Review: ‘Hypocrisy of Justice’ is a musical riff on Richard Wright’s ‘Native Son’
By Hannah Edgar
Transplant Richard Wright’s “Native Son” to today and one will find much more to retain than to update.
The Hyde Park Jazz Festival returns to full flower
The crowd at the fest—activists, dancers, students, radio hosts, dog walkers, retired teachers, an ironworker in a tiara—is just as much fun as the top-shelf musicians on its stages.
The Hyde Park Jazz Festival connects the south side to the wider world of jazz
By Bill Meyer
This year, the HPJF resumes business as usual, staging concerts inside churches, museums, and performance spaces as well as on two big outdoor stages that face each other on the Midway Plaisance.
Hyde Park Jazz Festival gets $50,000 NEA grant for arts jobs on South and West sides
By Aaron Gettinger, staff writer
A grant from the National Endowment for the Arts grant will enable the Hyde Park Jazz Festival to put paid workers behind three initiatives beyond the borders of the neighborhood.