Dance Theatre of Harlem: Creating the Hazel Scott Ballet
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Originally broadcast at 12 p.m. EDT Friday, October 23, 2020.
Celebrated jazz musician and composer Wynton Marsalis speaks with H.E. Huda I. Alkhamis-Kanoo, a patron of the arts who has dedicated her life to inspiring artists to create, generations to innovate and communities to unite and prospe...
Originally broadcast at 4 p.m. EDT Wednesday, November 11, 2020.
Susan Straight, author of “In the Country of Women,” will discuss her memoir about the societal struggles of the multiracial, multiethnic women in her extended family. “In the Country of Women” examines the reality of oppression ba...
Originally broadcast at 3:30 p.m. EDT Thursday, July 30, 2020.
Book available online at the Chautauqua Bookstore: https://www.chautauquabookstore.com/book/9781646220205
Susan Straight details her book "In The Country of Women," which features a personal narrative that reads like a love song to ...