Mar 10, 2025 | Entertainment, Music
Samples continue to be a huge part of our current music culture. Some of the biggest artists in the world have used them to create incredible hit records that have gone on to become classics in their own right. Kendrick Lamar and Mustard did this with the record “Not...
Mar 10, 2025 | Entertainment, History, Music, Women
The Grammy-winning soprano Karen Slack will give the third annual Ruth Bader Ginsburg Memorial Recital at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater. “African Queens,” presented and co-commissioned by Washington Performing Arts, is about as ambitious as a recital could get:...
Feb 17, 2025 | Entertainment, History
In its prime, the Gem Theatre was the heart of Black entertainment in Knoxville, a place where Black Knoxvillians gathered to watch movies and wrestling matches, attend civic events and patronize the approximately 20 connected businesses. The theater opened in 1913...
Feb 3, 2025 | Entertainment, Music
For the briefest of moments, a silence fell over the pews of New Orleans’ famed St. Louis Cathedral, as the chapel filled with a collective sense the audience was about to witness history. They were the first to hear composer Edmond Dédé’s opera “Morgiane” – the...
Jan 27, 2025 | Entertainment, Film
Actors get all the attention, but to make a movie truly great, you need a winning combination of writers, directors, and producers, as well as onscreen talent. To make a strong film that authentically portrays its Black characters, you need Black creatives in those...
