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Learn more about American Negro Spirituals this summer posted on 11:48 AM, May 4, 2021 A Q&A with NATS Virtual Summer Workshop presenter Kenneth Overton Kenneth Overton At our Virtual Summer Workshop (July 8-10), Kenneth Overton presents “Embedded in the Soil and Sung from the SOUL: The American Negro Spiritual” that will explore the performance practices and relevance of the Spiritual in today’s world. The NATS Virtual Summer Workshop is July 8-10. See schedule and details. We’re thrilled you’re part of the NATS Virtual Summer Workshop lineup! Please tell us a little about yourself...
St. Louis Story Stitchers Contributors to "The Why Of My City" gather on a Grand Center rooftop to record a podcast highlighting life in a particular neighborhood of St. Louis. As Emeara Burns sat on the roof of a Grand Center building one sunny day last summer, she received a history lesson that had her hanging on every word. She and five others gathered atop the .ZACK performing arts venue to record a podcast about St. Louis neighborhood the Ville. They sat in a socially distanced circle, speaking into microphones through their masks. Emmy-winning storyteller Bobby Norfolk and longtime pol...
A brief history of the arts legends who got their start at Sumner High School Local leaders are scheduled to meet again in March to discuss closing the first African-American high school west of the Mississippi River. Sumner High School, ca. 1908 The latest round of proposed closures for Saint Louis Public Schools has targeted one of the most historic high schools in America: Sumner High School, the first African-American high school west of the Mississippi River. Iâve written about Sumner High School in the equally historic Ville neighborhood in the past, but I feel like itâs...