Archibald J. Motley Jr., “Blues” 1929. Oil on canvas, 36 x 42 inches (Collection of Mara Motley, MD, and Valerie Gerrard Browne) (image courtesy the Chicago History Museum, Chicago, Illinois) (© ...
We’re four years into the new ’20s, and the prototypal jazz-age aesthetic is finally making a comeback — reimagined, of course. Add to that the heavy-handed vamp noir lips featured at Valentino’s ...
STOCKBRIDGE — The Jazz Age, which took its name from a new type of music, is most associated with a new type of high-spirited, even hedonistic behavior: flappers dancing the Charleston, people in ...
On this tour led by Mark Satlof, a 25-year-resident of Central Harlem/Strivers Row, guests will get rare insight into the locale of one of the most creative periods ever in the arts — the Jazz Age in ...
During the Roaring '20s, F. Scott Fitzgerald said, the word "jazz" went from first meaning sex, to then dancing, and then music. You could get all three at New York madam Polly Adler's, where sex, ...
ESSENCE was on the scene on Governor's Island over the weekend, which was transformed into a world of flappers, foxtrotting, and old world opulence. Attendees went all out with their outfits, ...
It’s the 1920s all over again. The Jazz Age Lawn Party will return to New York City’s Governors Island from June 11-12. Attendees dress in early 20th century period costumes and swing dance to music ...