Lifestyles. September-October.
1982
Hall, Jacqueline. “The Roots of Aminah.” Columbus Monthly. July.
1980
Jones, John E. “Four Single Artists: Mind, Eye & Hand.” Living Single. November.
1979
Hoar, Adrienne W. “The Vision That Was Once a Reality.” Mahogany: The National Magazine for Black Entertainment. May 6.