Daymé Arocena (Havana, 1992) says that some people are afraid to call her black. "It’s as if it were a hurtful word." ...

Get ready to move, groove, and celebrate the art of dance! International Dance Day on April 29 is all about embracing the ...

Berkshire Pulse, a dance and performing arts education center in Housatonic, has received grants from the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation and Local Cultural Councils to support its school and c ...

On Saturday evening, the Prior-Jollek Hall at the Antilles School Campus was filled to capacity with an enthusiastic audience ...

George Gershwin called one of his early classic songs, first created by Fred and Adele Astaire, “Fascinating Rhythm”. It was ...

Acclaimed Afro-Cuban jazz pianist Elio Villafranca is set to take the stage Saturday at Prior-Jollek Hall on the Antilles ...

International Festival returns to Overture Center  on Saturday, March 8 from 10 am to 5 pm with more than two dozen ...

World-jazz-folk ensemble Joellen Lapidus & the Urban Gypsies perform at Boulevard Music at the weekend, so band leader Joellen Lapidus told the News about what they have in store for Culver City… When ...

From the very first song in Roberto Fonseca 's Tiny Desk, we're reminded of the Afro-Cuban jazz tradition's long history: Not ...

Afro-Cuban drum 11A Display of temper 12A Amorphous 15A Habitual drunkard 16A Vagrant 17A Police baton 20A Marshy region 22A Greek fabulist 24A Main artery 25A Outshine 1D Melee 2D Farm building ...

His cool, shimmering, jazz vibes, gliding fluidly atop fiery, hot Afro-Cuban rhythms, made for a sonic signature that ... he was respected for his mainstream drumming. Pianist Hank Jones told me that ...