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Blues Alley celebrates 60 years of jazz music and community engagement in Georgetown, with a focus on the future of jazz ...
Langston Hughes' birthplace can't forget him — and neither should we. Murals around downtown Joplin bear quiet witness to his greatness and hope.
Hughes's ability to speak to the experiences of African Americans, while also addressing universal themes of freedom, ...
Baltimore theatergoers gathered at Baltimore Center Stage recently for a dazzling and heartfelt production of Langston Hughes’ “Black Nativity” as reimagined by ArtsCentric. The evening was ...
As they closed out the game outscoring Bradwell 17-14, Langston Hughes would go on to pick up the 66-46 win to earn their first ever state title championship berth. "Man it feels great!
Album Description Langston Hughes is seen as one of the leading figures of the Harlem Renaissance in the 20’s and 30’s, and is celebrated for his writing, social activism, and conception of ‘jazz ...
Sankofa African American Theatre Company has announced its annual production of BLACK NATIVITY, a Gospel musical, written by the acclaimed American poet and playwright Langston Hughes with music ...
Meet Jennifer Lopig, Langston Hughes Academy's potbellied pig She is the porcine mascot of charter school's Edible Schoolyard.
But Hughes is one of a handful of artists whose work spanned both the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and ’70s, which partnered with the modern Civil Rights Movement.
The production will tell the story of the birth of Jesus and also touch on modern-day issues, with gospel music throughout.
Langston Hughes' Black Nativity is the latest production John Graves will bring to the stage. It's the nativity story from an African-American perspective that was written in 1961.