By BlackNews.com Orlando, FL — Leah Flynn is a violin soloist. Her father, Lennox Flynn, a self-taught musician, realized Leah’s gift, as he noticed her tinker on the family’s keyboard, playing actual melodies when she was 3-years old. Leah discovered her passion for playing the violin at the age of five. By age six, she […]
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LIVING FOR THE WEEKEND
By Valerie Fraling, Special to the AFRO “Women now make up approximately half of the workforce – very positive. Two-thirds of all families are either headed by a single-head of household or two working parents, and particularly in this economically challenging time, that second income is more important than ever. However, women are still only […]
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Black Girls Rock! Fest Takes Over Kennedy Center
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com From Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Madame C.J. Walker, Oprah, Beyoncé, Michelle Obama and others, it does not take Women’s History Month, to know that Black girls have always rocked, yet the District got an extra reminder when the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts hosted the three […]
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RAMBLING ROSE
Let the Church Say Amen! Hello everyone! How are you this week? I hope if you are reading me now, your answer should be I’m truly blessed and I’m above ground. I have gone to so many funerals this month it is unbelievable; so you are better off than those who are no longer with […]
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Busboys and Poets Opens in Anacostia
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Despite the history laid within the asphalt of its streets and a bustling culture, D.C.’s historic Anacostia neighborhood in Southeast, has in recent years experienced a pall of bad reputations from violence and crime. However, as many District neighborhoods have undergone in the past, Anacostia is experiencing a resurgence […]
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Duke Ellington Mural Expected Back On U Street This Spring
By George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Staff Writer The District of Columbia is known for many things: politics, Go-go, cuisine and culture. On historic U Street, public art is also another staple of the community and one of the District’s most important pieces of art is being returned to its rightful place. The Duke Ellington mural, which […]
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LIVING FOR THE WEEKEND
By Valerie Fraling, Special to the AFRO “Every time, I feel how life goes by, I recall the scenes that never die. One fine day one fine night you loving me on and on and on. We took our love as far as love can go. You given me the best years of my life. […]
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Pharrell To Launch Music Festival in Virginia Beach in April
By MESFIN FEKADU, AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Pharrell is heading home to Virginia Beach to launch a new music and culture festival. The Grammy-winning superstar announced Monday SOMETHING IN THE WATER, a multi-day event he’s calling a “cultural experience” that will debut April 26-28. He will perform on a stage set on the […]
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‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Compromise Offered to Small Theaters
By LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The dozens of community and nonprofit theaters across the U.S. forced to abandon productions of “To Kill a Mockingbird” under legal threat were offered an olive branch in the form of Aaron Sorkin’s script for the Broadway version. Scott Rudin, producer of the New York […]
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Thom Browne Blurs Sartorial Styles as VIPs hit Zendaya Show
By THOMAS ADAMSON, AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — A one-off itinerant extravaganza courtesy of American designer Tommy Hilfiger’s “buy-now” collaboration with actress-singer Zendaya gave Paris Fashion Week a case of Saturday night fever. On Sunday, Thom Browne continued to blur gender lines in his sartorial wardrobe. Here are highlights from fall-winter ready-to-wear shows. Singer […]
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Experts say Portrait Isn’t of George Washington’s Chef
By The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A portrait long thought to be of George Washington’s enslaved chef, who cooked for the former president at Mount Vernon and Philadelphia before escaping, is actually not of Hercules, and isn’t even of a chef, art experts concluded after a two-year study. Experts who gathered in 2017 at Mount […]
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Foundation of Prince’s Second Wife to Honor Him at Gala
By LEANNE ITALIE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Andra Day, Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics and Philip Bailey and Verdine White of Earth, Wind & Fire will perform during a fundraising gala honoring Prince to benefit the foundation of his second wife, Manuela Testolini. The evening Sunday to raise money for In a Perfect […]