5 & Dime's "Spunk", ReImagining Zora Neal Hurston!

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5 & Dime's "Spunk", ReImagining Zora Neal Hurston!



As MetroJacksonville readers know, the Harlem Renaissance was deeply influenced by the characters from Jacksonville's LaVilla district. One of those colossal figures, Zora Neal Hurston lived and worked here, and partially edited her amazing work "Turpentine'".  This weekend, the verdant, earthy language of Zora Neale Hurston (Their Eyes Were Watching God) is animated through the music of the blues in three tales of love, revenge, and redemption. Adapted by George C. Wolfe and featuring musical narration composed by blues artist Chic Street Man, SPUNK brings to vivid life these remarkable short stories from the Harlem Renaissance.

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