Gospel Music’s smoothest ambassador and pastor of Maryland’s The Tab church, Jason Nelson. (Courtesy Photo) Gospel’s Smoothest Ambassador JASON NELSON Scores His Fourth No. 1 Billboard Gospel Airplay Chart Hit With “Residue” Physical CD of Current Album “Close” Drops November 5th Baltimore, MD (November 1, 2021): Gospel Music’s smoothest ambassador and pastor of Maryland’s The […]
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Producer Melvin Childs Announces Premiere for “FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY” film
IN THEATERS NATIONWIDE ON THANKSGIVING, NOVEMBER 24TH DISTRIBUTED BY BYRON ALLEN’S ENTERTAINMENT STUDIOS MOTION PICTURES Starring Katt Williams, LisaRaye McCoy, Keri Hilson, Rotimi, Jason Mitchell and DC Young Fly and Featuring Latto, Keith Sweat and Lyfe Jennings WATCH THE TRAILER HERE Melvin Childs Presents, the company helmed by producer Melvin Childs, has announced the Detroit premiere […]
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Spelman graduate teaches kids the ‘ABCs of HBCUs’ in new book
(Courtesy of The ABCs of HBCUs) By Nadine Matthews Special to the AFRO Thanks to people like T-Nehisi Coates (Howard), Kamala Harris (Howard), Spike Lee (Morehouse), and members of the Congressional Black Caucus, mainstream America has finally started becoming more aware of HBCUs, or Historically Black Colleges. Mostly located in the south, HBCUs are a […]
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Baltimore Screenwriters Competition ss now open!
The 17th Annual Baltimore Screenwriters Competition Is Now Accepting Entries The Baltimore Film Office at the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts (BOPA) is accepting entries for the 17th annual Baltimore Screenwriters Competition. Screenplays may be submitted in both the feature and short categories, and scripts must be set in or able to be […]
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Gospel legend CeCe Winans wins big at Dove Awards
CECE WINANS A BIG WINNER AT THE 52ND ANNUAL DOVE AWARDS Marvin Sapp, Lecrae, Maverick City Music Win Too! Nashville, TN (October 26, 2021) – The 52nd Annual GMA Dove Awards were recently handed out in 38 categories at the Allen Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. Under the banner, Stronger Together, Christian/Gospel music’s biggest night of the year stressed a theme of racial […]
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Comedian Brandon Collins tells the AFRO about ‘Drunk Black History,’ and speaks on Dave Chappelle
The podcast “Drunk Black History,” which gives listeners the opportunity to learn more about little known Black history, airs on Oct. 29 at 10 p.m. By Nadine Matthews Special to the AFRO Brandon “Bootsy” Collins does it all: producer, actor, writer, podcast host, president of the African American Film Critics Association and comedian… whew! Even […]
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Last Night in Soho review
By Dwight Brown, NNPA News Wire Film Critic “Last night I saw something in my dreams,” says the occasionally psychic and always naive fashion student Eloise. Did she have visions of ghosts or of disappointed moviegoers leaving the theater? The trailers and posters for Last Night in Soho may trick potential audiences into believing that […]
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The Ohio Players are on tour and still on fire
The Ohio Players started in Dayton, Ohio in 1959 and after enduring some changes, the group landed their first big hit “Funky Worm,” with many more to come, which landed them a place in history. (Courtesy photo) By Ralph E. Moore Jr. Special to the AFRO If you can remember the rockin’ music of the […]
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The Gathering Spot celebrates Founding Members with gala, Anthony Hamilton
Anthony Hamilton performs at The Gathering Spot on Oct. 16 for the Founding Members Gala. (Photo by Carnegie Hardy) By Imani Wj Wright Anyone who walked into Washington D.C. ‘s The Gathering Spot (TGS) on Oct. 16, felt the immense levels of Black elegance and excellence. When Georgetown graduates Ryan Wilson and TK Petersen opened […]
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Photographer tells story of empowerment through a Nigerian woman in current exhibit
Local film photographer Lisa Brown tells the story of Tunde, a Nigerian woman working to open a yoga space, in Lagos, Nigeria, through her photos featured in “Freezing Time: A Superpower,” at 11:Eleven Gallery in Northwest, D.C. (Courtesy Photo) By Micha Green D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com The old adage says that a picture is […]
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Black Thought, Devin Allen talk artistry, powerful narratives
Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter of the legendary group The Roots interviewed photographer Devin Allen at the Kennedy Center for a conversation called “Streams of Thought.” By Micha Green AFRO D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com The Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater stage turned into a powerful thinktank where legendary artist, Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter of The Roots […]
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DL Hughley comes to the D.M.V.
DL Hughley will be at Capital One Hall on Friday, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. (Courtesy Photo) By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com While the continued COVID-19 pandemic and challenges associated has had people stressing out, one of the Original Kings of Comedy is coming to the D.M.V to offer laughter as an antidote. […]