As anyone who has ever gotten a protective style knows, the process requires plenty of decision-making. Box braids or sister locs? A fun color or a natural hue? A jumbo silhouette or a micro moment?

They’re popular in part because they’re supposed to leave your hair in better shape than traditional styles. Here’s what the ...

Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” is a celebration of Black hair and salons, a kind of sanctuary for Black women where societal ...

For about 75 minutes of its 90-minute running time, “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” comes across as a vivaciously amusing ...

Jocelyn Bioh's “Jaja's African Hair Braiding” delivers more than it promises. At first, the 90-minute portrait of a day in ...

This story set in a hair salon allows us to meet a wide variety of characters, all well-cast here on Navy Pier.

Tony-winning play, now at Chicago Shakespeare, builds empathy for salon artists making their way in America by helping women ...

Buoyed by a successful Broadway run, the play about a bustling beauty salon opens this week at Chicago Shakespeare.