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She was the ‘Matriarch of Jazz.’ A Miami music fest honors this legendary Black pianist
Miami Herald via Yahoo Canada News· 6 months agoA piano was rolled into Mary Lou Williams’ hospital room in North Carolina. The master jazz pianist...
This celebrated historian has a long relationship with KC. She’ll return next month
Kansas City Star via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoWhen Doris Kearns Goodwin heads to Unity Temple on the Plaza next month to promote her latest book,...
Kamala Harris Surprises Young Artist by Putting His Painting on the Second Family's Holiday Card
People via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoAlex Berko, a 15-year-old high school student in D.C., was asked to paint an image of the vice...
Battling over books
The Week via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoA bookstore. Jeff Greenberg / Contributor/Getty Images Conservative groups and Republican officials are campaigning to ban books from schools and...
The push to commemorate the night Bessie Smith cussed and chased the KKK out of Concord
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoBy the summer of 1927, Bessie Smith, the “Empress of the Blues” herself, was enjoying a high-riding...
Rest Takes Hard Work
Time via Yahoo Canada News· 6 months agoCredit - Getty Images There are few things better for us than regular rest. Whether it's breaks during the day, hobbies that take our mind off work,...
