Editor: I applaud the decision of the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia to rename Verizon Hall the Marian Anderson Hall. Anderson was a great contralto and a native of Philadelphia ...
Five years ago, a burst pipe soaked much of the late singer Marian Anderson's former Philadelphia home, today a museum dedicated to her artistic and civil rights legacy. Gowns, sheets of music and ...
Marian Anderson, the renowned singer and civil rights icon who broke racial barriers in the arts and helped pave the way for other Black artists, is being honored in her hometown of Philadelphia. The ...
The Philadelphia Orchestra’s home is being renamed Marian Anderson Hall in honor of the pioneering Black American contralto, a rare case of an artist’s name replacing a corporation. The orchestra’s ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Justin Austin remarks, “I'm honored to have been chosen for this incredibly ...
Three years ago, fourth-graders at Chester A. Arthur Elementary School in South Philadelphia researched their school’s namesake. The students learned America’s 21st president had signed the Chinese ...
Worshippers gathered Sunday at Tindley Temple United Methodist Church to celebrate the legacy of pioneering opera singer and civil rights leader Marian Anderson. Anderson was a lifelong member of the ...