Materials for the Arts will present Designer-in-Residence Daveed Baptiste’s “Soaring High,” MFTA’s first-ever fashion exhibition. In the exhibition, Baptiste constructs garments whose every stitch, ...

It was telling of Omelika Kuumba’s spirit that on her birthday, her first after losing both parents within eight months of one another, she would give a concert in their honor. Near the end of her ...

In her mind, Omelika Kuumba heard a bass guitar line. Then trumpet and saxophone melodies harmonized, followed by smooth strains on violin. “The keyboard, everything, came to me,” she said, “including ...