By Camille Davis Special to the AFRO STEM-and-STEAM frameworks are being incorporated in District of Columbia Public and Charter Schools, and Jasmine Byrd’s Party Time STEAMing Engineers is contributing a […]
Category: Arts & Culture
‘Jersey Boys’ Offers Holiday Entertainment
By Micha Green D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com It might not be a holiday show, but between the current political divide, crowded streets and markets, and all the mixed emotions associated with […]
Just Mercy
By Dwight Brown NNPA News Wire Film Critic It’s a story about justice and redemption. A young Harvard-educated lawyer, Bryan Stevenson (Michael B. Jordan), could have his pick of law […]
Presence & Absence
By Catrice Greer (Courtesy Photo) By Catrice Greer Special to the AFRO In this space, your voice hangs on the dew In this space, your voice paints the walls And […]
2019 Breakthrough Entertainer: A star-making year for Majors
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — How is a great actor made? For Jonathan Majors, the 30-year-old breakout star of “The Last Black Man in San […]
Review: Jordan and Foxx Shine in Urgent Drama ‘Just Mercy’
By MARK KENNEDY, AP Entertainment Writer There’s usually one film that tops lists whenever powerful legal thrillers are debated — “To Kill a Mockingbird,” set in the 1930s. Now comes […]
Ben Williams’ Hometown Holiday Extravaganza
By AFRO Staff Acclaimed Grammy-winning bassist, composer and bandleader, Ben Williams, will be headlining a worldwide tour ahead of his album entitled I Am A Man to be released on […]
NNPA Presents: The Best Films of 2019
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic Look back on the most noteworthy films of 2019, they all display a diverse array of superb talent—in front of and behind the camera. […]
‘The Let Out’: Documentary Highlights Evolution of Go-Go Culture
By Micha Green D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com While Go-Go has always been true to D.C. since its inception in the 1970s, the resurgence of it as mainstream has been particularly pertinent […]
RAMBLING ROSE: ‘Happy Holidays To You’
By Rosa Pryor, Special to the AFRO Merry Christmas everyone, happy holidays to you and your family from me and “Boo-Boo!” I pray that your holidays and the days to […]
Urban One Honors Recap
By Micha Green D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com The second annual Urban One Honors, which celebrated 40 years of the African American media conglomerate, was held on Dec. 5 at the MGM […]
Our Black Is Beautiful
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent Zozibini Tunzi said she grew up in a world where a woman who looks like her, was never considered beautiful. On Dec. […]