Dancing In My Cockroach Killers
On a weekend celebrating the Puerto Rican Pride Parade in New York City, GALA Hispanic Theater hosted a hot Nuyorican dance troupe that put on their stilettos and killed some cockroaches! The Sassy off-Broadway Puerto Rican musical that blends dance and drama, premiers as the closing show of Gala’s 42nd season and features a DC/NYC […]
Esther Sweet Esther’s Road To Broadway
Kyaunnee Richardson once again filled the soaring Lincoln presidential suite of Trump International Hotel with her angelic rendition of “ESTHER SWEET ESTHER”, an operetta by Jeremiah & Wendy Ginsberg that took another step to the Great White Way! “The road to Broadway begins tonight”, said Wendy Ginsberg after a piano concerto by Pascal Salomon and […]
Performance Dance Emerges
According to Holly Bass a trend-setting performance and visual artist, there is a new and exciting genre on the local arts scene called “Performance Dance’, where the message is as important as the movement. Last weekend at Dance Place, MK Abadoo, and Vaughan Ryan Midder rolled out a reimagined Spike Lee Joint called “Wake Up!”, that […]
Soul The STAX Musical
Center Stage closes out its 2017-2018 Season with SOUL The Stax Musical. This musical is inspired by the story of Stax Records and the rise of iconic artists such as Otis Redding, The Staple Singers, Isaac Hayes, Booker T. & The MG’s, Rufus and Carla Thomas, David Porter, Wilson Pickett, Johnnie Taylor, and Eddie Floyd and […]
Philly’s Pieces Of A Dream & Friends In The House
‘White Chocolate’ Chris Harris, Bongo man Alex Simon and Bowie’s George Graham on bass harmonize on some Billy Preston old skool rock. WHUR’s Quiet Storm host Dan Brown introduced one of the DMV’s most popular bands to the packed house for the Saturday matinee at the DoubleTree ballroom. Most would have been satisfied with Philly’s […]
Brian Culbertson’s Breathtaking Opening Act
Brian Culbertson kicked off his 50 city, 70 performance, 3 month long “COLORS OF LOVE” tour in Reading, PA as the opening act of the 10 day 28th Annual Berks Jazz Festival. Paying tribute to his wife Michelle with a solo piece called ‘Michelle’s Theme’, he slowed his roll just long enough to play his […]
Creole Café Jazz Brunch
During the days of segregation when even Jewish merchants weren’t welcome in downtown St. Petersburg, 22nd Avenue and 9th Street was the entertainment ‘Hotspot’ of Black St. Pete! Today, the Creole Café is the anchor of the community and brings a spicy mix of authentic New Orleans cuisine and an affordable gospel jazz brunch in […]
BERKS JAZZ FESTIVAL OPENS MARCH 31st
The 28th Annual Berks Jazz Festival in my humble Home Town of Reading, PA., will be kicked off by Bob Baldwin pianist and composer with over more than two decades of Bona Fides as one of the chief progenitors of true urban jazz, will lead the headline New Urban Jazz Party to kick off the Berks Jazz Festival on […]
Flamenco Band Of Gypsies Burns Gala Dance Stage
GALA HISPANIC THEATRE kicked off the 13th International Flamenco Festival last night in Columbia Heights with a powerful blend of dancers and singers backed up by a three piece band that transformed the GALA into an intimate tablao Spanish dance hall setting with everything but the sangria. World famous Salvadorian flamenco artist Edwin Aparicio teamed with his partner Aleksey Kulikov of the Ukraine […]
Hurston Wright Legacy Awards
The Nation’s Premier Black literary foundation honored a trio of iconic figures in the arts and letters at the 16th Annual Legacy Awards Hurston Wright Awards Ceremony. Joining legendary civil rights and now best-selling author Congressman John Lewis, were Third World Press founder and poet Hakin Madhubuti, and Dr. Carla Hayden the first African American Librarian […]
