On Oct. 9, the New York Historical (which last year dropped “Society” from its title) hosted a spectacular evening to fête ...

The Harlem Renaissance was one of the most important artistic and cultural milestones in modern history, and a sweeping new ...

Life in the 1920s was defined by many cultural, political, and economic developments. Jazz music and flapper fashion defined the era's sound and look. The Harlem Renaissance brought popularity to art ...

“She’s Got Harlem on Her Mind,” three of Spence’s one-acts, packaged together at the Metropolitan Playhouse, are filled with gender and class politics. By Maya Phillips W.E.B. Du Bois and the ...

In 1969, just months after the bitter 36-day long Ocean Hill–Brownsville teachers’ strike that pitted community control of schools against union rights, New York’s Metropolitan Museum staged “Harlem ...

Calvin Orlando Smith. Photo by Wendy Gregory. Travel back in time with the NAACP Harlem Renaissance in Blue and Gold Sept. 27 at the Hult Center. In the 1920s and ’30s, the Harlem Renaissance was a ...

The Jazz Age in Central Harlem took place alongside the flowering of visual arts, poetry, and prose sparked by the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s and 1930s. Some name this era one of the most ...

An essential guide to experiencing the city’s most enduring sound—from historic Harlem clubs to sleek, modern Brooklyn ...

If you’re a fan of historical fiction, which half of that is most important to you: the history? Or the fiction? It’s entertaining to encounter actual people and events in a novel, where what we ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Framed by a cappella musical settings, She's Got Harlem on Her Mind gives ...

They didn’t call it the “Roaring Twenties” for no reason. From bluesy jazz spilling out of speakeasies to flappers kicking up their heels in defiance of societal norms, the 1920s were a time of glitzy ...