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CALENDAR, Oct. 16+:   Verse, drama and music — all this week!

CALENDAR, Oct. 16+:   Verse, drama and music — all this week!

Free Verse Festival:  Charleston’s first poetry extravaganza will continue to run with lots of cool events through the end of the month.  View events online at FreeVerseFestival.com.

To Kill a Mockingbird:  Various times, Oct. 18 to Nov. 5, Dock Street Theatre, 135 Church St., Charleston.  Charleston Stage will perform a stage version of the literary classic by Harper Lee over two weeks in what is set to be an exciting performance.  Nineteen cast members perform in the show, which offers tickets from $31 to $64 for adults.  Purchase tickets here.

Colour of Music Festival:  Oct. 18-22, Charleston.  The fifth annual festival will offer an array of classical music to showcase the impact and historical significance of black classical composers and performers.  More.

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Anyago Yarbo-Davenport will pay a tribute to opera sensation Leontyne Price.  (Photos provided)

FOCUS: Colour of Music Festival’s 5th year to open Oct. 18 across Charleston

By Allison Savicz, special to Charleston Currents  |  Celebrating five years, the Colour of Music Festival offers a musical kaleidoscope showcasing the impact and historical significance of black classical composers and performers on American and world culture October 18-22, 2017 at various venues in historic Charleston, South Carolina.

The largest black-presenting classical organization in the world, the Colour of Music Festival brings leading black artists from France, Britain, Colombia, the Caribbean, and the United States performing orchestral and choral works, chamber, piano, organ, vocal recitals, and opportunities for community education with over 15 performances.

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CALENDAR, Oct. 3+:  MOJA, film festival, more

CALENDAR, Oct. 3+: MOJA, film festival, more

Lots on the calendar starting Oct. 3, 2016: MOJA Festival, Nuovo Cinema Italiano, Wild Side, Autumn on the Ashley, That BIG Book Sale, Colour of Music Festival, more

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FOCUS:  Colour of Music Festival returns Oct. 19-23 with opera’s debut

FOCUS: Colour of Music Festival returns Oct. 19-23 with opera’s debut

By Lee Pringle, special to Charleston Currents | The 2016 Colour of Music Festival embarks upon an ambitious and stunning array of international classical musical motifs solidifying its place as the largest black classical music organization ever organized as it continues to draw inspiration from the grandfather of black classical music, Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges.

Few classical music enthusiasts are aware of the tremendous contributions of this African-French composer whose opera and classical masterpieces equaled or far exceeded those of his 18th century contemporaries. Although his compositions are highly recognized overseas, they gather little notice in the United States.

Today despite thousands of celebrated and prodigiously talented classical composers and performers of African descent throughout the world, their opportunities to grace concert stages of major American orchestras are rare to non-existent. The Colour of Music Festival is reversing this trend.

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CALENDAR, Sept. 26+: It’s MOJA time!

CALENDAR, Sept. 26+: It’s MOJA time!

On the calendar for the week beginning Sept. 26: MOJA Arts Festival, Tuesday Brewsdays. Next week and beyond: Wild Side, Autumn on the Ashley, Colour of Music Festival, That BIG Book Sale.

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