The most recent iteration of the jazz venue, located far west on 125th Street below the Riverside Drive viaduct, played its ...
She was a Hollywood legend, but behind the scenes, Lena Horne was struggling through constant racism, abusive relationships, and plenty of resentment. Trumpworld Goes to War Over Nobel Peace Prize ...
With its 1,545th performance tonight (June 27, 2025), Six will become the longest running show to play in the Lena Horne Theatre (formerly the Brooks Atkinson Theatre). The original production of ...
History: You can't talk about jazz in Detroit without mentioning Kimmie Horne. A dynamic performer from a musical family, Horne is a pillar in the jazz community for talents and her work supporting ...
Gail Lumet Buckley, a writer whose books combined history and memoir to highlight Black achievement in the United States, often through the prism of her own family, including her mother, entertainer ...
Buckley was an acclaimed writer known for her novels detailing her family's Black middle-class history. Gail Lumet Buckley, author and daughter of Lena Horne, has died at 86. Buckley’s daughter ...
Buckley documented the history of her Black middle-class family in two books. By Carly Thomas Associate Editor Gail Lumet Buckley, the daughter of Lena Horne and a journalist and author who wrote two ...
The person on the screen looks just like you. And that’s important. Once was a time when you rarely saw a Black face in entertainment unless you were specifically looking for one – which is why these ...
Once again, it's that time of year to induct a new entry into the JazzWax Vintage Holiday Album Hall of Fame. This year marks the Hall's 16th season and one of JazzWax's oldest annual traditions. This ...