In 'Blue,' Lyric Opera's small, powerful cast tells painful story of a teen's death at police hands
A five-year-old opera, “Blue,” tackles this tragedy head-on with a simple yet weighty story about a Black couple in Harlem ...
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Dr. Samantha Ege, a researcher, musicologist, concert pianist and author, joined Jewell Hillery on Sunday’s WGN Weekend Morning News to talk about her new book, “South Side ...
Dr. Samantha Ege talks about her new book, the remarkable story of Black women who transformed Chicago’s classical music scene
Dr. Samantha Ege, a researcher, musicologist, concert pianist and author, joined Jewell Hillery on Sunday’s WGN Weekend ...
Review: Powerful ‘Blue’ by Lyric Opera charts the agony of Black parenting
In this opera, composed by Jeanine Tesori with a libretto by Tazewell Thompson, you never see the event at the heart of the ...
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Chicago Theater legend Jackie Taylor highlights ‘Blue Eyed Soul Sung by Brown Eyed People’
A conversation with Chicago Theater legend Jackie Taylor who founded the Black Ensemble Theater 48 years ago ... is one of ...
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How Music and Art Have Helped Black Americans Weather Troubling Times
In 1975, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes laid down a melodic mandate that applies to our times: “Wake up, everybody / No more ...
How this Iowan overcame otherness and racism as a Black child adopted into a white family
Racism was not addressed in Jean-Marie Salem's family growing up. It wasn't until she found her birth family that she felt ...
The Blues Brothers Are Still Going Strong. Do They Have a Future?
Nearly five decades ago, an SNL side hustle defied the critics and conquered the music and film worlds. A new team is trying ...
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Top 20 Bands That Became More Successful with a New Singer
These bands shook things up and reaped the benefits. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re looking at bands whose career ...
Quincy Jones’ Wife: Meet All The Women He’s Been Married To
Quincy Jones was married three times in his life. Learn about his marriages here. Quincy Jones enjoyed a booming career as a top-tier music and film producer with more than 60 years in the business.
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How Will White Women Vote? It’s a Question With a Fraught History.
White and Black women have joined together to power progressive causes — from abolition to civil rights — but it’s a tenuous alliance. By Nikole Hannah-Jones Nikole Hannah-Jones is a ...
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Black women in Georgia back Harris and fear a Trump presidency
ATLANTA — Taylor Mills never imagined she would cast her first ballot in a presidential election for a Black woman. A theater and performance major at Spelman College in Atlanta, Mills saw her ...