‘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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A 'Jaws' actor is named police chief in the town where the iconic movie was filmed
Former Jaws actor Jonathan Searle is set to become the next police chief of Oak Bluffs in Martha's Vineyard — the same town in which the iconic movie was… -
Open Studio: A night of rock with Melissa Etheridge, hip-hop Shakespeare and a Handel opera
The latest episode features Melissa Etheridge revisiting her most personal songs from the '80s and '90s, and The Harvard Art Museums' exhibit on the Brandywine Workshop and Archives. -
Experience the Harlem Renaissance through the music of Fats Waller
Arts This Week rounds up what to do in and around Boston.
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