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Music

Music: Gregory Porter and "Be Good"



By Bridgit Brown
Porter has had a theater career and two very successful CDs; both India Arie and Erykah Badu have invited him to collaborate. One of his personal goals is to work with the musician Herbie Hancock, which might just happen because Porter is just that good.
Music

Summer Arts Weekend: Poncho Sanchez Brings Latin Soul to Boston



By Bridgit Brown
For nearly 40 years, Sanchez has performed on numerous stages throughout the world, earned a Grammy, and has even given birth to his own form of jazz, which he calls "Jazz soul."
Music

Summer Arts Weekend: Real Talk with Irma Thomas, The Soul Queen of New Orleans



By Bridgit Brown
Irma Thomas was officially named the Soul Queen of New Orleans by Mayor Ray Nagin in 2007, but the title has been with the respected Grammy award-winning singer since her start in the recording industry, nearly 50 years ago.
Visual Art

The Paintings of Paul Goodnight



By Bridgit Brown
Hollywood knows him very well. Goodnight's works have appeared on The Cosby Show, Seinfeld, Arli$$, ER, and The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Samuel L. Jackson, Wesley Snipes, and even Bishop Desmond Tutu have his paintings in their homes.
Visual Art

Egypt and Roxbury Connect Through Visual Art


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By Bridgit Brown
The American Islamic Congress (AIC) promotes the exchange of ideas between Muslims and non-Muslims. One noteworthy and creative exchange: Egyptian Moments, Roxbury Connections.
Theater

A Conversation on Black Theater in Boston



By Bridgit Brown
Before the Theater Communications Group conference, Akiba Abaka, Producing Director of Up You Mighty Race Company and Barbara Lewis, Director of The William Monroe Trotter Institute for the Study of Black Culture, spoke to us about the their involvement in the conference and their expectations.
Theater

The Amen Corner Comes to Life for One Day



By Bridgit Brown
1 Voice, 1 Play, 1 Day, is an awareness campaign of Project 1 Voice, a national performing arts service organization. Their goal is to use one day and one voice to cultivate an audience for black playwrights and to capture the African American experience in theatre.
Film

Contradictions of Fair Hope at the Roxbury Film Fest


By Bridgit Brown
Contradictions is the first film by award winning actress S. Epatha Merkerson. It examines the role of a benevolent church society in Fair Hope, Alabama and the larger impact such societies have had on Black history.
General

Poetically Speaking: The Legacy of The Last Poets


By Bridgit Brown
Juneteenth honors African-American liberation and this year in Boston it will be done through poetry and spoken word.
Visual Art

Paper Zoo



By Bridgit Brown
Animal lovers might appreciate Paper Zoo, which features works by Rembrandt and John James Audubon.
Visual Art

reThink INK



By Bridgit Brown
On display in the Central Branch of the Boston Public Library are over 150 traditional and cutting-edge prints created at the 25-year-old Mixit Print Studios in Somerville.
Theater

Fela! brings Afrobeat to life



By Bridgit Brown
Fela!, the musical, takes place at the tipping point in Fela’s career, a time when he was trying to decide whether to leave his homeland of Nigeria and come to America.
Theater

August Wilson's power play completes his century cycle at the Huntington Theatre



By Bridgit Brown
Ma Rainey’s story illuminates a very special person at a time when we rarely got to see the real story behind the music.
Visual Art

Five Questions For Don West



By Bridgit Brown
WGBHArts contributor Bridgit Brown sat down with photographer Don West at the Museum of African American History in Boston during a current exhibition of his work.
Visual Art

Harbor Arts: A Little Known Gem



By Bridgit Brown
On perhaps one of the coldest days in December, WGBHArts contributors Arthur Smith and Bridgit Brown ventured out to East Boston, home of the outdoor exhibit Hazards of Modern Living.
Books

A Conversation with Author Gish Jen



By Bridgit Brown
Author Gish Jen read from her fifth novel, World and Town, recently republished in paperback, at the Harvard Bookstore.  WGBHArts contributor Bridgit Brown sat down with her after the reading.
Film

The Fallacy of Helping



By Bridgit Brown
For WGBHArts contributor Bridgit Brown, the film The Help brought to mind memories of her grandmother.
Theater

Bruce George: A Poet For the Stage



By Bridgit Brown
Bruce George is a legend even though he would rather be recognized as a poet. But he is the reason why the art of performance poetry catapulted to stardom in this decade, and continues to thrive despite the rapidly changing interests of the American television viewership.
Visual Art

Don West: Black Boston's Photographer



By Bridgit Brown
Photographer Don West has chronicled the people and events of black Boston for over twenty years.
Visual Art

Art For The People



By Bridgit Brown
Fern Cunningham has a mission and it is to sculpt the story of her people. Back in 1999, when the city of Boston unveiled the Harriet Tubman Memorial that it commissioned her to create; she made a point to punctuate the fact that the monument told the story of the liberated, and not the liberator.

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