In a city that prides itself on constant reinvention, some places stand still long enough to become sacred. The Cherry Lane ...

New York City — and specifically Manhattan — was understood to be the Prime Target and hence Ground Zero in a nuclear war.

Two of Fulton County’s premier legacy organizations, Hammonds House Museum and the National Black Arts Festival, partner to ...

Trap Door Theatre has announced its 2025–2026 season, featuring Green Corridors by Natalka Vorozhbyt, a new adaptation of Le ...

Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter era has sparked both career highs and endless discourse. Here's how the album and tour landed on the ...

Amiri Baraka (formerly LeRoi Jones), the Maoist revolutionary who was called “the primary theorist of the Black Arts Movement” – one of his theories being that “most American white men are trained to ...

The opening lineup also includes Mara Brock Akil's 'Forever' and Mike Tollin's sports documentary 'Unraveling George.' ...

'Why is We Americans,' a documentary chronicling the life and work of Amiri Baraka and his family premieres on Friday ...

Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark, New Jersey was arrested and released on Friday after a scuffle at the gate of an ICE facility.

Alexander is an acclaimed poet, scholar, and cultural advocate. She is the president of the Mellon Foundation, the nation’s ...

Newark Natives Philip Roth and Amiri Baraka, two of the city’s most acclaimed literary figures, were “near-exact contemporaries,” award-winning poet, author and educator John Keene said on ...