An announcement on the famed and respected Detroit musician’s Instagram page said he died after “an extensive and noble battle […] The post Detroit icon Amp Fiddler dies after cancer battle, hailed by peers appeared first on TheGrio.
The Fountain Theatre will host a celebration to honor the memory of Shirley Jo Finney at the Kirk Douglas Theatre on Tuesday, Dec. 12beginning at 7 p.m.
Finney spent decades directing drama plays, including Ifa Bayeza’s “The Ballad of Emmett Till,” about the 14-year-old boy kidnapped, tortured […] The post Shirley Jo Finney, trailblazing Black director, dies after cancer battle appeared first on TheGrio.