music
Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl show was made for you and me
February 6, 2017This Super Bowl, Lady Gaga projected a spectacle, an alternative vision of an indivisible, diverse and equal America.
Read moreAmina Baraka records debut CD, headlines NYC performance
February 3, 2017"This CD is very important right now as we face a kind of American fascism we haven't known before."
Read moreWoody Guthrie, songwriter and People’s World columnist, sings again
February 2, 2017An ensemble from Scotland brings Woody Guthrie’s radical, pro-worker songs and commentary to life.
Read moreLangston Hughes’ jazz “Ask Your Mama” launches national tour
January 5, 2017Jazz was a universal metaphor for Hughes, a convergence of the arts beyond the reach of words or the limits of any one language.
Read moreWhy Chicago’s Black Ensemble Theater matters: Creativity in the age of Trump
December 31, 2016Celebrating 40 years of Chicago's Black Ensemble Theater, the only theater in the U.S. whose mission is to eradicate racism.
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