TicketNetwork Announces 2015 Music Festivals Guide
The 2015 Season The 2015 music festival season is in full gear. Many of the usual suspects like Lollapalooza, the New Orleans Jazz Fest,...
Brandy talks Diversity on Broadway, teases ‘Chicago’ Vocal Performance
Grammy Award-winning singer Brandy Norwood is making her long-awaited debut on Broadway in Chicago. Brandy stars as Roxie Hart, a woman...
BBC Films Adds Comprehensive Grace Jones Feature Documentary to 2015 Slate
BBC Films is celebrating its 25th anniversary with an announcement of 15 new projects that will be released this year. Among the 15 is a...
“Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair” Exhibit at Milwaukee Art Museum through May 3rd
For those who haven’t had a chance to catch this traveling show honoring 50 Years of the Ebony Fashion Fair, there is still time for...
Nina Mae Mckinney "The Black Garbo"
Nina Mae McKinney [1912-1967] In Europe McKinney was nicknamed the “Black Garbo,” because of her striking beauty. In December 1932, she...
In Living Color: The Show that Launched 12 Major Careers
Wednesday, April 15 marked the anniversary for the introduction of the half-hour comedy show In Living Color. The show had a short four...
Thelonious Monk's 100th Birthday Celebration
The Great African-American Classical Art-Form T.S. Monk Talks Thelonious Monk's 100th Birthday Celebration & Plans of Forthcoming Biopic...
Vogue Paris Features First Black Cover Model In 5 Years
Liya Kebede is gracing the May 2015 cover of Vogue Paris and it’s the first time a Black model has been on the cover in 5 years. Kebede,...
'Brotherman Graphic Novel: Revelation' Campaign Launched on Indiegogo
Click Here to Contribute to the Brotherman Campaign Brotherman the Graphic Novel: Book 1. The long awaited origin saga of Antonio Valor...
Theaster Gates: How to Revive a Neighborhood: With Imagination, Beauty and Art
Theaster Gates, a potter by training and a social activist by calling, wanted to do something about the sorry state of his neighborhood...