🎤 Bessie Smith: They Called Her Empress! with Beareather Reddy

🕗 Doors open: 20:00
🕣 Show starts: 20:30
💵 Tickets: $20 in advance / $25 at the door
🎟️ Combo Ticket: $35 for workshop + concert (see workshop details here)

Join us for a captivating musical journey back to the 1920s and 1930s, as Beareather Reddy and her talented band pay tribute to the powerful Black female singers who broke barriers and expressed their truths through music. These pioneering women were at the forefront of the Black feminist movement, passionately addressing themes like sexual freedom, domestic violence, and economic inequality.

Among these legends, Bessie Smith, known as the "Empress of the Blues," stood out as the highest-paid and most popular artist of her time.

✨ Featuring:

• Ayodele Maakheru - Guitar/Banjo
• Alphonso Horne - Trumpet
• Willherm Delisfort - Piano
• Christopher Dean Sullivan - Bass

This special event is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, The Howard Gilman Foundation, The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and the New York State Council on the Arts.

Don't miss this opportunity to celebrate the legacy of Bessie Smith and the incredible women of her era! 🎶