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Jake McCandless named principal of W.E.B. Du Bois Regional Middle School
Berkshire Eagle· 1 day agoJason “Jake” McCandless — an educator and administrator with experience in the Mount Greylock,...
A New Opera Mashes Up Monteverdi and W.E.B. Du Bois
New York Times· 2 days 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,...
Artemus Jenkins channels W.E.B. Du Bois, Kendrick Lamar in new solo show
WABE· 2 days ago“[The exhibit] is very much a critique rooted in similar thoughts that Mr. Du Bois had about Atlanta...
Confronting Opera as an “Inherently Colonialist Art Form,” Yuval Sharon Brings New Work to L.A.
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 2 days agoRenowned opera director Yuval Sharon returns to The Industry, the company where he began his career,...
Harrisburg’s William Howard Day made mark as pioneering civil rights leader | Column
The Patriot-News· 7 hours agoWilliam Howard Day was a significant 19th-century Black civil rights figure who made his mark in...
Community news: Aviation Academy June 21-22; off-broadway play coming Sunday to Gainesville
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 24 hours agoThe play features time-traveling witnesses, including Harriet Tubman, Medgar Evers, Emmett Till and...
Visionary director Yuval Sharon isn't trying to cancel old opera. His latest fantastical piece...
Los Angeles Times· 3 days agoWhat do 17th century Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi and 20th century writer and civil rights...
James Lawson's booming voice and loving spirit left a lasting mark on this UCLA professor
Los Angeles Times· 7 hours agoUCLA historian Vinay Lal remembers speaking alongside the Rev. James Lawson during a panel...
The Harlem Renaissance Was Bigger Than Harlem
The Atlantic· 1 day agoIn “The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism,” a sprawling exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was a watercolor still life by...
She Moved Her Family to a Black Utopia. Then Things Got Weird.
New York Times· 4 days agoIn Nicola Yoon’s first novel for adults, “One of Our Kind,” a woman finds that a lush California...