Poetry, Music, and MLK
By Jamie Kauffold | Jan. 13, 2024
An MLK Day celebration will be held across two TC venues as Building Bridges with Music presents “Ocean: The Life and Times of Poet, Phillis Wheatley” by composer/bassist Marion Hayden on Mon., Jan. 15, at 7pm at The Alluvion. Hayden and her all-star Detroit octet will perform a musical suite centered on the life of African American poet Phillis Wheatley. The program will be live streamed into Milliken Auditorium, where NMC’s Chamber Singers, Cantus Children’s Choir, and Skyelea Martin with Jimmy Olson will perform an interactive dance celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. thealluvion.org/tickets/mlkday
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