Samora Pinderhughes Premieres 'Venus,' A Message of Love and Protest, on The Checkout

Summary: Samora Pinderhughes lives in a constant state of metamorphosis. Five years after his Transformation Suite , this brilliant pianist and singer-songwriter is ready to burst out of his latest cocoon with Venus . Pinderhughes says the name refers not to the planet but rather a line from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet — “Venus smiles not in the house of tears” — that sets the bloom of love against the weight of tragedy.