Grammy-nominated Aloe Blacc talks journey from hitmaker to biotech entrepreneur
His new album, Stand Together, draws inspiration from nonprofits, while his biotech startup targets breakthroughs in oncology treatments.
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Terence Blanchard on twenty years of “Flow”
Terence Blanchard has been a leading voice in jazz for four decades, working in film, opera and orchestral arrangements, in addition to leading several bands. He’ll lead a quintet to celebrate twenty years of his album “Flow” on August 1st at the Groton Hill Music Center, August 2nd at Newport Jazz and finally on August 3rd at Jimmie’s Jazz Club in Portsmouth, NH. He spoke to the hosts of Jazz on 89.7, Va Lynda Robinson and Al Davis.
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The Huntington's 'Our Daughters, Like Pillars' explores sisterly bonds amid COVID-19
Boston-based playwright Kirsten Greenidge's play is about a contemporary Black family. -
Poet Tracy K. Smith on using language to find the truth
She thinks the power of poetry lies in its ability to ask you to slow down and see things in a different way. -
Arts This Week: Prison Nation, The Temptations and family tensions
The ’60s and ’70s sensation and a fictional tale of overburdened sisters take to the stage.
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