Amiri Baraka News

From Thursday, October 7 through Sunday, October 10, the City of Newark and New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) will host the largest poetry event in North America, the 2010 Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival.

The Nuyorican Poets Cafe presents the Poetic Heritage Festival, a retrospective series of poetry, theater and music events during the fall and winter of 2010. The Poetic Heritage Festival celebrates the work of distinguished artists - including Miguel Algarin, Ishmael Reed, Amiri Baraka Sandra Maria Esteves and Ntozake Shange - who are closely associated with the creation and history of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. This festival is made possible in part by the generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts' American Masterpieces Program. All events in the Poetic Heritage Festival will take place at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe's multi-arts performance space at 236 East 3rd Street, between Avenues B and C. For further details and to purchase tickets, visit http://www.nuyorican.org/ or call 212-780-9386.

Roswell Rudd brings his remarkable talent to the stage for a birthday celebration like no other. . On Saturday November 20th ROSWELL RUDD, aka THE INCREDIBLE HONK! - will celebrate his 75th birthday at the City Winery with the NYC Premier of his TROMBONE TRIBE which features Steve Swell and Deborah Weisz on trombones; Bob Stewart on tuba; Ken Filiano on bass; and Barry Altschul on drums.

Angelina Fiordellisi, Artistic Director of the award-winning CHERRY LANE THEATRE (38 Commerce St.) in Manhattan, has announced that the Off-Broadway theater will undergo a restructuring in the upcoming fiscal year 2011.

During the month of June, New York City experienced a groundbreaking theatrical event. Woodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theatre, in association with the Castillo Theatre on West 42nd Street and Harlem's National Black Theatre on 125th Street, present 25 plays by the greatest Black playwrights of all time. They are the pioneers of the Black Theatre Movement from the 1960s and up until the beginning of the new century, as well as those who are carrying on the work of giving dramatic expression to the Black experience.

Pianist/Composer Vijay Iyer & His Acclaimed Trio Make Their Birdland Debut June 16-19, 2010 . Featuring Bassist Stephan Crump & Drummer Marcus Gilmore, Trio Will Play Music from Universally Acclaimed Recording, Historicity (ACT Music)

Pianist/Composer Vijay Iyer & His Acclaimed Trio Make Their Birdland Debut June 16-19, 2010 . Featuring Bassist Stephan Crump & Drummer Marcus Gilmore, Trio Will Play Music from Universally Acclaimed Recording, Historicity (ACT Music)

In the month of June, New York City will experience a groundbreaking theatrical event. Woodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theatre, in association with the Castillo Theatre on West 42nd Street and Harlem's National Black Theatre on 125th Street, will present 25 plays by the greatest Black playwrights of all time.

In the month of June, New York City will experience a groundbreaking theatrical event. Woodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theatre, in association with the Castillo Theatre on West 42nd Street and Harlem's National Black Theatre on 125th Street, will present 25 plays by the greatest Black playwrights of all time.

Pianist/Composer Vijay Iyer & His Acclaimed Trio Make Their Birdland Debut June 16-19, 2010 . Featuring Bassist Stephan Crump & Drummer Marcus Gilmore, Trio Will Play Music from Universally Acclaimed Recording, Historicity (ACT Music)

The Collegiate Chorale presents George F. Handel's Israel in Egypt on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at 8pm at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York University, 566 LaGuardia Place (at Washington Square South), NYC.

The Collegiate Chorale presents George F. Handel's Israel in Egypt on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at 8pm at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York University, 566 LaGuardia Place (at Washington Square South), NYC.

From Thursday, October 7 through Sunday, October 10, the City of Newark and New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) will host the largest poetry event in North America, the 2010 Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival.

Passage Theatre Company will present Alixa and Naima, the groundbreaking Brooklyn-based arts duo known as Climbing PoeTree, in their two-woman show Hurricane Season: the hidden messages in water as part of the 8th Annual Solo Flights Festival for two performances, Thursday, March 25 at 8:00 pm and on Friday, March 26 at 8:00 pm.

Passage Theatre Company will present Alixa and Naima, the groundbreaking Brooklyn-based arts duo known as Climbing PoeTree, in their two-woman show Hurricane Season: the hidden messages in water as part of the 8th Annual Solo Flights Festival for two performances, Thursday, March 25 at 8:00 pm and on Friday, March 26 at 8:00 pm.

Acclaimed stage, screen and television actress, Nan Martin, passed away Thursday morning (March 4) due to complications from emphysema. She was 82.

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced today that Ralph Remington willjoin the NEA as the director of theater and musical theater as of March 15, 2010.

One Year Lease theater company presents teaser cow, by Clay McLeod Chapman, directed by Ianthe Demos

The Hartt School, the performing arts conservatory at the University of Hartford, is hosting a myriad of diverse entertainments for the remainder of January and February including: Senior Vocal Recital, Concert for Haiti, Dance With Full Force Dance Theatre, and Amiri Baraka and Blue Ark.

When young whites embrace rap and hip-hop culture, is it an example of America moving toward being a colorblind society. Or is it just another case of cultural theft and mockery?