“The talk” is an all too familiar experience for parents raising Black children – particularly Black sons – ahead of interactions with law enforcement. To say that it can be a matter of life or death is by no means an exaggeration.

The practice is a regular topic of conversation. The anxiety, fear and outcomes have inspired creative responses – through music, television, film, stage and even the visual arts.

There is one place that might not be top of mind for a story framed around the added worry of teaching her son to drive due to the complicated relationship between law enforcement and the Black community – the opera.

Union Avenue Opera will give a platform to the range of emotions that the reality of it entails through their inaugural one-act play festival happening next weekend. Th

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