This interview is part of an ongoing Star series highlighting Kansas Citians from historically underrepresented communities ...

Ailey II, the second company of New York’s Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, is performing at the Shubert Theatre in New ...

You made me happy,” sang Neka Nesha, a featured singer in the JMG House Band . “You stood right beside me, and I won’t forget ...

This post was updated May 22 at 9:43 p.m. Community and tradition inspire the performers of the Old-Time String Band and African American Music Ensemble. Each class of musical performers has shared a ...

An Oakland woman has brought the joy of dance and an appreciation for African American culture to performers and audiences for 52 years. Artistic director Deborah Vaughan crafts diverse performances ...

Four years ago, Debora Wondercheck was trying to process scenes of civil unrest in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor taking place nationally and in Orange County, when she ...

Ninety years after the swing era sparked to life in Oakland, dancers still love the Lindy Hop, supplying jazz musicians with ...

Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation celebrates its 25th anniversary and the start of a new School of the Arts season, ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) -As temperatures rise this summer, we’re turning up the volume on a different kind of heat — the cultural impact of Black music. June is African American Music ...

Gary Burke looked on proudly in his Civil War-era U.S. Colored Troops uniform as Juneteenth festivities unfolded at the Tennessee State Museum. He watched as the Sankofa African Drum and Dance group ...

Celebrations across Nashville marked Juneteenth, a holiday that celebrates the emancipation of enslaved people. Gary Burke looked on proudly in his Civil War-era U.S. Colored Troops uniform as ...

“Bomba is not only a genre, it's kind of a lifestyle," one dancer said. As the nation commemorates Black History Month, Afro-Puerto Ricans are using their traditional dance and music -- Bomba -- to ...