Oct 5, 2026 | Arts + Culture, Business, Leadership
EBONY has unveiled its 2026 Power 100, recognizing a wide-ranging group of Black leaders, artists, entrepreneurs, athletes, creators and cultural figures whose work is shaping business, entertainment, media, technology, sports and community life. This year’s honorees...
Oct 5, 2026 | Arts + Culture, Entertainment, Television
Comedian Reggie McFadden has died at age 57. His family was notified of his death by the U.S. State Department as he was living in Tanzania, his sister, Bernice L. McFadden, shared. He was best known for appearing on 23 episodes of the final season of In Living Color...
Sep 21, 2026 | Arts + Culture, Education, Events
In New Orleans’s historic Seventh Ward, a series of repurposed shipping containers will soon host what its founders hope will be a new model of arts education and community building. Artists Joseph Cuillier and Shani Peters founded the Black School a decade ago,...
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...
