On Friday, t Symphony Orchestra will perform for around 600 area elementary students, joining Chicago-based Classical Kids in telling the story — mostly through music — of the “Black Mozart,” Le ...

When she and her partner Raj Debah, an artist, writer, and film director, started looking for a house in Los Angeles, their ...

"I've been told I sound like Nina Simone, Nancy Wilson, Odetta ... "but I protested as a singer with a lot of love." —Agence France-Presse ...

B ig, ambitious shows marked the opening of Paris Fashion Week. Robert Wilson, the acclaimed American director and visual artist, designed a set for Dior that featured imaginary b ...

The original exists in papyrus copies, and it is currently housed at the National Library of France. Now ... Then there's Nina Simone. Her music was more than just entertainment.

Sunday reults (Saturday, U.S. time) from the swimming events at the Summer Olympics in Sydney (Q-qualified for next round; all distances in meters): 1, Domenico Fioravanti, Italy, 1:00.46 (Fred ...

The gathering was held in Paris, France, and drew 57 distinguished delegates ... 1933—Song stylist and activist Nina Simone is born Eunice Waymon in Tryon, N.C. She was a child prodigy who ...

Her career took off in the early part of the decade, in France, when she performed with ... transformed herself into nightclub chanteuse Nina Simone, and started performing an unclassifiable ...

In honor of her 71st birthday today, we’re taking a trip down memory lane with Nina Simone’s inspiring beauty moments over the years. Nina Simone’s timeless legacy isn’t just heard in her ...

Nina Simone was a luminary who continues to shape the world and new artists to this day. But before she became the High Priestess of Soul, Simone was Eunice Waymon, a girl from North Carolina ...

She changed her name into Nina ("little one") Simone ("from the French actress Simone Signoret"). In the late 50's Nina Simone recorded her first tracks for the Bethlehem label. These are still ...