Indianapolis has a long, storied history of Black creatives who have left a lasting impression on their communities.

Words for a better world Sun Ra has a way with words – a strange celestial way. Like the rest of us, he uses them to communicate. But what he communicates ...

The arts are alive and well at Chief Sealth International High School, showcased through Thursday night’s third annual CSIHS Art Walk. Originally proposed by Sealth’s choir director Katie Lenoue, the ...

Produced by David Kennedy and Nick Quested of Goldcrest Films in co-production with Uprising Music NYC and in cooperation ...

UD News Local artist Bing Davis and University of Dayton alumnus Jack Marchbanks will hold a conversation on creativity, Black excellence and the civil rights movement at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, in ...

Also a saxophone standout, he served as stylistic bridge between the Benny Goodman swing era and the genre-blurring present.

His luck seems to change when he gets a gig teaching poetry in a high school and meets Yurlady (Rebeca Andrade), a teenager who seems indifferent to poetry, but writes like a dream. Oscar becomes her ...

A Wendell actor and writer have teamed up with a four-time Grammy Award-winning cellist for an improvised poem performance at The Workroom at 33 Hawley St. in Northampton on Feb. 1. Showtime is slated ...

Jazz vocalist Allan Harris will return to the Amaturo Theater at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts on December 3, 2025, where he will perform music from his newest album A Poetry of Jazz ...

The Pasheena Nicole Experience blends poetry, jazz & blues for an intimate, unforgettable night in the Legends Room. Step into a night of artistry and soul with The Pasheena Nicole Experience at the ...

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Tanita Tikaram, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Bill Frisell Trio and Mulatu Astatke, the father of Ethiopian jazz, are among the exciting gigs at this year’ s festival. From 14–23 November 2025, London will ...