2020 Cleveland Humanities Festival: Nine Lives

Nine Lives is a multi-disciplinary artistic response to the 2015 shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C. Created by Kent State University composer/musician/educator Chris Coles in collaborations with instrumentalists, a vocalist, an emcee and a visual artist, this project invokes the genre-crossing history of Africans American music. The event will also include a tribute to James Baldwin, several pieces by area students and an inter-generational celebration of Cleveland jazz. This event is co-sponsored by moCa Cleveland. Registration requested.