by dankeelan | Jun 16, 2025 | Business, Events, History
With Juneteenth just days away, the Jacksonville community is kicking things off in a big way. More than 150 Black-owned businesses lined the street of A Philip Randolph Boulevard Outeast Saturday. It’s all a part of the Melanin Market Juneteenth Celebration. Black...
by dankeelan | Apr 7, 2025 | Events, Film
The North Carolina Black Film Festival is produced by the Black Arts Alliance Inc., (a non-profit and registered 501c3). The festival is a four-day juried and invitational festival of independent motion pictures by Black filmmakers. Also, the festival features films...
by dankeelan | Apr 7, 2025 | Arts + Culture, Events
Spring is often a season of rebirth—but in museums across the globe, it’s also becoming a season of reckoning, remembrance, and radiant creative expression. This year’s slate of exhibitions centering Black artists, thinkers, and histories is both expansive and...
by dankeelan | Mar 24, 2025 | Events
In celebration of Black History Month in February, the Oakland County Board of Commissioners recognized Camilla Rice, a Troy resident and owner of Green Olive Soaps, along with two other business owners, with an award. The Black Excellence Awards are awarded to...
