For the first time in at least 15 years, the waters gushed from the central fountain at Ethel Waters Park along Commission Street in Chester and the city was there Saturday to celebrate it. For the ...

In less than a year, Jannie Jones has played two leading women in history. After an impressive star turn last year as Mahalia Jackson in the N.C. Black Repertory Company's Mahalia Jackson, Queen of ...

<p>Bernadine Mitchell is the total package. </p> <p>With Mitchell, who plays the late, great and legendary jazz and blues singer Ethel Waters in the play "His Eye is on the Sparrow," the chemistry is ...

There was great anticipation outside what used to be an old Nabisco bakery building on Tuesday night. There was a band playing on the sidewalk and politicians cutting the ribbon and announcing the ...

One of the most celebrated entertainers of mid-20th-century America, Ethel Waters was as contradictory as she was talented. Waters never could read music and didn't engage a voice instructor until ...

His Eye is on the Sparrow is Ethel Waters-her warmth, her faith in God, her lusty humor, and above all, her courage. Her story begins I a sordid Negro tenement in Chester, Pennsylvania; it ends fifty ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Color inkjet print (a) of Ethel ...

One of the most celebrated entertainers of mid-20th century America, Ethel Waters was as contradictory as she was talented. Waters never could read music and didn’t engage a voice instructor until ...