“Perhaps the greatest charity comes when we are kind to each other, when we don’t judge or categorize someone else, when we simply give each other the benefit of the […]
Category: ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Jam in Capitol Hill at This Year’s Hillfest
By LaNesha Kearse, Special to the AFRO The Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation has teamed up with Mayor Muriel Bowser for the second annual Hillfest Music Exposition, Hillfest Conference Panel and Hillfest […]
Harvard Black Culture Awards to Honor Kaepernick, Chappelle
The Associated Press Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick and comedian Dave Chappelle are among eight people being honored by Harvard University for their contributions to Black history and culture, the […]
Black Owned Spirit and Wine Festival Returns to DC
By Lauren E. Williams, Special to the AFRO Chanel Turner, a 34-year-old Prince George’s County resident, claims to own one of the best vodkas on shelves today. “My brand is FOU-DRÉ […]
DC Fashion Week Brings Couture to Washington
By Lauren E. Williams, Special to The AFRO As members of the fashion community flocked to major cities such as New York City, Milan and Paris to see upcoming Spring and […]
Baltimore’s Bresha Webb Lights Up ‘Night School’
By Nadine Matthews, Special to the AFRO Though Baltimore raised actress Bresha Webb has “gone Hollywood”, she makes a point of staying true to her hometown. Webb, who is a graduate […]
Baltimore Poet Explores Faith, Fatherhood and Family
By Lisa Snowden-McCray, Special to the AFRO Baltimore native Tariq’s Touré’s new book of poetry, Two Parts Oxygen, begins with a poem titled “118.” It is about his mother. “She reminds us, […]
Unfiltered Martin Begins New Chapter of Broadcasting Career
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO In 1970 when the legendary activist and performer Gil Scott Heron recorded his classic “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” he probably didn’t understand […]
Tribute to Arthur Mitchell
By Arthur Jones II, Special to the AFRO When I say I am, I don’t mean conceit, but they will never let anyone put the psych or the hype on them […]
Great Weekend for Live Entertainment
Hello everyone. Girlfriend, this has been a very busy week for me and more to come. If you have the energy then come on and hang with me. There is […]
Bill Cosby Gets 3 to 10 Years in Prison for Sex Assault
By The Associated Press His Hollywood career and good-guy image in ruins, an 81-year-old Bill Cosby was sentenced Tuesday to three to 10 years behind bars for drugging and sexually […]
Suge Knight Pleads No Contest to Manslaughter over Fatal Confrontation
By Abrew Dalton, AP Entertainment Writer Averting a murder trial that had been nearly four years in coming, former rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight pleaded no contest Sept. 20 to voluntary […]