How Cab Calloway’s ‘Hepster Dictionary’ Introduced The World To The Harlem Vernacular
Have some fews and two? Put it in your kick, head to the nearest frolic pad, and prove that you’re a jitterbug.Continue reading
With "Letters to Mother Africa," by the visionary Cuban pianist and composer Elio Villafranca who brings us an ambitious and culturally enlightening hot program!Continue reading
Charles Alston was a renowned African-American artist of the early 1900s. Not only was he a revolutionary painter, but he was a sculptor, a muralist and also a very influential teacher. Continue reading
Midsummer Night Swing celebrates the dance bands and soloists who fill the dance floor.Happening in a specially designed, open-air ballroom in Damrosch Park (West 62nd Street between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues) Tuesdays through Saturdays, June 21–July 9, 2016 Midsummer Night Swing kicks off with the Catherine Russell Septet. Continue reading