By Anyika McMillan-Herod It’s been over two decades since a Black woman spearheaded the City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture. The dynamic Margie Johnson-Reese served in this role […]
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Jill Scott’s Blues Babe Foundation Celebrates its 16th Anniversary of Giving Back to the Community… The Real Thing!
Special to the NNPA By Steven N. Larkin On a cool star-studded evening at the Arden Theater Company, one of Philadelphia’s premier theaters, hosted the Blues Babe 16th Foundation Anniversary. […]
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The Rebirth of Golf at Florida’s Oldest HBCU
The groundwork for the rebirth of the program at Florida’s oldest HBCU actually was laid in May of 2021 when officials from THE PLAYERS Championship went to EWU’s Jacksonville campus […]
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Grammy Nominated Singer Halle Bailey Named Disney Dreamers Ambassador
Thursday through Sunday event, which is designed by Walt Disney World Resort to broaden career awareness and create exclusive enrichment opportunities for high school students from diverse communities around the […]
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Actress and Grammy-Nominated Singer Halle Bailey Helping Make Disney Dreams Come True
Those unscripted moments helped to underscore why the Disney Dreamers Academy has meant so much to so many children for 16 years. By Stacy M. Brown Originally appeared in NNPA […]
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Re-Fueling Jet Magazine Where Everyone Can Be ‘Beauty of the Week’
By Stacy M. Brown Originally appeared in NNPA Like Ebony, founded six years earlier, Jet chronicled Black life in America and provided a lens into the African American community that […]
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Future and Friends throws “One Big Party” in Dallas
By Rashad Miller Last week, the One Big Party Tour made its Dallas stop at the American Airlines Center. After Future successfully hosted a few shows earlier in the year […]
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Moulin Rouge! The Musical brings the film to the stage with muscle and joy
Broadway Dallas hosts the touring production at Fair Park Music Hall Review by Martha Heimberg Devoted fans of filmmaker Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 Moulin Rouge! movie packed the Music Hall at […]
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IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE MAKES ITS DEBUT AT LIGHTHOUSE ARTSPACE DALLAS APRIL 20, 2023
Following a celebrated world premiere at Lighthouse ArtSpace Toronto in December 2022, and a subsequent rollout in select U.S. cities in 2023, Lighthouse Immersive’s highly anticipated Disney Animation: Immersive Experience will see its Dallas premiere at Lighthouse ArtSpace Dallas (507 S. Harwood St.) on April 20, 2023. Developed in collaboration with Walt Disney […]
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Ft. Worth African American Roots Music Fest Announces 2023 Artist Lineup
Event Unapologetically Celebrates Black Contributions to Roots Music FORT WORTH, Texas – On March 18, 2023, award-winning artists from across the country will convene at the third annual Fort Worth […]
