Langston Hughes Project: A Celebration of African American History

The Langston Hughes Project is a multimedia concert performance of Langston Hughes' kaleidoscopic jazz poem, which Hughes scored with cues drawn from a plethora of musical influences: blues and Dixieland, gospel, boogie woogie, bebop, progressive jazz, Latin "cha cha," Afro-Cuban mambo music, German lieder, Jewish liturgy, West Indian calypso, and African drumming. The performance is brought to life by the the talented Ron McCurdy Quartet. At the LSU Student Union Theater. $12 seniors; $17 general admission. as.lsu.edu/union-theater. (225) 578-5128