A Night of Jazz, Legacy, and the Unexpected at Unterfahrt 
Cultural Wrap-Up May 23, 2025 | Patti LaBelle … 
✨Cultural Wrap-Up: James Brown, Friday, May 2, 2025 
✨ Cultural Wrap-Up: Duke Ellington, Aretha Franklin, Muddy Waters – April 29, 2025 
February 28: Sarah Vaughan 
February 25: Paul Robeson 
February 23: Marian Anderson 
February 22: Berry Gordy 
February 20: Duke Ellington 
February 19: Nina Simone: The Power of Protest Through Music 
February 18: Bessie Smith: Jazz’s First Superstar 
February 17: Thomas A. Dorsey 
February 16: Ma Rainey 
February 15: John Coltrane 
February 14: Scott Joplin 
February 12: Art Tatum 
Fatoumata Diawara: A Fusion of Tradition and Modernity 
February 11. Ella Fitzgerald 
February 8: Louis Armstrong 
February 2: Mahalia Jackson 
Sylvester: Beyond the Gimmick | 1980-1-1 
The Ntu Sound Chamber: A Spiritual Jazz Journey with WDR Big Band and Nduduzo Makhathini 
Music: WRVR-FM JAZZ RADIO | 8/1978 
Part 3. – Miles Davis and the Evolution of Jazz Fusion from Classical Roots 
Part 2. — How the Modern Jazz Quartet Blended Jazz and Classical Music to Create Something Timeless 
Part I. Blending Jazz and Classical Music: Schuller, Davis, and MJQ 
Introducing the Series: Jazz at the Crossroads of Innovation 
🎉 Happy Birthday to the Legendary James Mtume! 🎶 
Grady Tate: The Rhythm Driving Jazz, Soul, and Beyond 
Al Jones Blues Band: A Munich Tradition and Blues Legacy 
February 26: Sidney Poitier 
February 25: Paul Robeson 
February 6: Lorraine Hansberry 
George C. Wolfe: Shaping American Theater with Unapologetic Truth 
February 4: Augusta Savage 
February 1: Jacob Lawrence 
✨ Sneak Peek Alert! ✨— Jacob Lawrence 
Pioneers of Style/ Influential African-American Icons in Art and Fashion 
Paul Lawrence Dunbar and George D. Gaffney 6 min read Paul Laurence Dunbar is one of America’s greatest and most prolific poets. Born June 27, 1872 in Dayton, Ohio to parents who had been slaves, he... Read More
Paul Lawrence Dunbar and George D. Gaffney 6 min read
Leo Holder and Supporting Actor Geoffrey Holder A little more than a week after developing pneumonia, Geoffrey Holder made a decision. He was calling the shots as always. He was done. 2 attempts at removing the breathing tube didn't show promising results. In his truest moment of clarity since being rolled into I.C.U. he said he was good. Mouthing the words “No, I am not afraid” without a trace of negativity, sadness or bitterness, he sincerely was good with it. He had lived the fullest life he could possibly live, a 70 + year career in multiple art forms, and was still creating. ... Read More
“Shakespeare Remix: Hamlet & Ophelia” 1 min read Hamlet, a rapper, and his girlfriend Ophelia, a pop singer, are on the rise to music royalty at Elsinore Records. When a dark family secret... Read More
Black Life Matters Exhibition at the Schomburg Center This Curators’ Choice exhibition launches the Schomburg’s 90th anniversary year with an eclectic array of rarely seen collection materials that affirm the Schomburg’s mission to document... Read More
The New Jim Crow Exhibiting artist Titus Kaphar is joined by Schomburg director Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad in discussing "The Jerome Project," his exhibition of small-scale works that directly engage contemporary social issues, particularly the criminal justice system and prison-industrial complex.... Read More
Harlem Is … Theater – 1821 to Now 3 min read Through memorabilia, photos, film and original artwork, learn about the theaters that bloomed and survived, the people who were driven to keep them vital, and... Read More
The Voices of Sarafina An interactive screening of South Africa Then: Sarafina, starring Miriam Makeba and Whoopi Goldberg. The plot of the film is based on the ground-breaking 1988 Lincoln Center... Read More
The People of Clarendon County 1 min read Clarendon County, a rural community in South Carolina, was the battleground of black sharecroppers, domestic workers, laborers and clergymen who joined with the NAACP to... Read More