Jun 15, 2026 | Arts + Culture, Entertainment
Dallas Black Dance Theatre has named Kristie Patton Foster as its next Executive Director following a nationwide search led by Board Chairman Jack Skinner and a five-member committee of nonprofit and civic leaders. The search was conducted by Arts Consulting Group...
Jun 15, 2026 | Arts + Culture, Education
Born Shamir Walters has spent years teaching the concept of Afrofuturism to kids. The Pittsburgh artist painted an Octavia Butler mural with students at Garfield Gardens and helped lead Afrofuturism-themed programming through the Assemble community arts hub. Walters’...
Jun 15, 2026 | Arts + Culture, Entertainment, Entrepreneurs
Black Wall Street AVL, a Black business incubator, is preparing to host GRINDfest on Saturday, June 13. “It really hits home for me coming from a family that had business owners,” said Curbside Laundry owner Anthony Lynch. According to the Grindfest...
Jun 8, 2026 | Arts + Culture, HBCU, Higer Education
HBCU gospel choirs will receive a new national spotlight at the 41st Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards. The Stellar Awards have introduced HBCU Choir of the Year as a new category for 2026. The award will honor collegiate gospel choirs from Historically Black...
Jun 1, 2026 | Arts + Culture
When I was a child, we had only Black dolls in the house—a consideration that I am realizing was not universal. My mother was adamant about this decision, and she was also clear with us, as children, as to why. She based this part of her parenting on the famous “doll...
Jun 1, 2026 | Arts + Culture, Leadership
The Center for Black Excellence and Culture announced it received a two-year $247,000 grant from the New York-based Dana Foundation to launch a civic science research initiative. The grant will fund a dedicated Civic Science Fellow to lead a...
