Since time immemorial, history and culture have been passed down from generation to generation through visual and performing arts. In continuing this tradition, the Savannah Black Art Expo brings together […]
Savannah Black Heritage Festival
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Obsidian Dance Repertory’s year of return
It’s a concert that will symbolize, through dance, the first enslaved person arriving in Jamestown, Virginia, 400 years ago
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Celebrating Black History, and future
The annual festival is in conjunction with Black History Month in February, and it’s filled with activities that seek to get Savannah’s youth involved
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Art and culture collaborate at Savannah African Art Museum
The Savannah African Art Museum’s reopening coincides with the first day of the Savannah Black Heritage Festival, which celebrates 30 years of Black history, art and culture
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Dance, art, poetry and learning at the 29th annual Savannah Black Heritage Festival
FEBRUARY is designated Black History Month, though it must be acknowledged that African-American contributions to our country’s culture, infrastructure and institutions far exceed any tidy timeline. However, it does give […]
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Dance like everyone’s watching
“What we try to do with the festival is to present an opportunity to learn and appreciate the depth of African American history on a broad level as well as how it applies locally, especially for young people,” says Shirley James, who has organized the Black Heritage Festival since 2002.
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Black Heritage Festival: It’s all art to Lula Washington
It’s her legacy of artistic outreach that matters most to the 64 year-old California native.
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A vision for now and always
It is a story of tragedy, struggle and triumph, and it’s worth telling over and over again. For the past four Februarys, Abeni Cultural Arts has performed “Visions: An Odyssey […]
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A man for all stages
For a stage actor, there is no better compliment than being called a Roscius. It’s a comparison to Quintus Roscius Gallus, a thespian from ancient Rome, largely considered the greatest […]
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Entertainment Briefs
The Beastly Feast benefit A fun-filled evening of dancing, food, drink and silent auction, with a Jungle Fever theme — all to benefit Oatland Island Wildlife Center. Featuring live music […]