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As Black History Month comes to a close, events around the region celebrate the accomplishments of extraordinary African-Americans
Philly Jazz Legacy is a collaborative discovery process to explore how to preserve, interpret, and share Philadelphia’s expansive jazz history. (Philly Jazz Legacy)
The legendary John Coltrane revolutionized jazz music with his innovative style of play. Though he died of liver cancer at just 40 years old, Coltrane’s legacy as one of the most prolific and influential artists of all time endures. The Philadelphia Jazz Legacy Project will pay homage to him in a free talk with Lewis Porter, a musician/educator who authored two books on Coltrane and documentarian/historian Steve Rowland, producer of the audio doc “Tell Me How Long The Trane’s Been Gone.” Jazz Legacy project director Suzanne Cloud will host.
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The Reading Theater Project presents its sixth annual 5-Minute Fringe Festival, with the theme Adaptations, from Friday through Sunday. The performances will be pre-recorded and shared online for audiences to watch from home at 7 p.m. each night. This online theater production will be free to all, and donations are welcome. Audience registration is recommended at readingtheaterproject.org/5-minute-fringe-2021. The Fringe Festival is a platform for performing artists to create something new, to challenge expectations, to experiment and explore new ideas, and to connect with an artistic community. Performance pieces will include elements of theater, dance, music, poetry and more. Artistic director Vicki Haller Graff said the theme of Adaptations comes through the work in multiple ways: adapting stories and ideas, adapting to the technology and adapting to new ways of connecting with an audience and with each other. Each night of the virtual performance will showc