The year 1965 marked a turning point for art and culture in East Germany, when the ruling Socialist Unity Party decided to take a hard line against the “nihilistic“ and “pornographic“ Western ...

For nearly 30 years, world-renowned jazz musician Louis Armstrong and his wife, Lucille, lived quietly in a small, two-story house in Corona, Queens. His professional life featured performances for ...

Before Jay-Z at the Roots Picnic or Bad Bunny at Made in America, there was Louis Armstrong at the Philadelphia Music Festival. Before there was the American Idol competition, there was Philly’s ...

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on Dec. 21, 2023. Click here for that audio. Hear an extended version of this conversation on our podcast, Here & Now Anytime. One of the greatest artists ...

Debra Rogers Grinage remembers it like it was yesterday. She and her sister, Robyn Rogers Edwards, and a group of other kids from the neighborhood, were listening to jazz legend Louis Armstrong sing ...

Desert resident Elizabeth Armstrong curated a seminal exhibition entitled “Birth of the Cool, California Art, Design and Culture and the Midcentury” at the Orange County Museum of Art in 2007, making ...

Colorado Humanities’ Black History Live program and Colorado Mountain College Spring Valley presents a portrayal of jazz icon Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong. The public is invited to the free, 3 p.m., Feb.

NEW YORK (WABC) -- In honor of Black History Month and Broadway Week, Entertainment reporter Joelle Garguilo spoke to the cast of 'A Wonderful World' on Broadway before it closes the curtain at the ...