Sep 8, 2026 | Arts + Culture, Detroit, Events, Jazz
Ron Carter & Foursight delivered a standing room-only performance on Monday, September 7, 2026, closing out the final day of the 47th annual Detroit Jazz Festival. Carter, the world-famous 89-year-old Ferndale native and Cass Tech graduate, took the Waterfront...
Aug 31, 2026 | Arts + Culture, Chicago
Four years after introducing plans for Woodlawn Central — a sprawling neighborhood campus dedicated to celebrating Black culture — developers will be breaking ground Saturday on the project’s first phase. The Apostolic Church of God aims for the roughly 8-acre project...
Aug 31, 2026 | Arts + Culture, Detroit, Music
After years of helping brands and artists connect with audiences from inside one of the world’s largest streaming platforms, Justin “Jay” Norman is betting on a different model for how companies engage with culture. At the center of it is the simple idea that Black...
Aug 10, 2026 | Arts + Culture
At 616 W. North Ave. in Milwaukee’s historic Bronzeville neighborhood, developer Michael Adetoro and Department of City Development Commissioner Lafayette Crump toured the Bronzeville Creative Arts and Tech Hub this week, timing the stop to Bronzeville...
Aug 3, 2026 | Arts + Culture, Dance
A new mural celebrating Philadelphia’s Black dance legacy will be dedicated during a free community celebration on Tuesday, Aug. 4, in Grays Ferry. Created by visual and spoken word artist Bernard Collins Jr., “A Legacy of Dance...
Aug 3, 2026 | Arts + Culture, Canada
Looking at the large, open space with a huge, brightly coloured mural, you would never suspect that this space was once a 7-Eleven. “It had giant fridges in the back, it only had one washroom, the space was less open and clean, and it didn’t have the stage, which is...
