Tag Archives: Fela Kuti

HW Pick: Fela Audio Doc + Mixtape drops Today To Celebrate Fela’s Birthday

Posted on October 15, 2012 by | 2 Comments

In celebration of Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s birthday, life, legacy and music Society HAE has teamed up with Nigerian hip hop collective and production company Str8buttah to release “Fela Kuti + Ginger Baker: LIVE! Remixed.”  Continue reading →

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Walter’s World: Philadanco at the Joyce

Posted on October 9, 2012 by | Leave a comment

By Walter Rutledge

The Philadelphia Dance Company, better know by its acronym Philadanco, concluded their New York season at the Joyce Theater on Sunday October 7.  During the six day run the company presented four ensemble works by four African American choreographers. The works, which spanned over forty years, offered an insightful and entertaining glimpse into the “Black Dance tradition”. The fifteen-member company featured many outstanding individual performers, but the real standout of the season was Philadanco. Continue reading →

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Fela! Returns to Broadway and Ann Trip Helps Give Back

Posted on July 20, 2012 by | Leave a comment
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You can’t keep a good thing away for too long which is why the hit musical, “Fela!” has returned to Broadway for a limited run until August 4th. Continue reading →

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Walter’s World: Musicals, Drama, and Art

Posted on July 19, 2012 by | 2 Comments

By Walter Rutledge

This weekend has an abundance of theatre. We have a Tony Award winning musical returning to broadway, two musicals off Lenox Avenue, and drama in a former Harlem firehouse. Here are a few of the many events happening around the city and in our community. Continue reading →

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Walter’s World: Philadanco (The Philadelphia Dance Company)

Posted on April 29, 2012 by | Leave a comment

By Walter Rutledge 

Philadanco (The Philadelphia Dance Company) performed three sold out performances Friday April 20 through Sunday April 22 at the Perelman Theater in the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.

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Irish Talent The Toast At Shrine In Harlem

Posted on March 27, 2012 by | 2 Comments

A great crowd gathered to see a host of Irish and American musicians perform at The Shrine bar on Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard in Harlem, NYC on St. Patrick’s Day. The Shrine has been described as a hidden jewel for music lovers in Harlem, named after the famous music hall in Nigeria where Fela Kuti once performed. Continue reading →

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Fela Cast Signing at HueMan Books in Harlem

Posted on September 23, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Join Patrick L. Riley chair of the Arts and Entertainment Task Force of the National Association of Black Journalists hosts the event and the cast of FELA! will be available to sign CDs Continue reading →

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