North Andover Historical Society

Highly engaging lecturer and author Rev. Dr. Cheryl Townsend Gilkes returns to the Worden Theater to speak for Black History Month and the Arts 2024. In 1903, W.E.B. Du Bois published his classic The Souls of Black Folk where he used the sacred music of African Americans, "ten master songs," to shape the analytical foundations...

Alvin Ailey was a trailblazing pioneer who found salvation through dance. AILEY traces the full contours of this brilliant and enigmatic man whose search for the truth in movement resulted in enduring choreography that centers on the Black American experience with grace, strength, and unparalleled beauty. Told through Ailey’s own words and featuring evocative archival...