The city is inviting feedback on six artist proposals for a permanent public monument honoring jazz legend Billie Holiday at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center.

The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs has announced six finalists for a public monument to Billie Holiday.

Desiree Montes was “terrified” the first time she portrayed legendary singer Billie Holiday. That was back in 2014. Fast-forward a decade, and now Montes is set to play Holiday a fifth time in Theater ...

The Billie Holiday Theatre has announced details for its 2024-25 season. Marking the iconic theater’s first full season under the leadership of Executive Director Shadawn Smith, this year’s ...

LIFE HERE IN BALTIMORE. THE ONLY THING I KNEW ABOUT BILLIE WAS WHEN SHE FIRST STARTED SINGING. WE’RE ON THOSE LITTLE NIGHTCLUBS. RENITA WIGGINS, JACKSON AND AFRICANA ARCHIVES CURATORIAL FELLOW AT ...

Billie Holiday rose to prominence in 1939 headlining at Manhattan’s Café Society, America’s first integrated nightclub. The price of that fame was to be stalked by law enforcement and the media.

Lady Day, however, was taken from this world too soon at just 44 years old. Read below as we take a look into her last days and the legacy she left behind. Billie Holiday passed away on July 17, 1959, ...

On Oct. 5, 1958, Billie Holiday took the stage at the inaugural Monterey Jazz Festival. Then America’s preeminent jazz singer, she closed the event with an effortlessly sophisticated 11-song set that ...