Flora Hawk News Today

The downtown street fair and cultural celebration is April 20-21.

Season subscriptions are now available for the three main shows.

Opera Theatre of St. Louis will present three short operas, all by artists of color who’ve worked largely outside the opera world. The works address the roots of Black, queer ballroom culture; three important inventors who were Black women, and the Supreme Court battle over a rock band’s attempt to reappropriate a racial slur.

The piece recalls a Revolutionary War injustice with appealing, multifaceted score and a narrative that’s engrossing (if not always plausible).

Chicago Opera Theater presents the piece about Black Americans settling in London after the Revolutionary War.

During the Revolutionary War, Great Britain emancipated American slaves who fought against the colonists.