The Billie Holiday Theatre hosts a one-night program marking Malcolm X and Lorraine Hansberry’s shared birthday with short ...

The Billie Holiday Theatre and Bed-Stuy Art House will present a one-night-only multidisciplinary event honoring Malcolm X ...

TALK TO THE ARTISTS BEHIND IT. AT FIRST GLANCE, SOUTH DURHAM STREET LOOKS LIKE YOUR TYPICAL BALTIMORE STREET. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK TO YOUR LEFT AND TO YOUR RIGHT, THERE’S ART HONORING BILLIE HOLIDAY.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. His uncle Milt Gabler produced one of jazz legend Billie Holiday's seminal singles: "Strange Fruit" — a protest song that became a ...

*(Brooklyn, NY) – On Saturday, April 4, The Billie Holiday Theatre, one of the nation’s preeminent arts and culture organizations, will present the season finale of BILLIE & BEYOND – the institution’s ...

Known as the First Lady of Song, Ella Fitzgerald popularised "scat singing" where she used her voice to sound like a ...

Though taken too early, Billie Holiday will forever be remembered for her contributions to music. And it all started at a young age. Sparked from an interest in jazz and blues, PBS reports, the ...

The music of legendary jazz vocalist Billie Holiday will fill the Charleston Music Hall at a Feb. 7 concert with the Charleston Jazz Orchestra. Led by Music Director Robert Lewis, the CJO will bring a ...

“What a Little Moonlight Can Do,” “Good Morning Heartache,” “Autumn in New York” and the unforgettable ballad turned Civil Rights Movement anthem “Strange Fruit” are among the songs that have been ...

In his little-known but undeniably wise 1924 short story, “The Sensible Thing,” F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote that there are all kinds of loves in the world, but never the same love twice. On Valentine’s ...