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Registration required for this event. Sign up here at: https://www.kckpl.org/langston%20hughes%20lyrical%20lifeJoin The Kansas City, Kansas Public Library for a free performance of Langston Hughes: A Lyrical Life at our Main Library location. Please register below so we can save you a seat!
Langston Hughes: A Lyrical Life celebrates the life and legacy of one of America’s most influential literary voices. Born in 1901 in Joplin, Missouri, Hughes was an early innovator of jazz poetry and a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance. This semi-staged musical and literary experience honors Hughes’s extraordinary legacy and amplifies his singular voice and texts, illuminating the universal human experiences of joy, struggle, and aspiration.
This free, 60-minute performance is presented by Lyric Opera of Kansas City and will feature original narrations written by Alyson Cambridge. For more information about the performance please visit kcopera.org.
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625 Minnesota Avenue Kansas City, KS 66101, 625 Minnesota Ave, Kansas City, KS 66101-2805, United States
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