Chicago Humanities Festival | Visionary Voices Behind the American Songbook with Natalie Douglas @ChicagoHumanitiesFestival | Uploaded November 2020 | Updated October 2024, 8 hours ago.
Award-winning singer Natalie Douglas is renowned for her nuanced interpretations of the Great American Songbook. Her work spotlights some of the exemplary performers (Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Nina Simone) and pivotal places where audiences encountered the music. At this year’s Graham Concert, Douglas will weave a musical story featuring well-known standards and the lesser-known stories behind them. These include now-classical songs performed at New York’s storied Café Society, the first integrated cabaret in America.
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Award-winning singer Natalie Douglas is renowned for her nuanced interpretations of the Great American Songbook. Her work spotlights some of the exemplary performers (Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Nina Simone) and pivotal places where audiences encountered the music. At this year’s Graham Concert, Douglas will weave a musical story featuring well-known standards and the lesser-known stories behind them. These include now-classical songs performed at New York’s storied Café Society, the first integrated cabaret in America.
Donate now to support programs like this: chicagohumanities.org/donate
This program is generously underwritten by the Helen B. and Ira E. Graham Family.
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![Alicia Garza on the Purpose of Power [ASL]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OznYcPRm8_o/hqdefault.jpg "Alicia Garza on the Purpose of Power [ASL]
“Black people. I love you. I love us. Our lives matter,” wrote Alicia Garza in a 2013 Facebook post after the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. The #BlackLivesMatter hashtag that emerged in response to the post, and the following movement (co-founded by Garza), remains as important today as it was then, with people across the country continuing to protest state-sanctioned violence against Black people. Garza returns to CHF to discuss her debut book The Purpose of Power, which details the two decades of organizing experience that guides her activism. Garza is joined in conversation by writer, pleasure activist, and social justice facilitator adrienne maree brown.
This annual lecture is supported by the Doris Conant Endowment for Programs on Women and Culture and is presented in partnership with 826CHI.
This week’s programs presented with the support of Fifth Third Bank.
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Pre-show music by Mad Squabbles: https://madsquabbles.bandcamp.com/track/black-lives
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