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Artemus Jenkins channels W.E.B. Du Bois, Kendrick Lamar in new solo show
WABE· 22 hours ago“[The exhibit] is very much a critique rooted in similar thoughts that Mr. Du Bois had about Atlanta...
A New Opera Mashes Up Monteverdi and W.E.B. Du Bois
New York Times· 1 day agoBold in its satire and explicit in its sensuality, even more than 350 years after its creation, the work gives its ruthless lovers, Nero and Poppea,...
Confronting Opera as an “Inherently Colonialist Art Form,” Yuval Sharon Brings New Work to L.A.
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoRenowned opera director Yuval Sharon returns to The Industry, the company where he began his career,...
The Harlem Renaissance Was Bigger Than Harlem
The Atlantic· 3 hours agoIn “The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism,” a sprawling exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was a watercolor still life by...
Actor-playwright Biko Eisen-Martin takes on legacies of Tupac and Biggie
CBS News· 5 days agoTupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. (aka Biggie Smalls) are hip hop legends, but actor and...
She Moved Her Family to a Black Utopia. Then Things Got Weird.
New York Times· 3 days agoIn Nicola Yoon’s first novel for adults, “One of Our Kind,” a woman finds that a lush California...
Cape Ann gets set for Juneteenth observance
Gloucester Daily Times· 1 day agoCape Ann is celebrating Juneteenth with speeches, readings and colorful displays this weekend and on the federal holiday. The Juneteenth observances commemorate the emancipation of enslaved ...
Hall of Fame Examines 150 Years of Black Baseball History
Smithsonian Magazine· 7 days agoIt wasn’t until 1962 that Jackie Robinson became the first Black player inducted into baseball’s Hall of Fame. Now, that same Hall of Fame has opened an entire exhibition dedicated to celebrating ...
More than meets the eye at Knowhere Art and Cousen Rose Galleries - The Martha's Vineyard Times
The Martha's Vineyard Times· 2 days agoThere are art openings galore during the summer on the Vineyard. From July 4 through August 11,...
Visionary director Yuval Sharon isn't trying to cancel old opera. His latest fantastical piece...
Los Angeles Times· 2 days agoWhat do 17th century Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi and 20th century writer and civil rights...
