arts

“The Harlem Suite” is the latest album (released March 31 on the Ropeadope label) from Jacques Schwarz-Bart, Berklee professor, saxophonist and composer.

For the first time since 2016, African Fashion Week will bring vibrant prints and innovative silhouettes to the Boston runway.

On Saturday, June 3, more than 55 local musicians will flood the streets of the Ashmont Adams area of Dorchester, strumming guitars and belting out vocals from porches around the neighborhood. Dorchfest, in its second year, is a celebration of musical talent in Dorchester.

Every month from April to October, The American City Coalition (TACC) will host vibrant cultural and community events in Nubian Square as part of the Savor the Square initiative.

Argentina’s legendary first lady Eva Perón has a life story that was always destined for the stage. From an impoverished childhood in the 1920s she found a passionate romance and became one of the most powerful figures in Argentine history, both beloved and reviled.

For one weekend this month, Dorchester’s explosive artistic talent overflows from historic brick buildings around the neighborhood.

For five years The Dewitt Center, a free community center providing daily programs, classes and connection opportunities to members of all ages, has served as the heart of Madison Park Village. In celebration of that anniversary, Madison Park Development Corporation will host a Pick-Up Basket Ball party for the surrounding community.

“Nehanda” is a performance by artist nora chipaumire that defies description. The piece probes the Zimbabwean fight for independence and its colonial history, through the legend of Nehanda, a spirit that embodies only women and is venerated by the Shona people in Zimbabwe and central Mozambique.

“Stonebreakers” by Italian director Valerio Ciriaci is a documentary chronicling the toppling of statues and monuments during the George Floyd protests and the 2020 presidential election.

Back in Boston for the first time since 2013, the Paul Taylor Dance Company made a sensational return this month with three shows at the Boch Center Shubert Theatre, presented by the Celebrity Series of Boston.

A dark and moving slice of America’s past comes to life on stage in “Omar,” created by Grammy Award-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens and acclaimed film, television and classical music composer Michael Abels and performed by the Boston Lyric Opera.

The times we live in are challenging to our minds, bodies and spirits. For our spirits to survive, we as a people have to do what we have always done. We must focus on our art and culture for the strength to keep going in the face of this kind of unspeakable brutality.