Television Star Has Local Connections [VIDEO]

Rasin’ Cane, a Harlem Renaissance Odyssey starring Jasmine Guy, the award-winning actress, singer, and dancer Jasmine Guy, and the acclaimed Avery Sharpe Jazz Trio, Raisin’ Cane, “celebrates and honors the legendary voices of the Harlem Renaissance through text, song, music, movement, and imagery” at the Zeiterion Theatre on Friday, February 5, 2016, at 8pm.

According to the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center, Rasin’ Cane take a look back to the past on “the words and thoughts of Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Zora Neale Hurston, W.E.B. Du Bois and many others that became the voice of a new generation of African-Americans looking forward but still struggling with the past and present.

These thoughts, songs, and images are woven into a panoramic experience that spans this extraordinary outpouring of artistic endeavor that encapsulated the essence of 1920’s Harlem.”

Join us at The Z on Friday, February 5, 2016, at 8pm, when our exploration continues with the Harlem Renaissance and with our partner the New Bedford Historical Society, a local organization whose work celebrates the legacy of African Americans, Cape Verdeans and other people of color in the region.

Watch the video down below of Jasmine Guy, who also has local connections in our Southcoast area.