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2013 BLACK HISTORY MONTH AT LANGSTON HUGHES PERFORMING ARTS
CENTER
LANGSTON BIRTHDAY BASH
February 1st, 2013 @ 8 pm
Start Black History Month by celebrating our
namesake Langston Hughes, born February 1st, 1902. Put on your dancing shoes. Dance to the sounds of Motown sung by our own
Lady of Soul, Josephine Howell. Dress up
or down, just come.
Advance tickets $15 at Brown Paper Tickets or $20
at the door
CALL MR. ROBESON
February 8th and 9th, 2013 @ 8 pm
Nigerian writer, performer Tayo Aluko’s, one person
show about Paul Robeson takes us on a roller coaster journey through Robeson's
remarkable and eventful life, and highlights how his radical activism caused
him to be disowned and disremembered, even by the leaders and descendants of
the civil rights movement. The play
features fiery oratory and some of his most famous songs, including a dramatic
rendition of Ol' Man River.
Advance tickets $20 at Brown Paper tickets $25 at
the door
From Africa to the White House: a journey of Resistance, Triumph and
Spirituals
February 10th 2013, @ 7PM
Nigerian writer, performer Tayo Aluko’s has created
an illuminating musically illustrated talk exploring African pre-slavery
history, Africans' resistance to white domination over the centuries, and their
eventual triumph (symbolically at least) with the election and inauguration of
Barack Obama to the Presidency of the United States.
Advance Tickets $10 at Brown Paper Tickets. $15 at
door
CLEO PARKER ROBINSON DANCE ENSEMBLE
February 15th School matinee 10:30 am
February 16th Performance 8:00pm
February 17th Master Workshop 11-2 pm
Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center presents
world renowned Cleo Parker Robinson’ Dance ensemble’s 2012 world premiere of
FUSION, choreographed by Haitian choreographer Jeanguy Saintus. Mr. Saintus piece expresses the rich fusion
of Caribbean culture and the contemporary life of his country through the body,
Haitian traditional dance, classical, modern and contemporary technique.
Advance tickets $25 Brown Paper tickets. $30.00 at the door
HARRIET RETURNS
February 28th School matinee 10:30 am
March 1st, 2nd Performance 8:00 pm
Karen Meadow’s one woman tour de force on the life
of Harriet Tubman has been performed successfully throughout the United States
and abroad. The play propels you into Harriet’s
life and the strength, healing, and mysticism of her spirit guides “voices,”
that Harriet Tubman lived with after a horrendous beating during her life as a
slave. Harriet’s Return is an official
member of the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program.
Advance tickets $20 Brown Paper tickets. $25 at the door
FOR INFORMATION:
Call Alfred Love at 206-684-4758 or e-mail to
alfred.love@seattle.gov
