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Jake McCandless named principal of W.E.B. Du Bois Regional Middle School
Berkshire Eagle· 6 hours agoJason “Jake” McCandless — an educator and administrator with experience in the Mount Greylock,...
Artemus Jenkins channels W.E.B. Du Bois, Kendrick Lamar in new solo show
WABE· 1 day 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
Art Daily· 18 hours agoMorality takes a hike in Claudio Monteverdi s final opera, L Incoronazione di Poppea. Bold in its satire and explicit in its sen
Confronting Opera as an “Inherently Colonialist Art Form,” Yuval Sharon Brings New Work to L.A.
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoRenowned opera director Yuval Sharon returns to The Industry, the company where he began his career,...
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...
The Harlem Renaissance Was Bigger Than Harlem
The Atlantic· 10 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· 4 days agoIn Nicola Yoon’s first novel for adults, “One of Our Kind,” a woman finds that a lush California...
Morgan Park receives historical road marker
WBAL-TV Baltimore· 2 days agoThe Morgan Park Community has a new roadside historical marker. In 1917, then-Morgan State College moved to its current location, but Jim Crow laws kept...
Cape Ann gets set for Juneteenth observance
Gloucester Daily Times· 2 days 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 ...