The Orange County Library System is hosting events as part of the celebration of Zora Neal Hurston’s legacy. One of them, ...

The season of celebrating culture, music and legacy continues with the 36th Annual Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts ...

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Prof. Scott Hicks discussed Zora Neale Hurston's work at Duke's Theology Underground series, exploring its spiritual and ...

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not ...

Johann Strauss Jr. made his first ISO “Emperor Waltzes” appearance at the Hilbert Circle Theatre as a prelude to the ...

As the official biographer of Alice Walker, I spent nearly a decade researching the art and activism of a writer whose ...

January 28, 2025, will mark the 65th anniversary of Zora Neale Hurston’s death. Here’s an excerpt from my book, Alice Walker: ...

The director has long shunned the spotlight, but his work conveys the force of a mighty personality. A new biography offers a rare look at his life and work.

Near the end of her life, Zora Neale Hurston wrote to her editor at Scribner’s that she was “under the spell of a great obsession.” She had been working feverishly on the early chapters of a project, ...

An annual festival returning later this month celebrates the life and legacy of the late Central Florida author Zora Neale Hurston while honoring the contributions of Black people across the ...