Most people have unknowingly heard Jamila Woods on some of Chance the Rapper’s hit songs, such as “Blessings” and “Sunday Candy.” The sold-out crowd at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (ISG), however, was treated to tracks from her own 2017 debut album HEAVN and latest release, LEGACY! LEGACY!. Hailing from Chicago, Woods’ work emphasizes themes…
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Soul and Stanzas Brings Sam Trump and Harold Green to the Gardner
On Sept. 26, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (ISG) hosted the latest installation of its new music series, Thursdays Live. A collection of jazz, hip-hop, R&B, and spoken word performances, it brought to Boston two Chicago-based performers, Sam Trump and Harold Green. With a ukulele, a bongo, a synthesizer, a trumpet, and his voice, Trump…
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Love and the Beauty of Humanity in Harold Green’s Words
Poignant and lyrical like his poems, Harold Green’s normal speech is like a soft-spoken, rhythmic prose, sounding almost like poetry to his listener’s ears. He’s a spoken word performer, and found that poetry is the way he’s supposed to spread his message of love and appreciation to the world. The value of his work and…
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‘All American Boys’ at ISG Inspires and Connects Audience
A group of actors performed ‘All American Boys,’ an adaptation of the novel by Jason Reynolds and Brandon Kiely about a young boy who is assaulted by a cop at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum on Thursday.
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Jazzmeia Horn Honors Jazz at Gardner’s RISE Music Series
On Thursday, Jazzmeia Horn and Latrell James performed at ISG’s RISE concert series.
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‘Botticelli: Heroines + Heroes’ Exhibit Examines the Power of Storytelling
The newest exhibit at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum combines the works of Renaissance artist Botticelli with contemporary cartoonist Karl Stevens to examine the role of storytelling in art throughout history.
