Watch “A Harlem Renaissance Speakeasy: Featuring Live Jazz and Poetry from the 1920s” Oct. 5

From Howard Community College: Howard Community College’s (HCC) Arts Collective and the Howard County Poetry and Literature Society (HoCoPoLitSo) will present “A Harlem Renaissance Speakeasy: Featuring Live Jazz and Poetry from the 1920s” on Saturday, Oct. 5, on the fourth floor of the college’s Rouse Company Foundation Student Services Building (RCF).

Explore the power of words and music from artists such as Langston Hughes, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Duke Ellington and others within a speakeasy atmosphere, evocative of the era. Period attire is encouraged. The evening will include magical and powerful performances from local poets, musical theatre performers and a jazz quintet Petra Martin and The Jazz Masters, who will perform some of the most sophisticated and inspired literary and artistic achievements of the period.

The event will also feature speakeasy-inspired hors d’oeuvres and desserts by My Sweets and More, a cash bar and signature cocktails such as The Bees Knees, Sweet Lucille and more. Howard County Executive Calvin Ball will serve as honorary chairman for the evening.