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The Garden of Joy at Wharton Center- Pasant Theatre
Where
Wharton Center- Pasant Theatre
320 Wharton Center East Lansing, Mi
East Lansing, MI
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(517) 353-1982
When
Sat, March 16, 2013
8:00 am
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New Years Eve 1929! Harlems hottest night club, the Garden of Joy, is ringing in the New Year with a live radio broadcast celebrating the decade of the Harlem Renaissance. This original Wharton Center commissioned work features electrifying live jazz, blues and classical music by keyboard artist Alvin Waddles and his band. THE GARDEN OF JOY infuses the writings of Langston Hughes, Countee Collen, Zora Neal Hurston and W.E.B. DuBois with the music of Fats Waller, Duke Ellington and more to bring the joy, humor, struggle and energy of this astonishing moment in American history and culture.
