Oct 16, 2023 | Arts Education, Culture, Events
The Black Arts Matter Festival will be returning to Madison next month and along with it, a new Young, Gifted, & Black Youth Talent Competition, which will be held at MYArts on 1055 E. Mifflin St. on Nov. 12 from 2-4 p.m. The Black Arts Matter Festival...
Oct 2, 2023 | Culture, History, Literature
In September 1773, Phillis Wheatley, a young enslaved woman from Boston, boarded a ship home from London, where she had gone to promote her forthcoming book of poems — the first ever published by an American of African descent. It was not the first time Wheatley had...
Sep 18, 2023 | Culture, Higher Education
As a crowd made its way into the nearby football stadium, a father watched his two sons toss a ball back and forth. Hot dogs sizzled on a smoky charcoal grill nearby. The music from a DJ’s live set a few yards over was so loud it reverberated off the ground as lyrics...
Aug 7, 2023 | Art, Culture
To celebrate the contributions of Black artists worldwide, the Eisenhauer Gallery in Edgartown will showcase a collection of emerging and established Black artists from Edgartown to Lagos. The celebratory show features artists Janice Frame, Affen Segun, Lily Sol, and...
Aug 7, 2023 | Art, Culture, Events
The Saginaw African Cultural Festival, billed as the oldest ongoing Black arts festival in the country, is happening soon in mid-Michigan. The annual festival, established in 1968, will take place Friday, Aug. 11, through Sunday, Aug. 13, at the old Morley School...
Jul 31, 2023 | Art, Culture
An annual showcase of Black cultural arts and African heritage is scheduled to take place in Milwaukee with the 2023 theme being, “Doing it for the culture,” with an aim to educate and entertain attendees. Milwaukee will host the annual Black Arts Fest MKE...
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