Women Of The World Festival Announce WOW Sounds Music Programme
by Stephi Wild
- Feb 11, 2022
WOW - Women of the World has announced the full lineup for WOW Sounds at WOW London. WOW's special music programme is part of its annual London festival at the Southbank Centre on 11-13 March, supported by Bloomberg, to mark International Women's Day.
Jacob's Pillow Announces 2022 Dance Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Feb 2, 2022
Jacob’s Pillow has announced the full season lineup for Festival 2022, featuring world premieres, new commissions, 90th Anniversary Season celebrations, Pillow-exclusive engagements, and work developed at the Pillow Lab.
OZ Arts Nashville Presents Legendary Choreographer Ronald K. Brown And EVIDENCE
by A.A. Cristi
- Jan 25, 2022
Contemporary arts center OZ Arts Nashville today announced it will present performances from acclaimed choreographer Ronald K. Brown and dance company EVIDENCE from February 10-12, 2022, in OZ Arts' expansive creative warehouse. The program will feature three original works by Brown titled Grace, Mercy and his latest piece titled The Equality of Night and Day: First Glimpse featuring text by Angela Davis and a score by Jason Moran.
The Town Hall Theatre to Celebrate Harry Belafonte's 95th Birthday with HB95
by Marissa Tomeo
- Jan 23, 2022
A star-studded line-up will celebrate HB95 the 95th birthday of legendary singer, activist and actor Harry Belafonte. The evening will also present the inaugural Harry Belafonte Social Justice Awards in honor of the 10th anniversary of Sankofa.org, the social justice organization Mr. Belafonte co-founded.
Tenor Saxophonist Javon Jackson Joins Forces with Nikki Giovanni on New Album
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Jan 14, 2022
Why would one of poetry’s most revered voices want to curate a jazz saxophonist’s album of gospel hymns and spirituals? “These songs are so important,” says Nikki Giovanni, one of Oprah Winfrey’s 25 “Living Legends” and a Maya Angelou Lifetime Achievement Award winner for 2017.
OWN Content Will Be Made Available on Hulu & Live TV
by Michael Major
- Jan 6, 2022
Hulu subscribers have access to OWN's critically acclaimed, award-winning content, including hits like Ready To Love and Love & Marriage: Huntsville, Friday and Saturday night's #1 original cable series respectively among African American women in 2021. OWN's prime premieres on average rank #2 with African American women among cable networks.
Los Angeles Philharmonic Announces Details for 2022 at Walt Disney Concert Hall
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Jan 5, 2022
Los Angeles Philharmonic Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel and Chief Executive Officer and David C. Bohnett Chief Executive Officer Chair Chad Smith announced new details of the LA Phil’s winter-spring programs at Walt Disney Concert Hall, from January 7 through June 14, 2022.
Photos: Breton Follies Presents RECLAMATION
by A.A. Cristi
- Oct 25, 2021
RECLAMATION explores the metaphysical energy of the original location of the Women’s House of Detention, now the Jefferson Market Library Garden, through dance, celebrating the historic contributions of the queer community to Manhattan’s Greenwich Village culture and identity, in celebration of public performance spaces as an equalizer of accessibility.
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Announces 2021/22 Humanities Projects and Festival Curators
by Stephi Wild
- Oct 9, 2021
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association today announced its 2021/22 Humanities projects and festival curators. The LA Phil Humanities program began in 2019/20 as an outgrowth and consolidation of the organization's long-time commitment to curator-driven festivals, visual arts projects, publications and partnerships with area cultural institutions.
Breton Follies Presents RECLAMATION Choreographic World Premiere At The Jefferson Market Library
by Nicole Rosky
- Oct 2, 2021
Breton Follies Productions presents the world premiere of RECLAMATION, a new choreographic work directed, choreographed, and performed by Breton Tyner-Bryan (Winner World London IFF, Madrid IFF, Barcelona IFF) at the Jefferson Market Library Garden Formerly The Women's House of Detention, in collaboration with Allan Berube Prize winning writer and historian Hugh Ryan .
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Announces 2021/22 Humanities Projects And Festival Curators
by A.A. Cristi
- Sep 30, 2021
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association today announced its 2021/22 Humanities projects and festival curators. The LA Phil Humanities program began in 2019/20 as an outgrowth and consolidation of the organization’s long-time commitment to curator-driven festivals, visual arts projects, publications and partnerships with area cultural institutions.
VIDEO: Get A First Look At Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE and Meshell Ndegeocello At The Kennedy Center
by Alan Henry
- Sep 23, 2021
Hailed as a “modern dance savior” by the New York Times, Ronald K. Brown returns to fuse the form, rhythm, and history of African dance with contemporary and urban dance styles. In Mercy, a Kennedy Center co-commission (the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Carolina Performing Arts, UNC Chapel Hill, and The Joyce Theater’s Stephen and Cathy Weinroth Fund for New York), Brown finds an ideal collaborator in visionary vocalist, composer, and bassist Meshell Ndegeocello.
ANGELA DAVIS�"SEIZE THE TIME Now Open at Zimmerli Art Museum
by A.A. Cristi
- Sep 17, 2021
A groundbreaking exhibition documents the image, influence, and activism of Angela Davis. Angela Davis—Seize the Time was developed at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, where it is now on view. With some 220 objects, Seize the Time not only examines Davis's arrest, incarceration, trial and the national and international campaigns to free her, but also positions her as a continuing touchstone for contemporary artists.
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