The Big Apple” refers to New York City, but the nickname stems from a popular 1930’s jazz dance, born at the “Big Apple” club ...

Every Friday and Saturday night, live jazz spills out the doors of the Black-owned Williamsburg Music Center in Brooklyn. It ...

1950 – Cold War: Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan ...

The weekend brings Lady A, Snomarket and Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol, along with fundraisers, holiday ...

From 2015 through 2020, a personal research project included my reading dozens of jazz books and related media. They included mainstays such as the massive reference The Penguin Guide to Jazz ...

Stars Michael B. Jordan, Wunmi Mosaku, Miles Caton, Delroy Lindo, and director Ryan Coogler discuss what makes 'Sinners' such a powerful movie.

ARMADILLO WILLY’S: After 42 years in business, this venerable barbecue chain is down to one location, in San Mateo. But ...

“If I had my way, I would hang all Jews in the country,” roared Ralph Ninfo in a 1938 as pro-Mussolini Italian American fascists and pro-Hitler German American Bund members met at a Bund rally in New ...

In these pages, we witness a year of Black artistry that moved hearts, shook stages and reshaped the contours of possibility.

Residents in South Atlanta were invited to vote on revisions to a mural commemorating the 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre. But this is an opportunity for deeper engagement.

Twyla Tharp led the way with her distinct brand of American classicism, along with other artists who stepped it up.

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater celebrated its Opening Night Gala on Dec. 3. Artistic Director Alicia Graf Mack tells ...