Save the Date: Wednesday, November 12, 4:00 PM The Central Neighborhood Advisory Committee, @cnac6thdistrictlb, presents special guest John Malveaux, who will share his experiences as a descendant of a Civil War Veteran and offer words of encouragement to the LB community. Monthly Community Meeting.Light refreshments will be served Wednesday, November 12, 4:00 PM – 5:00…
Artificial intelligence is reshaping our world, but who gets to shape AI itself? In a recent congressional hearing, Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Dr. Nicol Turner Lee discussed why diversity and equity must guide the technology of the future—and how communities of color can help lead the way.
On September 21, the Long Beach Central Area Association took in Am I Roxie? at the Gil Cates Theater at the Geffen Playhouse.
A one-woman tour-de-force based on her own life, writer/actor Roxana Ortega (Nickelodeon’s The Casagrandes, The Groundlings) navigates the chaos of her mother’s mental decline with outrageous humor and unbreakable spirit.
Sunday July 24, 2022 WCRB classical 99.5 Tanglewood Boston Symphony Orchestra broadcast included composer William Grant Still’s “In Memoriam, The Colored Soldiers Who Died for Democracy” and soprano Latonia Moore singing composer George Walker’s Pulitzer Prize “Lilac” (text by Walt Whitman). I was a close friend of George Walker and current friend of Latonia Moore.…
Let us come together in celebration of Juneteenth, when, on June 19, 1865, Union Army General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston Texas and informed the enslaved peoples of their emancipation —more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. In 2021, President Joe Biden signed a bill into…
American composer Roy Harris was a treasured friend and LBCAA/MusicUNTOLD is currently developing a performance of his “Bicentennial Symphony”. See Profiles in Courage-National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
American composer William Levi Dawson was a treasured friend and I consider his Negro Folk Symphony a neglected masterpiece. Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony will be performed with other masterpieces by Bernstein and Beethoven Jan 8 & 9, 2022 by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. See https://www.cincinnatisymphony.org/tickets-and-events/buy-tickets/cso/2122-cso-season/dawson-beethoven-bernstein/ Additionally, the CSO will perform a newly composed score to accompany…
The Sept 2, 2021 LA Phil performance at the Hollywood Bowl conducted by Thomas Wilkins was both a miss step and forward step. After the opening brief piece, Overture to Theater Set, by African American composer Ulysses Kay, pianist Aaron Diehl came on stage to perform Variations on I Got Rhythm by Gershwin. Shortly…
August 21, 2021 Dianne Nicolini, KUSC Classical Radio 91.5 FM,1-3 PM programmed Justin Holland’s Peek-a Boo Waltz. I was unaware of Justin Holland’s history and contributions in classical music. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Holland