The arts was a way of maintaining cultural heritage, connecting different generations, and sharing that heritage with 'different others'.
Willis Reed sitting courtside, giving him a symbolic thumbs-up, connecting generations and making everyone in the building feel party to a special time in Knicks history.
The marriages from previous centuries are shown to connect missing generations.
The program also aims to bridge or connect generations by offering a group activity that all can participate in, enjoy together and to discuss afterwards.
Perhaps there is also a thread connecting successive generations of curators.
How do we connect generations?
But the performances connected several different generations of players - which is something Parker also did - and healthily suggested many different ways of playing jazz.
Traditional events like these connect generations.
So family, which connects generations to values, to discipline, to hope, disintegrates.
Another, "Planting Trees," shows how storytelling can connect generations of Jews.