WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS? Everyone has heard of Rosa Parks, but she wasn’t the first to refuse to move. She Who Dared recenters the spotlight on the courageous women who helped desegregate the Montgomery bus system in the 1950s. These Civil Rights pioneers pay homage to the quiet struggle […]
Husband and Wife Duo, Forrópera, share their genre bending musical ingenuity and joy with surrounding communities.
ARTE EN LAS CALLES Fiesta de Verano Featured Artists: Dendê Macêdo & Band | Chrystal E. Williams & Felipe Hostins (Forrópera) Esperanza Parking Lot, 8/16/25, 6:00pm FREE Celebrate the summer with live music by Dendê Macêdo & Band, and Chrystal E. Williams & Felipe Hostins (Forrópera). Featuring Latin food, merchant fair, dancing, and […]
Chrystal E. Williams and Felipe Hostins share their magnetic husband & wife duo, Forrópera, in an afternoon of song. The dynamic duo beautifully melds classics with original works in a joyous, dance inducing program featuring voice and accordion. Come close out the summer with tunes from across the world. From South America to Europe with stops in between, this […]
The annual An Evening with Chrystal E. concert helps raise funds for The Chrystal E. Williams Scholarship. The CEW Scholarship came about because there was a need to held students wishing to pursue a career in the performing arts. It is my hope and dream that in the future, young performers will not have to […]
The crowning event of Green-Wood’s fall season, Nightfall sprawls across a broad stretch of the cemetery, with two thousand audience members wandering through the winding, moonlit paths, encountering musicians, dancers, storytellers, circus performers, film projections, and much more. An epic partnership between Green-Wood, Death of Classical, Rooftop Films, Morbid Anatomy, Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, and […]
Hailed by critics and beloved by audiences, this eagerly anticipated revival transports you to Ancient Egypt in Philip Glass’s enthralling portrait of a trailblazing pharaoh. Countertenor John Holiday is the titular Akhnaten, determined to lead Egypt into a new age even as his plan to abandon the old gods puts his kingdom (and his life) […]
French Affair: The Journey to Self Mezzo-soprano Chrystal E. Williams and pianist Natalia Kazaryan present a stirring program of French songs by Berlioz, Viardot, Ravel, and the Boulanger sisters — composers who defied convention, faced adversity, and remained true to their artistic voices. From the fervent lyricism of Berlioz to the vivid textures of Viardot […]