By Curtis Bunn Urban News Service, A Division of Zenger Nikki Giovanni is 74 years old now, a generation removed from the height of her poetic power. She remains fiery and talented and has a lot on her mind. The author of countless poems that center on love and civil rights, Giovanni wants a new […]
Category: Arts & Culture
Posted inArts & Culture, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, ENTERTAINMENT, Food, LIFE & STYLE, National News, NEWS, Washington D.C. News
Smith’s Legacy Sealed at 70
By Associated Press Barbara “B.” Smith, one of the nation’s top black models who went on to open restaurants, launch a successful home products line and write cookbooks, has died at her Long Island home at age 70 after battling early onset Alzheimer’s disease. Smith’s family announced on social media that she died the evening […]
Posted inArts & Culture, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS, Prince George's County News, Religion
‘Race, Religion & Revolt’ at Local Museum
By Victoria Daniels Special to the AFRO Visual Artist David W.M. Cassidy’s exhibit, “Race, Religion & Revolt,” is dedicated to using art as a conversation starter for community and societal change. “It’s a pictorial of the political and social conditions in the African-American community,” said Cassidy, the self-taught artist from California. “Race, Religion & Revolt” […]
Posted inArts & Culture, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS, TV and Film, Washington D.C. News
AFRO Exclusive: Why D.C. Audiences Need the Amen Corner in 2020
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com One good way to celebrate Black History Month and the greatness and complexity that is Black Americanism, is by taking a visit to Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Sidney Harman Hall for a production of James Baldwin’s The Amen Corner. Featuring a cast full of some of D.C.’s most celebrated […]
Posted inArts & Culture, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS, TV and Film, Washington D.C. News
‘Mother Road’ Offers a Way Out
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com If John Steinbeck and The Grapes of Wrath defined the American Dream, when published in 1939, Octavio Solis’ Mother Road modernizes the ideal with an examination of how shifting demographics, socio-economic times and racial perspectives play a role in living the dream. Arena Stage’s production of Mother Road is a spiritual […]
Posted inArts & Culture, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, Baltimore Community, Baltimore News, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS, Rambling Rose
RAMBLING ROSE: Baltimore Chamber Jazz Society Launches Great Music
By Rosa Pryor Mildred “Millie” Battle well-known jazz advocate and President of Left Bank Jazz Society and Board Member of Jazz Expressways Foundation, Inc passed away on Friday, February 21st from bladder cancer at Meadow Park Rehabilitation & Health Care Center on Rolling Road. Funeral Arrangements were not made by press deadline. For more information […]
Posted inArts & Culture, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, ENTERTAINMENT, Music, TV and Film
Lizzo, ‘Just Mercy’ Win Top Honors at NAACP Image Awards
By Andrew Dalton AP Entertainment Writer Lizzo was named entertainer of the year and “Just Mercy” won best motion picture, best actor and best supporting actor Feb. 22 at the NAACP Image Awards, as the show that recognizes entertainers of color ladled honors on the film that was snubbed by bigger shows throughout awards season. […]
Posted inArts & Culture, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, ENTERTAINMENT, National News, NEWS, TV and Film
Netflix Series Explores the Assassination of Malcolm X
By Russell Contreras The Associated Press A new Netflix series is tackling questions around the 1965 assassination of civil rights icon Malcolm X. “Who Killed Malcolm X?” dives into questions surrounding his accused killers and allegations of a botched investigation. The show available now on the streaming service comes as Feb. 23 marked the 55th […]
Posted inArts & Culture, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, ENTERTAINMENT, TV and Film
Premature
By Dwight Brown, NNPA News Wire Film Critic They’re just kids. Trash talking. Ranting, joking and flirting. Hanging out in packs. Smoking blunts, twerking up on each other at dance parties and dabbling in sex. They think they’re grown. But they’re just punching above their weight. Ayanna (Zora Howard), a 17-year-old Harlem resident, has dreams. […]
Posted inArts & Culture, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, Baltimore News, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS
DISCOVER THE BEST IN CRAFT, ART, AND HANDCRAFTED AT THE 2020 AMERICAN CRAFT SHOW IN BALTIMORE
By AFRO Staff In its 46th year, American Craft Show returns to Baltimore celebrating all things handmade The American Craft Show returns to the Baltimore Convention Center on February 21 – 23, 2020. The American Craft Show, in its 46th year, is a three-day celebration of all things craft. Attendees can shop crafts like you’ve […]
Posted inArts & Culture, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, ENTERTAINMENT, TV and Film
Lizzo, Nyong’o, Eddie Murphy vying for NAACP Image Awards
By The Associated Press Hollywood’s awards season isn’t over quite yet, with the NAACP Image Awards putting the spotlight Feb. 22 on the achievements of actors and musicians of color. The evening’s honorees include Oscar contenders, namely Cynthia Erivo, who starred in the Harriet Tubman biopic, “Harriet.” It also will showcase several actors and films […]
Posted inArts & Culture, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, BUSINESS, ENTERTAINMENT, Prince George's County News
Creative Suitland’s Grand Opening
By Victoria Daniels Special to the AFRO What used to be Hunter Memorial AME Church, buzzed with excitement and chatter of community members coming together for the Feb. 14 opening of Creative Suitland, the new arts center in the D.C. suburb. Creative Suitland is the product of the Revenue Authority and Joe’s Movement Emporium teaming […]
