Nadine Roberts Waters: La Cantatrice de Cincinnati
By Thea Tjepkema There are singers whose names are legends and whose artistry will never be forgotten. There are others … Read More
By Thea Tjepkema There are singers whose names are legends and whose artistry will never be forgotten. There are others … Read More
When Cincinnati’s one-time mayor Theodore M. Berry reached a part of his boyhood story, tears came into his eyes. It … Read More
by Thea Tjepkema Although Music Hall hosted numerous African American artists in her early days, it was not until … Read More
by Thea Tjepkema For more than 140 years Music Hall has been considered the epicenter of Cincinnati’s orchestral and choral … Read More
Tornadoes had swept the south, and a blizzard gripped the western states on April 16, 1921, when Mamie Smith, born … Read More
By Thea Tjepkema On January 4, 1898 the funeral of Fountain Lewis, Cincinnati’s most esteemed African American barber for … Read More
by Thea Tjepkema The phenomenal singing careers of four women in the nineteenth century were announced and recognized in … Read More