With World War I in the rear-view mirror, a period of great economic growth was underway, along with the dawn of the Roaring Twenties and the Jazz Age—eras of great social change. Prohibition began as ...

American Literature in Transition, 1920–1930 examines the dynamic interactions between social and literary fields during the so-called Jazz Age. It situates the era's place in the incremental ...

The 1920s brought amazing artistic ... that beaded headbands were common additions to wedding gowns during the Jazz Age, as were dresses with high necklines and cape- or flutter-style sleeves.

Rhythm. Color. Movement. Seeing sound through art. The rich sounds, rhythms, and colors of jazz inspired prominent visual artists of the 20th century. In depicting African American culture, Romare ...

Latin American History Through Film; World History II; Progressive Era to the Jazz Age, 1870-1920; The Gilded Age; History of the American West; The West in Film & Fiction; Guys and Dolls: Gender in U ...

Briefly, Jolson dropped out of school at age ... American even as it captured the world,” Bernstein writes. Even in a career defined by outsize success and achievement, the story of The Jazz ...

Charlie Parker was born 100 years ago (August 29, 1920). Although he died at the age of 34 in 1955, his legacy is so powerful that jazz would have been very different without his contributions. In the ...

A solo exhibition of the poet and visual artist Ted Joans is a mostly fitting tribute to an artistic visionary.

But it's her intricate and theatrical costumes, which reference everything from historical garb to folklore and fantasy, that ...

A biography series based on the life of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, the brilliant, beautiful and talented Southern Belle who becomes the original flapper and icon of the wild, flamboyant Jazz Age in ...

New releases from Tyshawn Sorey, Kim Cass, Bill Charlap, Tarbaby, Matthew Shipp, Kris Davis and others are showcasing how a ...