{"id":256,"date":"2019-11-15T14:37:22","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T19:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/mcgruderjasper\/?p=256"},"modified":"2020-01-06T20:54:38","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T01:54:38","slug":"cotton-club-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/mcgruderjasper\/cotton-club-gala\/","title":{"rendered":"Cotton Club Gala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"173\" height=\"268\" class=\"wp-image-196 alignleft\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/mcgruderjasper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/173\/2019\/10\/1985-JASPER-McGRUDER-THE-COTTON-CLUB-LA-MAMA-E-T-C-PRODUCTION-Photographer-Unknown-002-1-194x300.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/mcgruderjasper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/173\/2019\/10\/1985-JASPER-McGRUDER-THE-COTTON-CLUB-LA-MAMA-E-T-C-PRODUCTION-Photographer-Unknown-002-1-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/mcgruderjasper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/173\/2019\/10\/1985-JASPER-McGRUDER-THE-COTTON-CLUB-LA-MAMA-E-T-C-PRODUCTION-Photographer-Unknown-002-1-768x1185.jpg 768w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/mcgruderjasper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/173\/2019\/10\/1985-JASPER-McGRUDER-THE-COTTON-CLUB-LA-MAMA-E-T-C-PRODUCTION-Photographer-Unknown-002-1-664x1024.jpg 664w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/mcgruderjasper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/173\/2019\/10\/1985-JASPER-McGRUDER-THE-COTTON-CLUB-LA-MAMA-E-T-C-PRODUCTION-Photographer-Unknown-002-1-816x1259.jpg 816w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/mcgruderjasper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/173\/2019\/10\/1985-JASPER-McGRUDER-THE-COTTON-CLUB-LA-MAMA-E-T-C-PRODUCTION-Photographer-Unknown-002-1-1250x1928.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/mcgruderjasper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/173\/2019\/10\/1985-JASPER-McGRUDER-THE-COTTON-CLUB-LA-MAMA-E-T-C-PRODUCTION-Photographer-Unknown-002-1-400x617.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 173px) 100vw, 173px\"><\/p>\n<p>Cotton Club Gala directed by Ellen Stewart celebrated the famed Cotton Club. 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