Students from across the city are learning all about acting during the Carver Community Culture Center's Summer Theatre Intensive program.

Jazz House Kids trains the next generation of jazz stars — alums include Isaiah J. Thompson and Immanuel Wilkins — and gives ...

We scoured 30 disparate community calendars (yes, 30) so you didn’t have to. From live music to theatre, lectures to drag shows, we’ve got you covered.

Warm weather usually means the start of spending more time outside, but so far in Northeastern Pennsylvania this year, it has been a wash.

Duke Ellington was one of the most popular and successful jazz musicians of the first half of the 20th century and according to composer Gunther Schuller and musicologist and historian Barry Kernfeld, ...

Essentially Ellington once again brought the world’s best high school jazz musicians to New York. Over the last 30 years, the event has reshaped how jazz is taught.

“Duke Ellington was a guy who traveled all around the world just based off his talent. And as kids, we knew that it was possible, just because his energy was in the air. ...

Composer Duke Ellington poses for a portrait at the piano in circa 1930. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. In 1971's Chinoiserie, the 10-bar modal melody harmonized in intervals of fourths is ...

Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn barreling away on two pianos with “Great Times,” recorded for Ellington’s Mercer label in 1950. Strayhorn before that leading an Ellingtonian small group ...

Kid Rock caused a stir in the Oval Office on Monday when he ... "@KidRock now joins history with many musicians who have played before him like Duke Ellington, BB King and Presidents Nixon ...

The iHeartRadio Music Awards on Monday night were a starry affair that honored both new and veteran music stars. Mariah Carey and Lady Gaga were both present to receive special awards recognizing ...

Dozens of 5-to-17-year-olds wore makeup and fashions of the era to depict historical figures and highlight their achievements for the annual Blacks in Wax.