Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage Anywhere is celebrating Black History Month with performances throughout February, kicking off with a presentation of a Rodney King film conversation with film star Roger Guenveur Smith and author Dr. Stephanie Leigh Batiste on Thursday, February 11, streaming on SummerStageAnywhere.org and across its socials: Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitch. In advance of the conversation, the film will be available to view for free courtesy of Netflix from February 1-28.
Other events from Summerstage Anywhere include:
“Lift Every Voice” on February 4 at 7pm: A dance and music performance film featuring Khalia Campbell of Alvin Ailey, Desmond Richardson of Complexions Contemporary Ballet, and Angie Swan of David Byrne’s American Utopia, with creative direction by Danni Gee, SummerStage dance curator will feature new content. Celebrating 150 years of writer and civil rights activist James Weldon Johnson’s legacy, “Lift Every Voice” this performance will feature a new introduction from playwright Elizabeth Alexander and a recitation of the poem by Emmy-nominated and Tony-Award winning actress/singer Phylicia Rashad.