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✨Cultural Wrap-Up: James Brown, Friday, May 2, 2025

Ronald Bunn — Fri, 02 May 2025 12:56:00 +0000

ROUTES: A Guide to African-American Culture✨ Cultural Wrap-Up – Friday, May 2, 2025 🎉 James Brown (Born May 3, 1933) — the Godfather of Soul.

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✨ Cultural Wrap-Up: Duke Ellington, Aretha Franklin, Muddy Waters – April 29, 2025

Ronald Bunn — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 12:30:00 +0000

ROUTES: A Guide to African-American Culture✨ Cultural Wrap-Up – Tuesday, April 29, 2025 🎉 Birthday Spotlight: Duke Ellington (b. April 29, 1899)Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington didn’t

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February 8: Louis Armstrong

Ronald Bunn — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 13:28:00 +0000

A Daily Journey Through Black History Month The Pioneer of Jazz Innovation Story In the 1920s, Louis Armstrong revolutionized jazz with his virtuosic trumpet playing

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Julia Bullock Uploads History’s Persistent Voice

Jeff Oppenheim — Tue, 31 May 2022 14:16:16 +0000

The recent premiere of the new contemporary opera “Upload,” by Michel van der Aa at the Park Avenue Armory confronted the audience with the idea

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The Gateways Music Festival Triumph and A. D. Lee Koonce

Jeff Oppenheim — Thu, 12 May 2022 12:55:50 +0000

During the month of April, the Gateways Music Festival presented a series of concerts at venues throughout Manhattan. ROUTES followed the festival sending several of

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African-American Pianists at the Gateways Music Festival

Yvette Berry — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 18:31:31 +0000

In the shadows of the behemoth Lincoln Center complex, located just of Broadway at 65th Street is a smaller musical resource known as the Elaine

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Imani Winds perform at Abyssinian Baptist Church

Yvette Berry — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 14:14:22 +0000

The Gateways Music Festival’s first performance in New York City, after its tour in Rochester, began with the Grammy Award nominated Imani Winds at the historic Abyssinian

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The Gateways Music Festival and the Marian Anderson String Quartet

Joan Penn — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 23:15:03 +0000

On a Friday evening at the 92nd Street Y, the Marian Anderson String Quartet presented “On Being Enslaved,” a moving musical journey of healing and

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“Paradise Square” and New Perspectives on Tap Dance

Sandhi Smalls Santini — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 19:47:28 +0000

At a recent Routes editorial meeting, there was a deep and somewhat heated conversation about the new musical on Broadway called “Paradise Square.” Produced by

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Music History Month: Congrats to African-American Musicians

Ronald Bunn — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 11:23:29 +0000

As I too often witness overwhelming dismissal of the monetary contributions African-Americans make to the United States Gross National Product, my reflections focus on the

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Honoring our Queen Mothers in Women’s History Month

Ronald Bunn — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 00:56:07 +0000

As owner, publisher and editor-in-chief of Routes Magazine, I remain determined to draw parallels between African and African-American cultural ties. This month we have honored

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“AfroFuturism”: Fact, Fiction or Fantasy Panel Discussion

Perri Gaffney Ellen Levitt — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 00:24:53 +0000

Word Up! Words and expressions can have a heyday. They can be buzzworthy. Extra popular. Used frequently and with special emphasis. In recent years, but

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Afrofuturism Music Festival: Nicole Mitchell and Angel Bat Dawid

Ellen Levitt — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 12:00:05 +0000

African-American and AfroFuturistic dynamic duos fused in one concert As part of the this year’s Carnegie Hall Afrofuturism Music Festival, this show presented bandleaders Nicole Mitchell with her

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Dr. Barbara Ann Teer’s NBT-Russian Partnership

Theda Palmer Saxton PhD — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 12:02:12 +0000

The Seasoned Woman Speaks Dr. Teer’s National Black Theatre at Fifth Avenue and 125th Street in Harlem New York, stood as a sacred space

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The NCBR and the NBTF’s Queen Mother Sylvia Sprinkle Hamlin

Perri Gaffney — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 13:49:59 +0000

Remembering an Angel Rising After earning a Bachelor’s in Education, Sylvia taught in public school briefly. Then she received a Master’s in Library Science and

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Queen Mother Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama

Perri Gaffney — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 16:56:22 +0000

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama was born Jan. 17, 1964 on Chicago’s South Side to a homemaker and a factory worker. Watching her father struggle with

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Sun Ra and his Arkestra then (1992) and now (2022)

Ellen Levitt — Sat, 26 Feb 2022 13:59:08 +0000

When the 2022 Afrofuturism series was announced by Carnegie Hall, I scrolled eagerly through the rather eclectic line-up of the festival. I was hoping it

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AfroFuturist Period Room “almost woke” at the MET?

Ellen Levitt — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 12:21:01 +0000

Reclaiming the Past While Being Future Forward The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a selection of what are called “period rooms.” As in many other

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Transgenerational Trauma and Healing for African-Americans

Lisa DuBois — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 18:01:55 +0000

The Inherited Strength in Mind, Body and Soul of Our African Ancestors A rich new culture blending old and new rituals, style and music has

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Hartmut Geerken’s Sun Ra Archive Finds A Home in Germany

Sandhi Smalls Santini — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 20:20:32 +0000

On Halloween 2020, amidst the height and dread of the COVID-19 pandemic, I received a telephone call from Munich, Germany. The caller was Hartmut Geerken.

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Futurism or more specifically AfroFuturism?

Ronald Bunn — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 00:52:28 +0000

Finding a way forward As I’ve worked with the Routes‘ team to put the February edition together. I’ve found myself encountering a recurring theme “futurism”

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