Local Talent Tops Line Up for Annual Pine Grill Jazz Reunion!
The African American Cultural Centers’ Pine Grill Jazz Reunion will take place the first two Sundays in August , Sunday,
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Don’t Miss The 17th Annual Queen City Jazz Festival Saturday July 31st!
The 17th Annual Queen City Jazz Festival , hosted by the Historic Colored Musicians Club, 145 Broadway, will be held
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Good Trouble Mural Unveiled
New Mural Unveiling: Last Friday a mural commemorating the life of congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis was unveiled
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Zaila Avant-Garde 2021 Winner of Scripps National Spelling Bee, is First African American Champion !
Zaila Avant-garde, a 14-year-old from the New Orleans area, won the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee on July 8th making
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Albright-Knox Hires Dr. Callie Johnson as Director of Communications and Community Engagement
Today the Albright-Knox announced the appointment of Dr. Callie Johnson as the museum’s first Director of Communications and Community Engagement,
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Hallwalls and The Historic Colored Musicians Club Presents: David Jonathan and the Inner City Bedlam featuring Curtis Lovell and Chuckie Campbell at Asbury Hall July 24!
On Saturday, July 24,David Jonathan and the Inner City Bedlam headline the reopening of Asbury Hall as part of Point9mile
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LOCAL ARTIST LOWDOWN: Gaine$’s Reintroduces Himself with Native Sun Release
by Schondra Aytch and photo of the artist Gaine$’s by Sara Heidinger via UB Arts Collaboratory Released late last
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TYPOGRAPHY OF WOMEN PERFORMANCE ANNOUNCEMENT LETTER FROM A BIRMINGHAM JAIL CONTINUES
The performance of Typography of Women’s Letter From A Birmingham Jail: If. Martin Were Here Today is on-going and available
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Jillian Hanesworth: Buffalo’s First Poet Laureate Lights the Way
by Schondra Aytch (pictured above: Jillian Hanesworth in a unique design surrounded by prolific poetic Black Women including Gwendolyn Brooks,
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Pappy Martin Legacy Jazz Monthly Music Medley for July Artists Who Are ReImagining The ArtForm
A few artists who are continuing the tradition….and Reimagining the Artform . The Lineup Courtesy of The Pappy Martin Legacy
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