Hopkinsville International Festival celebrated 13 years together over the weekend. The in person festival was back with a bang with many memories shared among the community.
(MURFREESBORO) February will be filled with opportunities to celebrate and learn when Middle Tennessee State University marks Black History Month 2023 with films, awards, fashion, music, panel discussions and talks with famed philosopher Cornel West and author, activist and educator Ilyasah Shabazz.
African-American Life
Ninety-seven years after the Association for the Study of African American Life and History first sponsored a weeklong national event to recognize the contribu .
African drum and dance group the Yeli Ensemble recently arrived in Nashville, where they’re embarking on a three month artistic residency that will include drum and dance classes, workshops, recording sessions, collaborations, and public performances. The first of those takes place Sunday night at 3rd & Lindsley at a show billed as Country Music From Other Countries amid a local/global lineup featuring Raul Malo singing Cuban songs, Wu Fei playing the Chinese guzheng and sax innovator Jeff Coffin playing jazz.
The Chinese Arts Alliance’s festival’s dragon dancers, lion dancers, Chinese dancers and contemporary dancers will all create the Chinese Rabbit New Year spirit on Jan. 28.