Taalam Acey's Spoken Word Apex Returns to NJPAC Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Jul 23, 2024
Poet/Curator Taalam Acey honed his poetic skills growing up in Newark. Now known as “The Godfather of Spoken Word,” Acey triumphantly returns home to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center's (NJPAC) Victoria Theater on Saturday, August 24, 2024, to curate Spoken Word Apex, an illuminating night of poetry, visual arts and music, as part of NJPAC's Dodge Poetry series.
Obsidian Theatre Festival Releases New Streaming Content
by Stephi Wild - Mar 29, 2024
The Obsidian Theatre Festival, having just announced the line-up for their 4th Annual Season this summer, has announced the additional release of streaming content from the first three seasons.
Symphony Space Announces New Programs For Spring 2024
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 17, 2024
Symphony Space has announced additional Spring 2024 programming. The coming months abound with bespoke evenings that offer playful and candid experiences of some of today's most beloved voices in music, literature, theater, and more.
Taalam Acey Presents SPOKEN WORD APEX At NJPAC, September 8
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 22, 2023
With 17 CD's and eight books to his credit, the globe-spanning, award-winning, Newark-born, Georgia-based poet/curator Taalam Acey – “The Godfather of Spoken Word” – is one of the most impactful and inspirational artists of our time.
The Apollo to Present World Premiere of THE BLUES AND ITS PEOPLE By Trumpeter Russell Gunn
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 16, 2022
The Apollo will continue its 2022–23 season theme of The Next Movement with The Blues and Its People, a new commissioned work composed by Grammy-nominated trumpeter Russell Gunn, in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the acclaimed book Blues People: Negro Music in White America written by writer, poet, and political activist Amiri Baraka.
The 11th TD James Moody Jazz Festival at NJPAC Announces Artist Line-up
by Stephi Wild - Aug 16, 2022
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) announced the exciting line-up of the highly anticipated TD James Moody Jazz Festival. This year's program offers events combining jazz luminaries in collaboration with artists known for R&B, poetry, hip hop, and so much more.
BREAKIN' CONVENTION 2022 Festival Line-Up Announced
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 11, 2022
Sadler's Wells' annual festival of hip hop dance theatre is back for its 19th year, platforming innovative, authentic dance rooted in the streets and presented live on stage from Friday 29 April - Sunday 1 May 2022.
SKELETON CREW Announces Detroit Night & Detroit Week Event
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 3, 2022
The Motor City is coming to Broadway! Special guests from Detroit and New York City will come together for an extraordinary evening to celebrate the people, the culture, and the city of Detroit with Skeleton Crew, the Broadway premiere by Tony Award nominee Dominique Morisseau, at the 8PM performance on Friday, February 4.
Sparks & Wiry Cries Presents 2022 SongSLAM Festival
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 1, 2021
Sparks & Wiry Cries (Sparks), led by Co-Founders and Directors Martha Guth and Erika Switzer, presents its 2022 songSLAM Festival featuring virtual and live performances from January 13 to 15, 2022 at the Blue Building (222 E 46th St) in New York City, including four live world premieres, a hybrid version of the popular songSLAM competition, and an all-virtual recital.
New Federal Theatre Will Present SHE SPEAKS: LOVE, RESILIENCE, REVOLUTION
by Nicole Rosky - Nov 6, 2021
On November 19 at 7:00 PM, Woodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theatre will present its 2021 Poetry Jam, 'She Speaks: Love, Resilience, Revolution,' a virtual evening of poetry featuring Sasa Aakil, Gha'il Rhodes Benjamin, Bayan Founas (Bayan the Poet), Angela Jackson, jessica Care moore and Dionne Tenhue (aka Luna the Poet).
Woodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theatre Sets 2021 Poetry Jam
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 1, 2021
On November 19 at 7:00 PM, Woodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theatre will present its 2021 Poetry Jam, 'She Speaks: Love, Resilience, Revolution,' a virtual evening of poetry featuring Sasa Aakil, Gha'il Rhodes Benjamin, Bayan Founas (Bayan the Poet), Angela Jackson, jessica Care Moore and Dionne Tenhue (aka Luna the Poet).