Winter Exhibition Features Metal Sculptures Of Artist Kristine Mays at the Atlanta Botanical Garden
by Stephi Wild - December 10, 2021 Orchid Daze celebrates the return of spring with an exhibition of artist Kristine Mays' jubilant sculptures set amongst the warm, vibrant tropical landscape of the Fuqua Orchid Center February 12 – April 10. ... 
2021-2022 Black Spatial Relics Artists In Residence And Micro Grantees Announced
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 12, 2022 Black Spatial Relics is a new performance residency about slavery, justice, and freedom. The residency annually supports the development of new performance works that address and incorporate public histories of slavery and contemporary issues and pursuits of justice and freedom.... 
South Street Seaport Museum Announces Return Of Free, In-Person Field Trips
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 29, 2021 South Street Seaport Museum has announced the return of in-person field trips as part of its school-age education programs, offering one-of-a-kind learning experiences that allow for social distancing. ... 
The Guadalupe Presents Soy Malintzin, November 18
by A.A. Cristi - November 04, 2022 The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center presents Soy Malintzin, an original production by the Guadalupe Dance Company, accompanied by Mariachi Azteca de América. Soy Malintzin will be held at the historic Guadalupe Theater, 1301 Guadalupe Street on Friday, Nov. 18, 2022 at 8 p.m. Commissioned and present... 
'Portland's Complicity in African Enslavement' Presentation Will Be Held at First Parish This Weekend
by Stephi Wild - May 26, 2022 Seth Goldstein, instructor at Maine College of Art and educational director of Atlantic Black Box, will speak Sunday, May 29, 2022, at 10 a.m. at First Parish Unitarian Universalist, 425 Congress St. His talk will cover “Portland’s Complicity in African Enslavement,” growing out of his work with Atl... 
A+E Networks & Ancestry Partner for Mini-Series
by Michael Major - February 16, 2022 Through conversations with descendants and by exploring data on Ancestry, A+E Networks produced the branded mini-series that illuminates perspectives and celebrates African American stories. The Ancestry branded content series will be featured on digital and social platforms and during the broadcast... 
Review: THE MOST SPECTACULARLY LAMENTABLE TRIAL OF MIZ MARTHA WASHINGTON at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
by Rachel Weinberg - September 15, 2022 What did our critic think of THE MOST SPECTACULARLY LAMENTABLE TRIAL OF MIZ MARTHA WASHINGTON at Steppenwolf Theatre Company? Steppenwolf’s season opener THE MOST SPECTACULARLY LAMENTABLE TRIAL OF MIZ MARTHA WASHINGTON is a wild fever dream of a play. James Ijames’s play asks audiences to grapple wi... 
Lexington Historical Society Explores Inclusive History With Hancock-Clarke House Reinterpretation
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 06, 2022 Lexington Historical Society is committed to broadening how Lexington's history is presented so visitors and residents alike can appreciate the rich diversity that has characterized this town since the 17th century. ... 
Special Offer: Limited Tickets Available for Elton John & Tim Rice's AIDA: In Concert!
by BWW Special Offer - September 21, 2022 Special Offer: Limited Tickets Available for Elton John & Tim Rice's AIDA: In Concert!... 
Adrienne Warren Joins Cast of THE WOMAN KING Film
by Michael Major - September 27, 2021 Warren and Olivier Award-Winner Sheila Atim join the previously announced Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, John Boyega, Sheila Atim, and Lashana Lynch in the new feature from TriStar.... 
World Premiere Of TROUBLE THE WATER Recounts Extraordinary Story Of African American Hero Robert Smalls
by A.A. Cristi - June 15, 2022 Inspired by the little-known, larger-than-life true story of Robert Smalls, the first African American hero of the Civil War, Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum presents the world premiere of Trouble the Water, freely adapted by Ellen Geer from the 2019 award-winning historical novel by Rebecca Dwight... 
Vincent Victoria to Present LOVE, MARRIAGE, AND HEARTBREAK
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 03, 2022 With Valentine's Day and Black History Month always being a big part of February, Vincent Victoria Presents will be offering a theatrical presentation that will highlight both.... 
RIVETED: THE HISTORY OF JEANS to Premiere on PBS
by Michael Major - January 04, 2022 This February 2022, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE kicks off its new Winter-Spring season with “Riveted: The History of Jeans,” the fascinating and surprising story of the iconic American garment. The special was written, directed and produced by Anna Lee Strachan and Michael Bicks and executive produced by C... 
VIDEO: Bravo Shares Karen Huger's REAL HOUSEWIVES OF POTOMAC Spinoff Trailer
by Michael Major - March 17, 2022 Karen Huger is ready to embark on the journey of a lifetime as she ventures back to Surry County, VA with her husband, Ray, and daughter, Rayvin, to reunite with her family, the Woodens. This reunion of epic proportions uncovers family lineage revelations, fun bonding experiences, and the fate of th... 
Philipsburg Manor Open For Tours Celebrating Juneteenth
by A.A. Cristi - June 03, 2022 Philipsburg Manor, the country's first living history museum to focus on slavery in the colonial North, will be welcoming visitors for Juneteenth, observed on Monday, June 20. Guided tours of the site will be offered between 10:30am-3:30pm....
Adrienne Warren Joins Cast of THE WOMAN KING Film
by Michael Major - September 27, 2021 Warren and Olivier Award-Winner Sheila Atim join the previously announced Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, John Boyega, Sheila Atim, and Lashana Lynch in the new feature from TriStar.... 
Rhonda 'Passion' Hansome Will Direct DUST OF EGYPT at NY Theater Festival
by Stephi Wild - November 03, 2022 Karin Abarbanel's 60-minute play dramatizes the fight of Sojourner Truth, the Black abolitionist and women's rights advocate, to save her enslaved son.... 
BWW Review: BEHIND THE SHEET at The Black Rep At COCA
by James Lindhorst - March 19, 2022 Charly Evon Simpson’s BEHIND THE SHEET is a fictional story, based on real life events, of the inhumane experimentation and treatment of enslaved women who sustained childbirth obstetric fistulas in the birth canal. In BEHIND THE SHEET, Dr. George Barry purchases infirmed slave women from plantation... 
Opera Exposures Presents LET'S CELEBRATE UNCLE TOM At St. Mark's in the Bowery
by A.A. Cristi - September 28, 2022 Back by popular demand 'Let's Celebrate Uncle Tom!,' presented by Opera Exposures, explores the harrowing saga behind the character made infamous in the Harriet Beecher Stowe classic. ... 
World Channel Celebrates Juneteenth With 19 Films
by Michael Major - June 14, 2022 Selections from its curated playlist by noted filmmakers including Stanley Nelson, Ken Burns, Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster, Sam Pollard and Yoruba Richen run all month on a variety of platforms, including WORLD Channel, WorldChannel.org, WORLD Channel’s YouTube Channel and Facebook page, PBS Pas... 
Harvard Square Celebrates Juneteenth With Spotlight, Mirror And Book, A Fleeting Art Installation
by A.A. Cristi - June 20, 2022 Juneteenth or Freedom Day, commemorates the end of enslavement for African descendants of the transatlantic slave trade. While the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 publicly declared the end of slavery in the United States, freedom was not fully realized for enslaved people in Texas until June 19th,... 
Dallas Black Dance Theatre's DBDT: Encore! Takes the Stage with the New Texas Symphony Orchestra
by Stephi Wild - March 25, 2022 Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s DBDT: Encore! collaborates with the New Texas Symphony Orchestra to create magic on stage during the Rising Excellence performance. The performance also showcases two world premieres. Dance/choreographic duo Derion Loman and Madison Olandt create a dramatic new work for ... 
Photos: First Look At The World Premiere of TROUBLE THE WATER At Theatricum
by Grace Cutler - July 23, 2022 Inspired by the little-known, larger-than-life true story of Robert Smalls, the first African American hero of the Civil War, Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum presents the world premiere of Trouble the Water, freely adapted by Ellen Geer from the 2019 award-winning historical novel by Rebecca Dwigh...
Opera Lafayette Brings THE ERA OF MARIE ANTOINETTE, REDISCOVERED to New York and Washington DC
by A.A. Cristi - December 21, 2021 The Era of Marie Antoinette, Rediscovered, the theme of Opera Lafayette's 2022 season, willl feature three programs of French music from the 1760's through 1780's and a unique focus on its resonance in the Americas....
2021-2022 Black Spatial Relics Artists In Residence And Micro Grantees Announced
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 12, 2022 Black Spatial Relics is a new performance residency about slavery, justice, and freedom. The residency annually supports the development of new performance works that address and incorporate public histories of slavery and contemporary issues and pursuits of justice and freedom.... |
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