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Celebrating Indigenous Artists in Commemoration of Native American Heritage Month
Tribe leader Chief Seattle once said, “Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.” For centuries, the spiritual beliefs, artistic rituals, and governing practices of Native American culture have paved…
Upcoming Festivals Celebrate National Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
Happy National Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month! Historically, this annual observation started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson; it was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to span a 30-day period from September 15–October 15, coinciding when many Latin American countries celebrate their national independence days. The Levitt Foundation honors…
Celebrating Juneteenth Across the Levitt Network and Beyond
“You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.” Malcom X This Sunday, June 19, marks the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States: Juneteenth. This federal holiday marks the day in 1865 when enslaved Blacks in Galveston, Texas finally…
Levitt venues and concert sites are jazzing up their free music series this season
Finding its roots in New Orleans in the 1880s, the music genre of jazz improvised its way from a blend of ragtime, marches, blues and other types of music as African American musical traditions mixed with European influences. Today, jazz is a broad style of music distinguished by syncopated rhythms and complex harmonies with regional…