The life and times of archivist Michael Flug
Tag: Zora Neale Hurston
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Jamila Woods builds on legacies that shook the world
On the new Legacy! Legacy!, Chicago singer and poet Jamila Woods lovingly details how art can learn from the past as it shapes the future.
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Angel Bat Dawid taps into the root of all black music
Chicago singer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Angel Bat Dawid talks about the improvisation and inspiration that shaped her new album, The Oracle.
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The Color Purple unbound
The Mercury Theater presents The Color Purple without fashionable cuts.
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Blacks and blackface
A new book on blackface parses the queasy appeal of minstrelsy
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The sweet, sharp stereotypes of Spunk
Court Theatre revives George C. Wolfe’s stage version of three stories by Zora Neale Hurston