WHUR AND THE DMV INVADE THE BERKS JAZZ FEST
In her annual sojourn to the Berks Jazz Festival, Angela Stribling of WHUR’s late night ‘Pillow Talk’ segment will be bringing busloads of loyal jazz fans from the DC area for their ‘Remembering George Duke’ performance at the Double Tree Hilton hotel on Saturday afternoon. The memorial show will feature Chante Moore, Phil Perry, Brian Bromberg and Brian Simpson, who cast a spell on […]
LARRY GRAHAM’S FUNK HIGHLIGHTS BERKS JAZZ FEST
For those of us who came of age with GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION, the Saturday night show with the 70 year old Larry Graham was a much anticipated climax of the opening weekend of the Berks Jazz Fest. The buzz started when Larry emerged from the back of the ballroom with a white SUPERFLY outfit and […]
DC CAP ALL STARS RAIN PURPLE AT KENNEDY CENTER
The Music of Prince. was this year’s theme for the 9th annual DC-CAPital Stars that took place at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in the Eisenhower Theater followed by a gala reception and old fashion Throw Down Party in the Nations Gallery featuring ‘The Source’ band. The event featured a Celebrity Judge Idol-Style Competition including Patti Austin, Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter; Hinton Battle, Tony […]
PUBLICK PLAYHOUSE PG’s HIDDEN TREASURE
Most people trying to avoid the traffic backups on the BWI Parkway barely notice the Publick Playhouse at the intersection of 202 and 450 Annapolis Road and blow by this unique theater with the Art Deco marquee and tons of free parking behind it. I’ve seen Ruby Dee perform there, but last weekend I was invited to […]
27TH ANNUAL BERKS JAZZ FEST OPENS MARCH 31st
The two week long, ten day long jazz emersion experience AKA the Berks Jazz Festival begins the last Friday in March on the 31st and extends to the second Sunday in April on the 9th. The opening night Celebration features Patti Austin, Jonathan Butler and Gerald Albright at the ornate Santander Center in downtown Reading, […]
MNEMONIC BY COMPLICITE
On the eve of St. Patrick’s Day, the international touring group from London, Complicite paints a bold and chaotic picture of the European immigrant experience with in-your-face full frontal, primordial images of climate change and Stone Age icemen. Mnemonic grapples with the fragmented yet creative aspects of memory as seen through the grieving mind of an estranged […]
CHOCOLATE COVERED ANTS
When you’re the only Black professional theater company in the DMV and have a timeless proven product, it’s about perfection not production values. Restoration Stage has refined an already polished play into a more complex, nuanced production that gets better with every iteration. I first saw ‘ANTS’ at the Bowie Playhouse in 2014 and I was struck by the […]
BARRY PLACE CRAINS HOVER OVER HOWARD PLACE
Turning south on Sherman off of Park Road, I noticed the Crain hovering over the horizon for the first time. As I got closer I realized that it was where the old parking lot for the Howard business school temp buildings used to be. I’m dating myself but before Howard built the ‘new’ Bschool at […]
15TH ANNUAL HURSTON WRIGHT LEGACY AWARDS
Earnest Gaines who penned Miss Jane Pittman was honored with the North Star Award as a beacon of brilliant accomplishment and Dominican Pulitzer Prize winning author Junot Diaz was described by Mistress of Ceremonies Michel Martin as “a disturber of the peace” humbly received the Ella Baker before a packed house at the Washington Plaza Hotel at the 15th Annual Hurston […]
SHAW WINS GREAT AMERICAN MAIN STREET AWARD!
Shaw Main Streets received the 2016 Great American Main Street Award® (GAMSA) at the 2016 Main Street Now Conference in Milwaukee, WI on May 23, 2016. The win will be celebrated at a gala fundraiser at the Howard Theatre in the neighborhood on June 1, 2016. According to a press release from the National Trust for Historic […]
