Illuminating Bayard x West Chester
The Charles A. Melton Arts & Education Center and People's Light invite you to engage in conversation around playwright and director Steve H. Broadnax III's offering "Illuminating Bayard or Am I Not Good?", an artistic representation of Civil Rights mastermind, and West Chester-native, Bayard Rustin.
RUBY: The Story of Ruby Bridges
Charles A. Melton Center 501 E Miner Street, West Chester, PAIn partnership with Revival Theatre Company, we are honored to host “The Ruby Bridges Story” on June 19th at 7 pm. Ruby Bridges was only 6 years old when the Civil Rights movement came hammering at her door, making her the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. With songs inspired by The Shirelles, Sam Cooke and Smokey Robinson, this musical explores a little girl’s unbeatable courage in the face of adversity as she helped to lead the Civil Rights movement up the front steps and into the classrooms of an elementary school in New Orleans.
CommUnity Day
Charles A. Melton Center 501 E Miner Street, West Chester, PAThe Charles A. Melton Arts & Education Center is so excited to host our 10th Annual CommUnity Day, Sunday August 15, 2021 from 11 AM to 5 PM. The Charles A. Melton Arts & Education Center will celebrate community, diversity, and youth in the upcoming CommUnity Day.
