Many a pulp novel, matinee movie, and Broadway melodrama has used the aura of the railroad to tell its tale. But it was through popular American music that railroads really made their mark.

The new hip-hop musical “Mexodus” takes, and tells of, a road less traveled. The two-person show recalls the southbound underground railroad, a chapter in U.S. history that saw thousands of ...

The free celebration, in honor of Black History Month, will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. February 21 at First Reformed Church.