"Jaja's African Hair Braiding" is the comedic Broadway play closing out Ensemble Theatre's 2025 season. Why it's a must-see.

Artist Karen Keenan discovered she had family ties to the centuries-old practice of turning human hair into art through an ...

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Many Black women have hair types and workplace-favored styles that require careful attention, and they can spend hundreds of dollars at salons each month on extensions, weaves, wigs and braids.

The story takes place in a West African hair braiding salon in Harlem, New York City, a neighborhood storied and celebrated for its rich African American heritage, culture and history. Playwright ...

"Jaja's African Hair Braiding," a group of West African immigrants are creating community with mini masterpieces in Boston. The play takes place over one day, inside a braiding salon in Harlem.

2 Review Roundup: TWO STRANGERS (CARRY A CAKE ACROSS NEW YORK) at A.R.T. There’s always something to look at in a beauty parlor – from yourself in the mirror, to other customers and their ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – Millions of women rely on braids as a go-to summer protective style, but what if the hair used is putting their health at risk? New reports are shedding light on a troubling ...

The cast of SpeakEasy Stage's production of "Jaja's African Hair Braiding ... (the always terrific Crystin Gilmore) is the queen bee of the salon, or at least she would be, if Jaja didn ...

In the case of Jocelyn Bioh’s “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding,” which takes place in a Harlem salon on a scorching summer day in 2019, most of the characters are immigrants — meaning that ...

A new report found carcinogens and lead in popular brands of synthetic hair widely used in salons. A Philly scientist says more transparency is needed for consumer safety. Shelly Smith braids hair for ...