‘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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Open Studio: How NFTs are changing the arts, and the lasting power of a Ukrainian tradition
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Boston poet laureate Porsha Olayiwola views her work as 'radical love'
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Toshi Reagon finds an opera for the ages in the book ‘Parable of the Sower’
Octavia E. Butler’s 1993 masterpiece takes the stage in Boston.
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