ENTERTAINMENT • EDUCATION • INSPIRATION
By Langston HughesDirected by Jerry FosterDecember 1, 2022- December 4, 2022 Brunish Theatre4th Floor, 1111 S.W. Broadway Ave.Portland, OR 97205 PassinArt: A Theatre Company presents Black Nativity by poet and playwright Langston Hughes. Based on the traditional Nativity story, the spirit-filled, inspiring gospel song play features traditional Christmas carols performed in a gospel style with a […]
by Charlayne Woodard
NEAT is a magical, often humorous, coming of age story based in the oral traditions of the African Diaspora. […]
1880 – 1914 Dancer / Choreographer / Singer One of the first Black choreographers on the American stage. Among the first international Black stars, she toured Europe with Bert Williams and her husband, George Walker, in the hit musicals they wrote and produced. Following George Walker’s illness and death, in 1911, she kept working, frequently […]
by Vickie G. Hampton
A Play Reading
Monday, February 28, 2022 • 7:00 p.m. […]
by Javon Johnson
A Play Reading
Monday, February 7, 2022 • 7:00 p.m. […]
Saturday, May 15, 2021
6:30 p.m. Virtual Pre-Slide Show
7:00 p.m. Sweet Taste Program […]
Did You Know? Glynn Turman co-starred at age 12 as Travis Younger in the original 1959 Broadway stage production of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun. The classic stars Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil, Diana Sands, Ivan Dixon, Louis Gossett Jr., Lonnie Elder III, and John Fiedler. Today, Glynn Turman is an actor, writer, […]
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Join us for “A Night in Harlem” Saturday, May 11, 2019 at a beautiful new venue! Sweet Taste of the Arts: “A Night in Harlem” Saturday, May 11, 2019 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Red Lion Hotel on the River Jantzen Beach909 N Hayden Island Dr, Portland, OR Tickets: $125 per person / $1,000 per […]
The No Play by John Henry Redwood, Directed by William Earl Ray March 15-April 14, 2019Sundays 3:00 p.m. / Fridays & Saturdays 7:30 p.m. Talkbacks after the show on March 24 and April 7, 2019 Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center (IFCC)5340 N Interstate Ave, Portland, OR The play conveys the racially divided world of Halifax, North […]
Join us for “A Night in Harlem” Saturday, May 11, 2019 at a beautiful new venue! Sweet Taste of the Arts: “A Night in Harlem” Saturday, May 11, 2019 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Please note: due to recent events, we have moved “Sweet Taste of the Arts” to the Red Lion Hotel: Red Lion […]