IF YOU GOWhat: “Ain’t I a Woman.”When: 8 p.m. today.Where: Covenant College, Scenic Highway, Lookout Mountain, Ga.Admission: $25.Phone: 706-419-1453 (ticket orders), 706-419-1452 (information).Website: www.covenant.edu/academics/undergrad/music/covenantarts.
An actress and a chamber music trio will team tonight for the next program in the 2011-12 Covenant Arts series at Covenant College.
“Ain’t I a Woman” weaves a theatrical narrative led by Shinnerrie Jackson with a performance of chamber music by The Core Ensemble.
In her portrayals, Jackson celebrates the life and times of four powerful black women: novelist and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston; ex-slave and abolitionist Sojourner Truth; folk artist Clementine Hunter; and civil-rights worker Fannie Lou Hamer.
Jackson earned a Master of Fine Arts in acting from the University of Tennessee and a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance from Oberlin Conservatory.