Happy birthday Mary Lou Retton!

Dear Mary Hair Salon

#ThrowbackThursday: At the Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival earlier this month, we welcomed Julia Keefe’s Indigenous Big Band to the stage. Julia Keefe showcased the indigenous roots of jazz in a way never before seen at the Kennedy Center — with a 16-piece ensemble of all-star American Indigenous musicians. The band is both a reflection of a time long forgotten and a window into the future; the bridge for all peoples to see themselves on the bandstand regardless of race, ethnicity, age, gender,