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In homage to “Empress of the Blues” Bessie Smith, Mayfield delivered a performance of “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” that was as ...

Born in 1830 to an Italian father and English ... whose parents were of African American, Native American and English ancestry, studied music and wrote poems and plays. When she moved to ...

Black American novelists, filmmakers and other writers are using comedy to reveal — and combat — our era’s disturbing ...

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The writer whose own books are modern literary classics reveals the great works that inspired him ...

After packed-to-the-brim days in Philadelphia and New York City, the final stop of our East Coast train trip was here. Ashley ...

Los Angeles is in the midst of a de facto chamber opera festival with productions across the region tackling the social and political issues of the moment.

Far from the well-trodden tourism path, the Central African nation promises unparalleled access to nature at its wildest.

Klotz, Petra. Suffering as a theme in Alice Walker's short stories "To hell with dying," "Strong horse tea," and "Everyday use", 2010. (Grabher) ...

Ah spring, when a (not so) young man's thoughts turn to vinyl and the upcoming Record Store Day celebrations, which this year ...