An African American Performance Showcase has brought people together through music, rhythm and dance — celebrating the ...

This interview is part of an ongoing Star series highlighting Kansas Citians from historically underrepresented communities ...

To celebrate the University of Maryland’s 2025 Homecoming, Juke Joint encourages students and local community members of ...

Celia Cruz was a monumental force in the world of Latin music, by lending her powerful voice to some of the genre’s most iconic works.

MACON, Ga. — Sounds like there's a lot going on at the Hayiya Dance Theatre. This dance studio and cultural arts center dances to the beat of its own drum, but to founder Pilar Lowden– this is what ...

In the roaring twenties, the world buzzed with jazz rhythms and a spirit of liberation. It was an era when African American artists found their creative voices and sought new horizons beyond the ...

Walker joins us, along with his wife Karida Walker, who is a dancer in the troupe; and high school senior Nylah Jae Holt, who has been dancing with Sebé Kan since she was 8 years old. Note: The ...

We hear of the value of asking our elders about our culture before it's too late, before they die along with their troves of historically personal facts. A dozen reviewers chose nine finalists from ...

Find adventure, advice or take a trip through the past at the Friends of the Library's Big Spring Book Sale, open to the public Friday through Monday at 303 E. Kirkwood Ave. From 10 a.m.-6 p.m. April ...

She’s the first African woman to be nominated for a Grammy Award in a jazz category. She is also the first Rwandan or Ugandan to ever be nominated for a Grammy. And she is the first East African actor ...

It wasn't on purpose that Iris Rosa Santiago opened up a studio offering African diaspora dance genres in the historic Kennedy-King Neighborhood, but it's befitting of her journey. The Iris Rose Dance ...

If you start your day with a cup of coffee or end your evening listening to jazz, you can thank African people. Traditions and practices from across the continent have found their way to practically ...