Tag: Front Porch Arts Collective

Lovely Hoffman and Pier Lamia Porter rehearse "Marie and Rosetta." (Courtesy photo)

Music Greg CookOctober 15, 2019 0

Rediscovering African-American Rock And Roll Pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe

“Rebelling against constraint, she let her voice out in ‘Rock Me’ and ‘That’s All,’ and left the house ecstatic,” The New York Times reported when Sister Rosetta Tharpe performed during…Continue Reading →

Tenneh Silah (left) and Damon Singletary perform in Front Porch Arts Collective's "A Wolf in Snakeskin Shoes" at Cambridge's Central Square Theater, March 19, 2018. (Greg Cook)

Theater Greg CookMarch 20, 2018 0

Front Porch Collective Aims To Change Boston: ‘We’re One Of The Few Major Metropolitan Cities That Doesn’t Have A Black-Run Theater Company’

“Thank you. You people are part of a movement,” Maurice Emmanuel Parent said as he stood on a chair in the lobby of Cambridge’s Central Square Theater last night, glass…Continue Reading →