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Dewmore Baltimore celebrates 10 years, crowns new Grand Slam Youth Poetry winner

by AFRO StaffMay 16, 2022May 16, 2022

By AFRO Staff  Dewmore Baltimore, the city’s premier community-based organization focused on “using art and community organizing as tools to increase community engagement” is celebrating a decade in service this […]

Posted inBaltimore News

Morgan U. alum, David E. Talbert, award-winning filmmaker, to keynote Spring commencement, May 21

by Special to the AFROMay 14, 2022May 14, 2022

By Special to the AFRO David E. Talbert, celebrated auteur and 1989 Morgan State University graduate, will be the keynote speaker at Morgan’s 145th Spring Commencement Exercises held on May […]

Posted inTV and Film

Former President Barack Obama narrates Netflix docuseries focused on preserving the Earth’s wild spaces and species

by AFRO StaffApril 24, 2022April 24, 2022

By AFRO Staff Netflix has put out a five-episode docuseries titled “Our Great National Parks,” on April 13, just as celebrations for Earth Day 2022 (April 22) kick into high […]

Posted inARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Reimagined & Reinvented ‘for colored girls’ opens tonight on Broadway!

by AFRO Entertainment NewsApril 20, 2022April 20, 2022

NEW YORK, NY – The highly anticipated Broadway revival of Ntozake Shange’s groundbreaking for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf, directed and choreographed by Tony Award nominee Camille A. Brown (Once On […]

Posted inARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Will Smith gets 10-year Oscars ban over Chris Rock slap

by Andrew DaltonApril 8, 2022April 8, 2022

By ANDREW DALTON, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The motion picture academy on Friday banned Will Smith from attending the Oscars or any other academy event for 10 […]

Posted inBaltimore News

Pamela Rene Leak keeps the laughs coming as ‘Ms. Maybelle’

by Nicole Batey Special to the AFROMarch 18, 2022March 18, 2022

By Nicole D. Batey, Special to the AFRO Pamela Rene Leak is one of Baltimore’s best entertainers and unsung heroes. She is known for her comedic personality, “Ms. Maybelle”, a […]

Posted inBooks

New book explores “Double Consciousness” in Black celebrities

by Nadine Matthews Special to the AFROMarch 15, 2022March 15, 2022

By Nadine Matthews, Special to the AFRO In 1903 W.E.B. DuBois’ seminal work, The Souls of Black Folk, introduces the term “double consciousness” to explain a feeling of embodying multiple […]

Posted inARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

‘Black Panther’ director mistaken for bank robber in Atlanta

by Kate BrumbackMarch 12, 2022March 12, 2022

By KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Movie director Ryan Coogler was briefly handcuffed by Atlanta police after he was mistaken for a robber when he passed a teller […]

Posted inArts & Culture

Janet Jackson, Nicki Minaj, Kevin Hart on tap for Essence

by AFRO StaffMarch 12, 2022March 12, 2022

By AFRO Staff Janet Jackson, Kevin Hart and Nicki Minaj are among the headliners announced March 3 for this summer’s Essence Festival of Culture, which returns to New Orleans after […]

Posted inARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

At this Baltimore organization, art and healing go hand-in-hand

by Jannette J. WitmyerFebruary 21, 2022February 21, 2022

By Jannette J. WitmyerSpecial to the AFRO Paul Braswell is brimming with excitement about the work his nonprofit organization Art Health & Healing (AH&H) has been doing, using art as […]

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