The Arts

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Alvin Ailey II celebrates 40-year anniversary with exciting new lineup

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Harlem’s Apollo Theater turns 80: A hangout for black entertainment’s best

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theGrio’s 100: Ava DuVernay, 1st black woman to win best director at Sundance

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theGrio’s 100: Nick Cave, Chicago artist blends fashion and politics

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theGrio’s 100: Ty Hunter, Beyoncé’s stylist, bridges high fashion and pop culture

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theGrio’s 100: Tripoli Patterson, surfer brings new vibe to fine art

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theGrio’s 100: RZA, Wu-Tang Clan member hones directing and acting chops

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theGrio’s 100: Nzinga Knight, designer who is making modest Muslim fashions fabulous

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TheGrio's 100: Ryan Speedo Green, allowed opera to change the course of his life

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How American music has been Africanized

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TheGrio’s 100: Lynn Nottage, a warrior writer

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TheGrio’s 100: Malcolm Gladwell, author and pop-sociologist

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TheGrio’s 100: Jason Moran, the future of jazz

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TheGrio’s 100: Bill T. Jones, activism through movement

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TheGrio’s 100: Wynton Marsalis, a jazz legend plays on

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TheGrio's 100: Darin Atwater, the jazziest conductor to date

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TheGrio's 100: Kara Walker, activism through art

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TheGrio's 100: Kadir Nelson, drawing from the past to illustrate hope

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TheGrio's 100: Jessica Care Moore, a revolutionary writer to represent black youth

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TheGrio's 100: Kehinde Wiley, a painter changing the image of black men

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