The Underground Railroad, a vast network of people who helped fugitive slaves escape to the North and to Canada, was not run by any single organization or person. Rather, it consisted of many individuals -- many whites but predominently black -- who knew only of the local efforts to aid fugitives and not of the overall operation. Still, it effectively moved hundreds of slaves northward each year -- according to one estimate, the South lost 100,000 slaves between 1810 and 1850.
BIZARRE FOODS WITH ANDREW ZIMMERN Returns 7/3 To Travel Channel
by BWW News Desk - July 03, 2018
Andrew Zimmern continues his epicurean exploration of the food that celebrates cultures and connects communities around the world in the new season of Travel Channel's “Bizarre Foods” with Andrew Zimmern, premiering on Today, July 3 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The seven-episode season brings bold new ad...
AT&T Performing Arts Center Presents KATHLEEN BATTLE: UNDERGROUND RAILROAD – A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY
by BWW News Desk - June 28, 2018
The nonprofit AT&T Performing Arts Center announced today that tickets for Kathleen Battle: Underground Railroad - A Spiritual Journey will go on sale Sunday, April 8 at 10 a.m. The legendary opera star and five-time Grammy Award-winner will perform for one night only at 7:30 p.m. Today, June 28...
The Travel Channel Programming Highlights July 2 - 15
Children's Theatre of Cincinnati Sales Manager Appointed to OAPN Board
by Julie Musbach - June 13, 2018
Violet Rae Webster, Sales Manager for The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati has been appointed to the Board of the Ohio Arts Professional Network (OAPN)....
BIZARRE FOODS WITH ANDREW ZIMMERN Returns 7/3 To Travel Channel
by Tori Hartshorn - June 05, 2018
Andrew Zimmern continues his epicurean exploration of the food that celebrates cultures and connects communities around the world in the new season of Travel Channel's “Bizarre Foods” with Andrew Zimmern, premiering on Tuesday, July 3 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The seven-episode season brings bold new ...
Sci-Fi Opera THE BRADBURY TATTOOS To Premiere This July
by A.A. Cristi - June 01, 2018
In the nearly 70 years since late author Ray Bradbury published 'The Illustrated Man,' various short stories in the classic science fiction anthology have been adapted for film, stage and television. Now, four of them serve as the basis for 'The Bradbury Tattoos,' an ambitious new rock opera, schedu...
The Little OPERA Theatre Of NY Presents The New York Premiere Of THIS LITTLE LIGHT Of MINE
by Stephi Wild - May 14, 2018
The little OPERA theatre of ny(LOTNY) presents the New York Premiere of Adrienne Danrich's one-woman show, THIS LITTLE LIGHT of MINE: The Stories of Marian Anderson and Leontyne Price as part of the 3rd Annual New York OperaFest on Wednesday June 6, 2018 at 7:30pm at Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman M...
BWW Review: Oratorio Society Gives SANCTUARY to the Underground Railroad at Carnegie Hall
by Richard Sasanow - May 10, 2018
The world premiere performance of SANCTUARY ROAD (subtitled “An Oratorio Based on the Writings of William Still, a Conductor for the Underground Railroad”), by composer Paul Moravec and librettist Mark Campbell, performed by the Oratorio Society of New York under Kent Tritle, burst forth from th...
Cleveland Public Theatre Presents STATION HOPE 2018- A Celebration of Hope, A Dialogue for Change
by A.A. Cristi - May 03, 2018
Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is proud to announce CPT's fifth annual Station Hope event on Saturday, May 5, from 6:30 - 10:00pm on the grounds of St. John's Episcopal Church, 2600 Church Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. Station Hope is a jubilant community event celebrating Cleveland's social justice heri...
Oratorio Society Of New York Presents Two World Premieres, 5/7
by A.A. Cristi - April 23, 2018
World premieres of an oratorio about the Underground Railroad that sets narratives of slaves running for freedom and their lives, and a work that sets poems calling for peace in Farsi, Spanish, Hebrew, Arabic, and English: Sanctuary Road, music by Paul Moravec and text by Mark Campbell based upon th...
Workshop & Book Signing Announced for THE TREE
by Julie Musbach - April 16, 2018
Author / historian / researcher Minnette Coleman leads a workshop designed to help attendees explore their connections to historical figures, family heritage, places in US or globally, religious organizations, and more at Sister's Uptown Bookstore and Cultural Center (1942 Amsterdam Avenue) on S...
5th Annual Station Hope Celebration Features 250 Artists Performing Social Justice-inspired Works
by A.A. Cristi - April 13, 2018
Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is proud to announce CPT's fifth annual Station Hope event on Saturday, May 5, from 6:30 - 10:00pm on the grounds of St. John's Episcopal Church, 2600 Church Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. Station Hope is a jubilant community event celebrating Cleveland's social justice heri...
Lily Tomlin, Amy Schumer & Original SNL Cast Members to Headline National Comedy Center Grand Opening
by Macon Prickett - April 11, 2018
The National Comedy Center will celebrate its grand opening with appearances by Amy Schumer, Lily Tomlin, Saturday Night Live original cast alumni including Dan Aykroyd and more, coinciding with the annual Lucille Ball Comedy Festival, August 1st -5th in Jamestown, New York....
BWW Review: UNDERGROUND RAILROAD GAME is Searing and Sensational at Woolly Mammoth
by Barbara Johnson - April 08, 2018
It can be unsettling to reflect on the experience of learning about slavery in middle school: was the content accurate and appropriate, or harmful to our perceptions of history and the present day? Jennifer Kidwell and Scott R. Sheppard explore this - and much more - in their creative, fearless prod...
AT&T Performing Arts Center Presents KATHLEEN BATTLE: UNDERGROUND RAILROAD – A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY
by A.A. Cristi - April 02, 2018
The nonprofit AT&T Performing Arts Center announced today that tickets for Kathleen Battle: Underground Railroad - A Spiritual Journey will go on sale Sunday, April 8 at 10 a.m. The legendary opera star and five-time Grammy Award-winner will perform for one night only at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June...
Legendary Soprano Kathleen Battle To Sing Spirituals With Local Choirs
by A.A. Cristi - March 26, 2018
American soprano Kathleen Battle's luminous voice has been called '…without qualification, one of the very few most beautiful in the world' (The Washington Post ). Yet beyond the glory of her singing, in a career filled with countless accolades, honors and major milestones, what has perhaps disti...
Traverse Theatre Announce Traverse 1 Festival 2018
by Julie Musbach - March 21, 2018
The Traverse Theatre is excited to announce the full programme for Traverse 1 during Traverse Festival 2018. A collection of five vibrant, compelling and deeply human works, taking in a teenage girl's coming-of-age tale from schoolgirl to indie rock star (What Girls Are Made Of); a childhood remembe...
Angela Bassett Joins UNDERGROUND RAILROAD - A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY
by Julie Musbach - March 14, 2018
Academy Award-nominee, Angela Bassett will join Kathleen Battle as a guest narrator in Battle's program Underground Railroad: A Spiritual Journey accompanied by pianist Joel Martin and the LA-based choir, The Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers at the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing...
Cleveland Public Theatre presents STATION HOPE 2018
by A.A. Cristi - March 13, 2018
Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is proud to announce CPT's fifth annual Station Hope event on Saturday, May 5, beginning at 6:30pm on the grounds of St. John's Episcopal Church, 2600 Church Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. Station Hope is a jubilant community event inspired by the Underground Railroad and Cl...
Emmy Award Winning Director Nick Nanton to Co-Produce Operation Underground Railroad Documentary
by Macon Prickett - March 08, 2018
Nick Nanton partners with Serial Entrepreneur Russell Brunson, co-founder of ClickFunnels, to co-produce the upcoming short film, tentatively titled 'O.U.R.: Operation Underground Railroadand the Fight to End Modern Day Slavery,' where they'll reveal the story of Operation Underground Railroad (O.U....
Kathleen Battle Takes the Stage in 'Underground Railroad – A Spiritual Journey'
by Julie Musbach - March 02, 2018
American soprano Kathleen Battle's luminous voice has been called by The Washington Post "...without qualification, one of the very few most beautiful in the world." Yet beyond the glory of her singing, in a career filled with countless accolades, honors and major milestones, what has perhaps di...
On Her Shoulders presents PAULINE HOPKINS, 3/15
by A.A. Cristi - February 19, 2018
On Her Shoulders is pleased to present a staged reading of PECILIAR SAM by Pauline Hopkins, directed by Arminda Thomas on Thursday, March 15, 2018. Doors open at 6:45pm for a prompt start at 7:00pm with The Play in Context Introduction by Celia Braxton, who situates the script in its historical time...
Dimensions Dance Theater Celebrates 45th Anniversary This April
by A.A. Cristi - February 13, 2018
In honor of its 45th anniversary, Dimensions Dance Theater is pleased to announce a celebratory program to take place at the Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts Friday and Saturday, April 13 - 14, at 8 p.m. Highlights include two world premieres: a dance a dance representing voices of the homele...
Midland Cultural Centre Feature ONLY Ontario Performance of UK's Award-Winning CALL MR. ROBESON. A LIFE, WITH SONGS in their Black History Month Series
by Julie Musbach - February 07, 2018
Midland Cultural Centre's first musical presentation in their 2018 Black History Month series 'Sugar and Gold: Stories of the Underground Railroad' received a standing ovation!...
Spend The NYC Public School Lunar New Year Holiday & Midwinter Recess At The Staten Island Children's Museum!
by A.A. Cristi - February 06, 2018
The Staten Island Children's Museum has a fun-filled week of activities planned during the NYC Public School Lunar New Year Holiday and Midwinter Recess, Friday, February 16 - Sunday, February 25. The Museum will be open daily on those days, from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm....
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