Destination Crenshaw Director of Public Art Projects Heather Heslup

My ‘Purple Rain’ Karaoke Is an Experience

Heather Heslup is Destination Crenshaw’s director of public art projects. Before joining us for the Zócalo and Destination Crenshaw public program “Is Car Culture the Ultimate Act of Community in Crenshaw?,” she chatted with us in the green room about the author Isabel Wilkerson, being an X-Men nerd, and what work of art best describes her career thus far.

When ‘Honor’—and Bureaucracy—Stand in the Way of Marriage

Indian Law Protects Intercaste and Interfaith Unions. But Many Couples Still Can’t Wed

In May 2022, a video depicting a 25-year-old man in Hyderabad being publicly murdered by his wife’s family members in retaliation for the couple’s interfaith relationship went viral on social …