On Saturday, April 13, from 1:00 to 2:00 pm, come to the Belle Haven Library (413 Ivy Dr.) to enjoy a concert with musician Keenan Webster, sharing the rich sounds of traditional West African ...

The baby boomers have always done things differently. As the youngest of boomers rapidly reach retirement age, they continue to prove that they march to a different beat. By 2030, more than 20% of the ...

Saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, responsible for decades of spiritually rich and emotionally unflinching music, died at age 81 on 24 September 2022. Somewhere in the sky, the celestial bodies are ...

Marilyn Mazur's Shamania has released 'REROOTING' on the Swiss Label Clap Your Hands. Her collaborations with Miles Davis, Gil Evans and Wayne Shorter established her worldwide reputation in the mid ...

A musician and youth worker has collected instruments and memorabilia celebrating a pioneer of African ballet. Phil Windever, from Toxteth, collects items relating to Fodeba Keita, who in 1952 founded ...

It is now commonplace to state that we live in troubled times. A new variant of the Covid-19 virus has been identified, which probably means that the pandemic won't be ending anytime soon. This, in ...

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Those expecting an actual ballet Tuesday night at the University of Connecticut’s Jorgensen Auditorium in Storrs got an exuberant, colorful surprise. Les Ballets Africains, the African Ballet of the ...

Set on the broad backdrop of African history, “Heritage” is not only the name of the new production of Les Ballets Africains, but also the unofficial motto for the dance company, which sees itself as ...