‘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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Greg Tate, a powerful chronicler and critic of Black life and culture, has died at 64
Greg Tate, the essential music writer, cultural critic and journalist, has died. He was 64. The news was confirmed by a spokesperson at Duke University… -
'We're doing what we love': Local vendors praise return of SoWa Winter Festival
The seasonal shopping event in Boston's South End runs through Sunday, Dec. 12. -
Boston piano icon Donal Fox blends genres and confounds expectations
Fox played a concert at GBH's Fraser Performance Studio Friday.
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Why Battle & Norman's Spirituals Concert Mattered to NYC
Novelist and playwright Darryl Pinckney reflects on the concert's impact.| 3:03 -
Composer Evelyn Simpson Curenton on "Spirituals in Concert"
Composer Evelyn Simpson Curenton discusses how she composed "Spirituals in Concert."| 2:05 -
Episode 22, Season 11<br> Make way for "Make Way for Ducklings, the Musical"
Jared Bowen talks to the creative team that's adapted the classic book to the stage| 26:46 -
Episode 9, Season 50<br> The Magic of Spirituals
Glimpse behind the curtain at Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman’s famed concert.| 54:25
