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SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK

Friday, January 23 • 8 pm
Spaulding Auditorium
$40 • Dartmouth students $5
18 & under $14

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In 1973, a group of Washington, D.C., African-American women, well versed in combining song and social conscience, formed an a cappella vocal ensemble named for a parable that speaks of a land so rich that honey flows from the rocks. Thirty-six years and 21 recordings later, the voices of Sweet Honey in the Rock® are as golden and luxuriant as ever, inspiring listeners with their powerful, diverse music and their message of hope and social justice. Singing about issues both personal and political, Sweet Honey draws from African tribal chant, spirituals, gospel and scat singing. Framed by the Hopkins Center's Class Divide Project, the ensemble invites audiences to enter a community of sound and spirit that is “soulful, sumptuous, stirring” (The Washington Post).


Part of Class Divide, a three-year Hopkins Center initiative examining social and economic class issues.


American Sign Language interpreted.

This performance is funded in part by the Expeditions Program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, which receives major support from the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional support from the state arts agencies of New England. Supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

This project is made possible in part by a grant from the Association of Performing Arts Presenters Creative Campus Innovations Grant Program, a component of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.