Ta-Nehisi Coates to speak at Howard University’s Charter Day address. [Post]

Photographs of a 1970s Kansas offers no yellow brick road at the American Art Museum. [Arts Desk]

Read a profile of Rock & Roll Hotel and DC9’s marketing manager and assistant talent buyer, Molly Majorack. [DC Music Download]

This new app developed by Black Women’s Playwright Group and their president, Karen L. B. Evans, could be a game-changer for the local theater scene. [DC Theatre Scene]

DC Jazz Fest unveils it’s lineup—its most adventurous yet. [Arts Desk]