Things to Do ‘Happy Land’ spins a tale of utopia to explore loss of Black-owned land wealth One woman’s past informs another’s one future in duel storylines that evoke sorrow and hope.

`This House’ makes world premiere, exploring Black history through a family’s legacy in Harlem A rumination on love, aspiration, coping and the unyielding weight of the past, the opera mixes ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Near the end of “This House,” a heart-wrenching opera given its world premiere last weekend, the matriarch Ida poignantly intones messages to her family on stage and to the ...