A friend in Houston recently described multidisciplinary artist and space goddess Lisa E. Harris as a “force of nature” in the Texas scene and beyond. Upon investigation, I had to concur. Harris channels the Afrofuturism of Sun Ra, the transcendent devotionals of Alice Coltrane, and the deep-listening experiments of Pauline Oliveros—all while maintaining her own […]
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Flutist Nicole Mitchell uses music to map a possible paradise
Flutist Nicole Mitchell brings her Afrofuturist epic Mandorla Awakening back to Chicago for the Jazz Festival.
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The brightest lights at the 2017 World Music Festival
The World Music Festival is a constellation of international stars—including Afrobeat scion Seun Kuti, rambunctious Cape Verdean accordionist Bitori, and Afro-Venezuelan flame keeper Betsayda Machado.
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Gwendolyn Brooks gets the centennial birthday party she deserves
Our Miss Brooks 100 is a yearlong celebration of the great poet of Bronzeville.
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Nicole Mitchell Premieres a New Suite, With Guest Edmar Castaneda
Thursday at the Cultural Center, flutist Nicole Mitchell premieres the new suite “Mother Nature” in a free concert with guest harpist Edmar Castaneda.
