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• The Apollo’s Winter/Spring 2022 Season “The Renaissance is Now”
• VIRTUAL WORLD PREMIERE: The Apollo Celebrates Kwanzaa with Live Music and Dance Works by Forces of Nature Dance Theatre
• The Apollo and ImageNation’s Cocktails and Sol Cinema Present Devil’s Pie: D’Angelo
• The 2021 "Soul Train Awards" Presented By BET Returns November 20, For The First Time From The World Famous Apollo
• The Apollo to Hold In-Person Auditions for Return of Amateur Night at the Apollo October 9 & 10, 2021
• The Apollo Announces its Fall 2021 Season: The Renaissance is Now!
• The Apollo Celebrates HARLEM WEEK with a Free Virtual Panel Discussion about Luke Cage, Marvel's Harlem-based Super Hero
• The Apollo Announces the Recipients of the 2021 Harlem Entrepreneurial Micro-Grants in Collaboration with 125th Street Business Improvement District and Harlem Commonwealth Council
• The Apollo’s Victoria Theater To Open March 2022 Marking First-Ever Physical Expansion for the Historic Theater
• The Apollo, 125th Street Business Improvement District, and Harlem Commonwealth Council Launch 2nd Harlem Entrepreneurial Micro-Grant Initiative
• The Apollo to Induct Mary J. Blige, Award-Winning Singer/Songwriter, Actress and Producer into its Historic Walk of Fame Friday, May 28 at 10:00am
• Apollo Theater Announces Virtual Spring Benefit: Apollo Resounding - June 7, 7:30pm ET
• The Apollo Theater Collaborates with Arts Organizations from around the Country in Presenting “They Still Want to Kill Us” — May 25, 8pm ET
• Apollo Film Presents ImageNation’s Cocktails and Sol Cinema: MUSE: Black Art Unseen - Thursday, May 20
• Apollo Theater Academy Presents: Cinematography – Shifting the Looking Glass & Footprint – Design and Creative in Sneaker Culture, part of Virtual Career Panel Series
• Apollo Theater Presents A Look Back on Comedy and Apollo Music Cafe: Infinity Song, April 2-3
• The Apollo Theater Announces Fifth Bi-Annual Women of the World Festival in Partnership with the WOW Foundation: Black Women Transcending!
• Apollo Theater & Screen/Play Presents: 30 YEARS OF HOUSE PARTY - A Virtual Celebration of the Cult Classics
• Apollo Theater Signs with United Talent Agency
• Apollo Theater Announces Spring 2021 Season Programming
• Apollo Theater and WNYC Present Apollo Uptown Hall "MLK and the Fierce Urgency of Now!" — a Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Apollo Theater Live Wire - A Deep Dive into the Artistry of Aretha Franklin, December 15
• Apollo Theater Presents Kwanzaa Celebration: Regeneration Night, A Virtual Experience
• Apollo Theater Announces Charles Phillips as New Chairman of the Board
• Apollo Music Café Highlights Madison McFerrin as part of the Virtual Late Nights at the Apollo Series
• Apollo Film Presents: ImageNation’s Cocktails & Sōl Cinema, Black Life Matters: A Program of Short Films & Conversation Thursday, November 19
• Apollo Theater Welcomes Best-Selling Author Nic Stone to the Digital Stage for Conversation Launching Her Upcoming Novel “Dear Justyce”
• Apollo Theater Presents John Legend and Salamishah Tillet in Conversation On the Artist's Duty
• Apollo Theater Announces Fall 2020 Programming and Spring 2021 Partnership with National Black Theater
• Apollo Theater Celebrates Harlem Week 2020 on Wednesday, August 19
• Apollo Theater in Collaboration with 125th St. Business Improvement District and Harlem Commonwealth Council Launches the Harlem Entrepreneurial Micro-Grant Initiative
• Apollo Theater Stands in Solidarity with Black Out Tuesday, Reschedules Benefit to June 4
• Apollo Theater Announces Performers & Special Guests for “Let’s Stay (In) Together: A Benefit to Support the Apollo”
• The Apollo Theater Announces "Let's Stay (In) Together: A Benefit To Support The Apollo Theater"
• Apollo Theater Announces Cancellations and Postponements Through June 30
• Apollo Theater's Amateur Night to Hold Auditions Online
• Apollo Theater to Hold Spring Amateur Night Auditions Saturday, April 18th
• Apollo Theater Launches Major Commissioning Initiative Dedicated to the Creation of a Diverse 21st Century Performing Arts Canon
• Apollo’s Women’s History Month Celebration features Elaine Welteroth & Harriette Cole and WOW Teen Summit, March 14
• Apollo Theater's Africa Now! & African Film Festival 30th Anniversary Celebration Present the Legendary Oumou Sangaré
• Apollo Film Presents Bakosó: Afrobeats of Cuba as part of ImageNation's Cocktails & Cinema
• Amateur Night at the Apollo Kicks Off Its 86th Season February 19th
• Apollo Theater Kicks Off Black History Month with a Free Open House, February 1st
• Apollo Theater Presents a Special Screening of Shaft (1971) with a Live Score by Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber
• Apollo Theater and WNYC Announce 14th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration and Uptown Hall
• Apollo 2020 Spring Season Announcement
• Holidays at the Apollo: Yolanda Adams, Cynthia Erivo, Shoshana Bean, Kwanzaa - This December
• Apollo Theater Presents an Advanced Screening of Clemency featuring Alfre Woodard as part of ImageNation's Cocktails & Cinema
• Apollo Theater Announces Amateur Night Japan 2019
• Apollo Theater Announces Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Alicia Garza, Rapper/Activist David Banner, and Artist Maimouna Youssef aka Mumu Fresh to Join Cast of Between the World and Me
• The Apollo Theater and Ballet Hispanico Present The World Premiere of Tiburones, Nov 22-23 at 8 p.m.
• Apollo Theater Announces Encore Engagement of Staged Adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates' Between The World and Me, Oct 25-28
• Tonight! Oprah Winfrey to Join Ta-Nehisi Coates at the Apollo Theater
• Apollo Theater Announces the First Phase in Creating the Apollo Performing Arts Center (Updated Sept. 11, 2019)
• Apollo Theater Presents an Advanced Screening of The HBO Documentary Film The Apollo

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Apollo in the News

• The Root: Tisha Campbell and Tichina Arnold Tapped to Return as Hosts for 2021 BET Soul Train Awards, Taking Place at the Apollo Theater
• Essence: Apollo Theater Presents Its Fifth Bi-Annual Women of the World Festival
• The New York Times: The Best and Worst of the 2021 Grammy Awards
• Billboard: D'Angelo Brings Friends, Classics and No Drama to Verzuz Stage For Competition-Free Performance
• Pitchfork: D’Angelo’s VERZUZ: Here’s What Happened
• Sugarcane Mag: The Apollo Theater's Fifth Bi-Annual WOW Festival Presented in Partnership with the WOW Foundation
• Apollo Theater Signs with United Talent Agency
• CUNY TV: Where Stars Are Born and Legends Are Made
• The New York Times: Longtime Board Chairman Steps Down at Apollo Theater
• The New York Times: ‘Between the World and Me’: From Page to Stage to Screen
• Okaplayer: Busta Rhymes And Anderson .Paak Perform “YUUUU” Live At The Apollo Theatre
• The Root: The Apollo Theater Is Holding Online Auditions So I Decided to Shoot My Shot
• Them: Little Richard’s Life and Legacy Is Getting “Deconstructed” in This Free Online Teach-In
• Harper's Bazaar: HBO Is Adapting Ta-Nehisi Coates's 'Between the World and Me'
• The New York Times Style Magazine: The Theater Where Ella Fitzgerald Got Her Start
• Capacity Interactive: CI to Eye with Kamilah Forbes
• Vulture: For the Apollo Theater, the Show Must Go On
• Wall Street Journal: The Apollo’s Next Act: Expansion
• CBS: Black History Month: In World's Longest-Running Talent Show Some Shine, Others Wither at Apollo Theater
• The New York Times: Apollo Theater Announces New Series of Commissions
• Travel + Leisure: Meet Mr. Apollo, the Apollo Theater's Tour Guide, Historian, and Lifelong Legend
•  Rolling Stone: Kamasi Washington Preps New Concert Film 'Live at the Apollo Theater'
• Playbill: Leslie Uggams and Lynn Whitfield to Star in Phylicia Rashad-Helmed Blue at Apollo Theater
• 1010 Wins: The Apollo at 85: What's Next for the Legendary Harlem Theater?
• CBS This Morning: The Apollo Documentary
• Los Angeles Times: Harlem’s Cathedral of Culture ‘The Apollo’ Stands the Test of Time
• American Theatre: 'Between the World and Me,' Onstage at the Apollo
• The Hollywood Reporter: Oprah Winfrey and Ta-Nehisi Coates Discuss 'The Water Dancer,' Toni Morrison at the Apollo Theater
• amNewYork: Ta-Nehisi Coates Begins Apollo Residency
• The Root: Ta-Nehisi Coates Named Apollo Theater’s Inaugural Artist-in-Residence
• New York 1: The Temptations Inducted Into the Apollo Theater Walk of Fame
• Los Angeles Times: For Race-Specific Theater Companies, the Fight for Diversity Onstage is Far from Over
• Variety: Tribeca Film Review: 'The Apollo'
• Vanity Fair: Showtime at the Apollo: An Oral History of the Theater That Became Home to American Legends
• Essence: Cultural Icon Apollo Theater Sets New Goals As They Celebrate Their 85th Anniversary
• amNew York: Apollo Theater Celebrates 85 Years with a Focus on Harlem's Future
• New York Times: The Warm-up Master of Amateur Night at the Apollo Is Retiring. Wait, He Changed his Mind.
• New York Times: Apollo Theater to Build New Performances Spaces
• The Atlantic: Barry Jenkins Brings James Baldwin Home to Harlem
• New York Times: Bringing the World of Ta-Nehisi Coates, Briefly, to Stage
• Associated Press: Apollo Crowd Cheers for Coates' 'Between the World and Me'