‘Jaja’s African Hair Braiding’ showcases the joys and struggles of immigrants in America
The SpeakEasy Stage's production of the Tony Award-winning play centers hair braiders and their lives over one day in the salon in which they work.
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New book spotlights Madam C.J. Walker’s daughter A’Lelia, who forged her own path
The daughter of America's first Black millionaire became the “joy goddess” of Harlem in the 1920s.
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How a pasta mural took shape in East Somerville
Local artist Michael Talbot finds inspiration in life experiences and handmade Italian -
Arts This Week: ICA exhibit spotlights how a lack of affordable studio space in Boston hurts artists
Plus, a journey to two New England art colonies and a stage comedy that looks at race in Boston. -
This church is paying ‘royalties’ when it sings spirituals composed by enslaved Africans
The funds collected by the Brookline parish will be donated to a nonprofit youth music program in Roxbury.
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