‘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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As ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ comes to Boston, one actress returns to the work in a new role
Mary Badham, who played Scout in the 1962 film, takes on a new role in the staged adaptation. -
Ken Burns’ ‘Benjamin Franklin’ finds something new to say about the Founding Father
“We live in a melodramatic age. Every hero has to be perfectly virtuous and every villain has to be perfectly villainous. And that’s not the way it is.” -
Open Studio: Remembering Barkley L. Hendricks and Emilio Delgado, and more
Jared Bowen talks to Richard Thomas about “To Kill a Mockingbird,” looks at the art of painter and photographer Barkley L. Hendricks and pays tribute to Emilio Delgado.
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