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Handel and Haydn Society launches fellowship for minority musicians
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Handel and Haydn Society launches fellowship for minority musicians
The Handel and Haydn Society has launched the H+H Stone Fellowship, a fellowship for emerging musicians working with period instruments in baroque and classical genres.
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The Huntington serves up laughs with a side of wisdom in ‘Clyde’s’
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The Huntington serves up laughs with a side of wisdom in ‘Clyde’s’
Foodies and theater-lovers alike will be satiated at The Huntington’s production of “Clyde’s” by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage, running March 24-April 23.
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‘James Baldwin Abroad: A Program of 3 Films’ at Coolidge Corner Theatre
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‘James Baldwin Abroad: A Program of 3 Films’ at Coolidge Corner Theatre
“James Baldwin Abroad: A Program of 3 Films” opens at the Coolidge Corner Theatre on March 24. The digitally remastered short documentaries reveal snippets of the writer’s life and his personal reflections during his time abroad in Istanbul, Paris and London.
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Black actors opening doors in Hollywood
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Black actors opening doors in Hollywood
Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the first African American woman to be president of the academy, in 2016 set in motion a plan to increase inclusion and diversity by 2020. We can now look back and see that her plan is working.
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Power in pottery: Enslaved artists celebrated in MFA exhibit
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Power in pottery: Enslaved artists celebrated in MFA exhibit
Through July 9, “Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston examines the work of enslaved ceramicists creating both utilitarian and artistic objects in the American South.
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Ethnically diverse Chineke! Orchestra on tour with stops in Boston, Worcester
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Ethnically diverse Chineke! Orchestra on tour with stops in Boston, Worcester
The Chineke! Orchestra, the first majority-Black and ethnically diverse orchestra in Europe, is coming to Boston on Wednesday, March 22 to perform at Jordan Hall as part of the Celebrity Series of Boston.
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A bitter legacy: Author Bryan Stevenson on the lasting effects of racism in America
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A bitter legacy: Author Bryan Stevenson on the lasting effects of racism in America
Attorney Bryan Stevenson, who chronicled his defense of the unjustly convicted and condemned in his 2014 bestselling memoir “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption,” gave a sold-out lecture on March 2 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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Retelling Chaucer in ‘The Wife of Willesden’ at A.R.T.
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Retelling Chaucer in ‘The Wife of Willesden’ at A.R.T.
The North American premiere of “The Wife of Willesden” is on stage at the Loeb Drama Center in Harvard Square through March 17.
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Celebrity Series Jazz Festival brings eclectic musical mix
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Celebrity Series Jazz Festival brings eclectic musical mix
The Celebrity Series of Boston’s Jazz Festival is back! From Wednesday, March 8 through Saturday, March 11, this year’s festival presents an eclectic mix of internationally celebrated musicians.
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Hattie McDaniel’s enduring legacy resonates in ‘Boulevard of Bold Dreams’
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Hattie McDaniel’s enduring legacy resonates in ‘Boulevard of Bold Dreams’
Seeing Samantha Jane Williams play Hattie McDaniel, who in 1940 became the first Black recipient of an Oscar for her role as Mammy in the classic film “Gone with the Wind,” is reason enough not to miss “Boulevard of Bold Dreams,” presented through March 19 by the Greater Boston Stage Company in its jewel box of a theater in Stoneham.
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Aretha Franklin tribute concert comes to Boston
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Aretha Franklin tribute concert comes to Boston
Aretha Franklin’s legacy will be honored in the only appropriate way this month, with a full-fledged tribute concert and dance party. “R.E.S.P.E.C.T — A Celebration of the Music of Aretha Franklin,” at the Emerson Colonial Theatre March 17 and 18, brings powerful vocals and essential history to the stage.
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Castle of Our Skins pays homage to Africa and the African diaspora
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Castle of Our Skins pays homage to Africa and the African diaspora
Castle of Our Skins, a Boston-based Black arts institution, is celebrating its 10th year of shining a light on Black composers. The group recently released a debut album of classical music written by five Black composers from Africa and the African diaspora.
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