Experience the fusion of jazz and poetry as Lakewood Cultural Center hosts ASK YOUR MAMA, featuring the Ron McCurdy Quartet, ...

His writing career began the year after he graduated from high school with the 1921 poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers.” His first book of poetry, The Weary Blues, followed in 1926. Throughout his work, ...

Founded in 1994, the Langston Hughes Community Poetry Reading shares the work and wisdom of the Harlem Renaissance poet with the Providence community. The event brings together artists and community ...

Langston Hughes didn't spend much of his childhood in Missouri, but the poet's presence lingers. Hughes, one of our truest American compasses, entered the world on the first day of February 1901, born ...

Community members promoting awareness of Joplin-born Harlem Renaissance writer Langston Hughes say their efforts are taking root. About 60 members of the Langston Hughes Cultural Society and local ...

The Lakewood Cultural Center Presents 2025-2026 season is generously supported by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities ...

It was a Fourth of July weekend that promised fun, and young people came in droves to a be a part of it. The 1960 Newport Jazz Festival offered a beach-party atmosphere and live music by the likes of ...

New Venture Theatre will celebrate the holiday season with “Black Nativity,'' an inspirational gospel musical — originally penned by poet/playwright Langston Hughes — that retells the biblical ...

Black Ensemble Theater’s world premiere production of “My Brother Langston” tells the story of Harlem Renaissance luminary Langston Hughes through poetry, music and autobiographical narration, with ...

Shanghai straddles the past and the future, a dizzying prism of many histories and cultures. The poet Sally Wen Mao shares books that illuminate this cosmopolitan city. By Sally Wen Mao The artist, ...