The Poetry Reading’s founding in 1995 was preceded by the creation of the now-closed Langston Hughes Center for The Arts and Education, according to April Brown, co-director of the Poetry Reading. The ...

The group of 53 participating poetry readers, who each performed a poem by Hughes, consisted of artists, performers, school teachers, youths, academics and other Hughes enthusiasts. Some improvised ...

So King needed to be shrewd about invoking Hughes’ poetry. Nonetheless, I’ve identified traces of no fewer than seven of Langston Hughes’ poems in King’s speeches and sermons.

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

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 ...

Daron P. Stewart performed as Langston Hughes on Feb. 3 at the Lexington Park Library. Stewart combined acting and Hughes' poetry to educate the audience on Hughes' life and role ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract ABSTRACT This article discusses the circulation of, and commentary on, Langston Hughes's poems in rural publications during the 1920s and ...

The Langston Hughes Review publishes articles, reviews, creative writing, and visual art on Langston Hughes and topics related to his life and writings. Founded in 1981, the Langston Hughes Society ...

There’s a cast of over 50 people, including children, who joyfully sing Christmas carols. The play was originally written by Langston Hughes and first performed off-Broadway.

Langston Hughes was born 120 years ago. At a 1957 visit to the University of Illinois, he gave a poetry reading and attended the premiere of the opera "Esther." Jim Meadows of WILL in Illinois has ...

Last summer I attended a conference with the Ford Scholars on the Oregon coast. The scholarship program, founded by the Ford Family Foundation headquartered in Roseburg, assists hundreds of Oregon ...

It’s time for Douglas County residents to finish the story they're working on or polish up their poems and submit them for the 2020 Langston Hughes Awards.