The proliferating celebration of Eubie Blake in recent years is an ironic twist to the theatrical fate of Nobel Sissle. From the moment, in 1915,... Read More
Two Can Play
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Rapping with the Artists
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“And God said to me ‘here is the problem, you guys in the church can be so hypocritical, ” he continued, “the African-American church you... Read More
The African American Father
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Rapping with the Artists
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June 23, 2020, 3pm
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Premiered Sunday, June 14, 2020 — Works & Process, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim. …it’s okay too. Feel by Hope Boykin, Dancers: Savannah Green and... Read More
Tuesday, June 23 | 5 PM (EDT) — Brian Jones, associate director of Education at Schomburg Center, and Professor Bettina Love, author of We Want to Do More Than Survive, join Dr. Gholdy Muhammad, associate professor of Language and Literacy at Georgia State University, and Dr. Dena Simmons, assistant director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence.... Read More

A Night of Jazz, Legacy, and the Unexpected at Unterfahrt
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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
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The Ntu Sound Chamber: A Spiritual Jazz Journey with WDR Big Band and Nduduzo Makhathini
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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
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Pioneers of Style/ Influential African-American Icons in Art and Fashion
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