Year: 2024

Michelle Eistrup’s Dikenga: Four Faces of the Sun at Fisk

Prior to the sunset premiere of Dikenga: Four Faces of the Sun, Fisk University Galleries (Jameel Sheats, curator) hosted a panel and reception indoors on the John Hope and AureliaRead More

from the National Museum of African American Music:

A Review of Gospel: Panel & Watch Party

On Monday, February 12th, I had the pleasure of attending an engrossing and stimulating panel discussion at the National Museum of African American Music, sponsored, and curated by WPLN, Nashville’sRead More

From Belmont's Department of Theater and Dance

Blue Stockings

Tuesday evening, February 20th, I saw the Belmont Department of Theatre and Dance performance of Blue Stockings. It was a very enjoyable evening: the play is fantastic. It is aboutRead More

Thoughts of a Colored Man: Town and Gown Triumph

The first morality play in Western culture was written in 12th-century Germany by a woman for women. Of its many characters, only one, the devil, was male. The most recentRead More

Coming to Darkhorse Theater: The African Company Presents Richard III

This play, written by Carlyle Brown, is about an actual historic event: In 1821, forty years before Lincoln ended slavery, and fifty years before black Americans earned the right toRead More

from Cheekwood's Winter Concert Series:

Salsa Night in Cheekwood Gardens with the Music City Latin Orchestra

(Versión en español aquí: https://wp.me/pabEmc-2Ky) As part of Cheekwood’s Winter Concert Series, on Saturday, February 24th at 7:00 pm, the authentic flavors of salsa will be savored in the MasseyRead More

de la serie de conciertos de invierno de Cheekwood:

Noche de salsa en los jardines de Cheekwood con la Music City Latin Orchestra

(English Version here:  https://wp.me/pabEmc-2Kz) Como parte de la Serie de Conciertos de Invierno de Cheekwood, el próximo sábado 24 de febrero a las 7:00 pm, en el Auditorio Massey seRead More

The Lunar New Year with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra

Lunar New Year is the most important Chinese holiday, celebrated throughout the diaspora including in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, and more. The Nashville Symphony—underRead More

The MCR Interview:

The African Company Presents Richard III: Interview with Director Lawrence James

Dr Lawrence James is directing a staged reading of The African Company Presents Richard III with the Nashville Shakespeare Festival at the Darkhorse Theatre February 22-24. This is a slightlyRead More

Tina Turner – The Tina Turner Musical

Tina – The Tina Turner Musical is a biographical jukebox musical, covering her life from her childhood to her fifties, ending at her record-breaking performance in Rio De Janeiro inRead More