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Posted inArts & Culture

New exhibition inspired by the AFRO Archives opens in Paris

by Savannah WoodMay 31, 2022May 31, 2022

By Savannah Wood, Special to the AFRO Afro Charities recently celebrated the opening of Nectar, a new solo exhibition by New York based artist Xaviera Simmons in Paris, France. The […]

Posted inAfro Briefs

Actor Hill Harper joins Najah Roberts the “Queen of Crypto” for the 2nd Annual Digital Financial Revolution Tour kick-off to 41 cities in the U.S.

by Special ReportMay 28, 2022May 28, 2022

QUEEN OF CRYPTO WARNS INFLATION AND RECESSION COULD WIPE OUT ECONOMIC GAINS FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS FOR GENERATIONS (LOS ANGELES, CA – May 18, 2022) – As runaway inflation escalates, gas […]

Posted inARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Black-owned Célébrez en Rosé festival returns to D.C. and travels to Chicago for the first time

by Megan Sayles AFRO Business WriterMay 25, 2022May 25, 2022

By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com It’s time to break out your finest pink and white attire because the premier Black-owned festival for wines, […]

Posted inArts & Culture

MICA’s MFA Mamas reunite at the Fred Lazarus IV Center

by Jannette J. WitmyerMay 23, 2022May 23, 2022

By Jannette J. Witmyer, Special to the Afro If while driving through the 100 block W. North Avenue late Monday (5/9) afternoon you thought you witnessed four Black women seated […]

Posted inArts & Culture

Morton Street Dance Center students danced their way through COVID

by Beverly RichardsMay 22, 2022May 22, 2022

By Beverly Richards, Special to the AFRO You can find a cornucopia of dancers of various skin tones and sizes at Morton Street Dance Center (MSDC).  Diversity and inclusion have […]

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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 inTV and Film

New ‘Doctor Who’ star is ‘Sex Education’ actor Ncuti Gatwa

by Associated PressMay 16, 2022May 16, 2022

By The Associated Press Ncuti Gatwa will take the mantle from Jodie Whittaker on “Doctor Who,” the BBC announced May 8, ending speculation over the iconic Time Lord’s next regeneration. […]

Posted inARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Rodrigo, Drake, Ye early winners at Billboard Music Awards

by Associated PressMay 15, 2022May 15, 2022

By Jonathan Landrum Jr., AP Entertainment Writer Olivia Rodrigo, Kanye West and Drake are already big winners before the Billboard Music Awards officially kicks off. Rodrigo and West, known as […]

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 inARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Mosaic’s Marys Seacole Celebrates Black Caregivers

by Sponsored ContentMay 13, 2022May 13, 2022

Broadway star and famed singer of the “Reading Rainbow” television show theme song, Tina Fabrique appears alongside local favorite Kim Bey under the direction of beloved local director Eric Ruffin […]

Posted inHealth

Be kind to yourself: a story of healing from relationship trauma

by Mylika ScatliffeMay 6, 2022May 6, 2022

By Mylika Scatliffe, AFRO Women’s Health Writer Trauma is defined as “a deeply distressing or disturbing experience; emotional shock following a stressful event or physical injury.”  Relationship trauma is abusive […]

Posted inARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Met Gala moment: Janelle Monáe stuns in futuristic look

by Associated PressMay 6, 2022May 6, 2022

By Beatrice Dupuy, John Carucci and Jocelyn Novack, The Associated Press News It started in 1948 as a society midnight supper, and it wasn’t even at the Met. Fast forward […]

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