Don’t miss, Harlem, 1925 – Evolution of a Renaissance. Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025. 7PM. A Multi-Media Staged Reading by Members of Shades Repertory Theater. Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance. In 1925 Wallace Thurman, Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston created Fire Magazine, to give a new voice to emerging young Negro Artists. Facing racism, censorship, the communist Red Scare, and a controversial new book by Carl Van Vechten, the group fought fiercely to get the first edition published.