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The Invisible Woman Collective will host a Harlem Renaissance Gala and Art Fundraiser tonight at 217 West Federal Street in ...
William H. Johnson's "Street Life, Harlem" (1939-1940) details what Ken Burns' "Jazz" missed. "Jazz" will certainly broaden understanding of the African-American experience.
Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival Sponsored by Apollo Theater, Harlem Stage and Jazzmobile Presents Battle of the Big Bands & Swing Dance Competition George Gee Swing Orchestra and The Harlem Renaissance ...
The influx set the stage for the Harlem Renaissance, a rich period of Black artistry when jazz styles like Harlem stride piano and swing flourished. Bebop followed, in the 1940s, with Minton’s ...
The Big Band Jubilee in Harlem celebrates Juneteenth through the neighborhood’s enduring legacy to jazz music. The celebration started late on June 19 due to weather issues, but opened up sounds ...
The Jazz Age in Central Harlem took place alongside the flowering of visual arts, poetry, and prose sparked by the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s and 1930s. Some name this era one of the most ...
We met at just the right time, and I found my “Harlem Renaissance” right here in my hometown of Los Angeles. Dianne Reeves and Billy Higgins performing at The World Stage (1993). (The original image ...
Tucked into a quiet corner of Upper Manhattan is one of Harlem’s last informal jazz parlors. It’s a setting you might not expect: a small living room decked with family photographs, magazine clippings ...
This is the New World Symphony’s second season hosting a festival focused on the Harlem Renaissance, an intellectual and cultural revival of African-American dance, literature, music, theater ...