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Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater have announced jazz programming running May 8 through May 21.

The National Music Council of the United States will honor music visionaries Ray Chew and Vivian Scott Chew at the organization's 39th annual American Eagle Awards on Sunday, June 25, 2023, at the American Federation of Musicians Convention in Las Vegas.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, America’s beloved cultural ambassador to the world, completes its 22-city coast-to-coast North American tour at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) Friday-Sunday, May 12-14, 2023.

Park Avenue Armory's Making Space Public Programming Series and Harlem Stage will co-present Hapo Na Zamani (Black Arts Movement Past and Present), a 1960s-style happening.

Messenger Legacy band—honoring the enduring influence of jazz great Ralph Peterson—appears at William Paterson University on May 20, 2023 at 8:00pm 

Harlem Stage has announced details of the Black Arts Movement: Then and Now Conference, curated by Harlem Stage Associate Artistic Director/Artist-in-Residence Carl Hancock Rux.

The iconic Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will bring its passionate energy and dazzling technique back to BAM for the first time since 2010 with two exuberant programs of recent works, and classic audience favorites.

Harlem Stage will present the 2023 edition of E-Moves, the institution’s signature dance series, which for more than 20 years has convened choreographers, dancers, artists, and musicians of color in an exploration of movement and message.

See the gifted Gil Gutiérrez Trio returning to the legendary Birdland Theater Friday, May 19th – Sunday, May 20th  with two sets on Sunday, May 21 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. 

Alex Krawczyk's 'Rhythm of the Road' has hit all digital music platforms.

The USC Dept. of Theatre and Dance will host dancers from the legendary Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, performing alongside the USC Dance Company, April 1-2 at the Koger Center for the Arts.  

Harlem Stage has announced the 2023 cohort for its WaterWorks Emerging Artists program.

​​​​​​​City College Center for the Arts (CCCA) is marking the 60-year history of the legendary, Cuban charanga band Orquesta Broadway on Friday, March 24 at Aaron Davis Hall's Marian Anderson Theatre, with a special concert featuring multi-award-winning flutist and educator Connie Grossman and esteemed flutist Karen Joseph.

Harlem Stage has received a $750,000 grant from The Diana King Memorial Fund, presented by The Charles and Lucille King Family Foundation.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, America's beloved cultural ambassador to the world, completes its 22-city coast-to-coast North American tour at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) Friday-Sunday, May 12-14, 2023. 

With their velvet vocals, sharp wardrobe and synth-driven percussive arrangements, the St. Paul, Minnesota group Mint Condition has been one of the tightest ensembles on the scene since 1985. Discovered by producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, their lead vocalist and drummer Stokley, became a solo recording artist in 2017.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, America's beloved cultural ambassador to the world, completes its 22-city coast-to-coast North American tour at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) Friday-Sunday, May 12-14, 2023. 

Harlem Stage and Maysles Documentary Center have brought together a consortium of six Harlem-based arts organizations to produce a rich celebration of Ralph Ellison’s seminal novel Invisible Man — marking the 70th anniversary of the book’s publication.

The Auditorium Theatre (50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive) will welcome the return of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, America's beloved cultural ambassador to the world, for six performances only, March 8-12, 2023, during their 22-city North American tour. 

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are open this February with a full slate of nightly performances! See Julie Benko, Amanda Green, and many more.